Re: [HOE] S&W Series 500 Sidearm

["Stephan Elsner" <schnabul@yahoo.de>]

Well, I see, so the damage caused from a .45 round comes from its mass and
the damage caused by a 9mm comes from its speed, finally it equals out. This
sounds logical, but to me the problem came up again as I started to play a
call of cthulhu campaign. This game is reknown for having a very well
researched background on everything. In this game the damage for a .45 auto
round is stated as 1d10+2 and the damage for 9mm or .38 is 1d10. The damage
for a .44 magnum is 2d6+2. If you compare these values to each other and
looking at the average results it seems very realistic to me. Iīd like to
see these differences in HoE but I donīt know if its really realistic or not
and I donīt know how I would incorporate it into the deadlands system.

Stephan

> Disclaimer: I am not a ballistics expert.
>
> The tricky thing about damage from firearms is that caliber doesn't tell
> the whole story. The speed of the round has a big effect on its energy,
> too, and the transfer of energy is what causes damage. Which is why AP
> rounds striking a soft target don't do as much damage -- they tend to go
> right through, carrying some of their energy with them.
>
> (The energy of a flying piece of lead is 1/2mv^2, right? If the v's are
> even a little different, the energy available to be transferred can vary
> quite a bit.)
>
> I honestly don't know about the muzzle velocities of 9mm vs. .45 vs. .38,
> but that might tell you the rest of the story.
>
> HTH,
>
> Jason
>
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