Re: [HOE] Handguns

["Kai Tave" <kaitave@harborside.com>]

>Well I think shooting with ghost rock dust would get a bit expensive,
>wouldnīt it? I think the Banshee-Scout rifle was designed especially for
>this Planet, because there is ghost rock lying around everywhere.

Bingo.  That's exactly what it's used for.  Or rather, was supposed to be
used for.  It never actually got to Banshee in time.

On earth
>you would only make any Junkers in the posse angry, when you use the
>precious stuff as gunpowder.


Eh.  It all depends.  An ounce of ghost rock provides enough fuel for a
50-round clip, and you can cast your own rounds...I don't see it as any more
expensive than buying smokeless powder, getting the cases reloaded and
primed, etc.

>But there is another rules-question I have about reloading shells. Is it
>possible to reload magnum rounds? Well as I stated in the listserv, I donīt
>know much about guns, but I think magnum rounds have a special powder that
>gives them the tremendous speed. Am I right?


Not quite.  All a magnum round is is one with an increased powder load.  If
I recall, the Wasted West book divides gunpowder up into "units" when
reloading rounds; regular rounds take one unit of powder, magnum rounds take
two units.

--Kai Tave