A thread of 2 messages, 3 January 1994 to 4 January 1994, in the order they were sent.
Two points: A 4 guage shotgun is over 20mm in bore diameter yet 'technically' can not be designed. (A friend made the valid point that it isn't really a small arm as much as a cannon though) The rules say that you cannot have necked cartriges in a grip magazine. The Soviet Tokarev used 7.62*25mm NECKED cartriges. My junior gunsmith friends say that necked cartriges actually feed better in Autoloaders. just a couple of nits in a pretty good product.
Steven Gott [email removed] wrote: > Two points: > A 4 guage shotgun is over 20mm in bore diameter yet 'technically' can not > be designed. (A friend made the valid point that it isn't really a small > arm as much as a cannon though) Hadn't really thought of trying this one, but you're both right. First suggestion would be to bend the rules some, and design it as a small arms weapon anyway. One note when designing shotguns: design the round as a TL-4 round. GDW apparently did that when they re-did the TNE stats, and it gives you reasonable numbers for the weights and length of the reciever. ( I had to drop the TL on a number of the rounds while re-doing my 2300AD conversions. It's a good way to drop the energy of a round, IMO. ) > The rules say that you cannot have necked cartriges in a grip magazine. > The Soviet Tokarev used 7.62*25mm NECKED cartriges. > My junior gunsmith friends say that necked cartriges actually feed better in > Autoloaders. In the notes at the beginning of the Small Arms section it talks about these. I don't think the game performance of the rounds is that different than the 'straight' round would be. I think GDW opted to slide the necked pistol rounds into the 'straight' category for simplicity. Loren might now for sure, this is simply an educated guess. > just a couple of nits in a pretty good product. Bob. - ------------------------------- | Bob Piper- [email removed] | | Wolfram Research, Inc. | - -------------------------------