A thread of 2 messages, 10 May 1994 to 11 May 1994, in the order they were sent.
Has anyone, perhaps on the beta list, examined how to come up with reasonable clip capacities for slug throwers? I mean, how far can you extend a bannana clip until it gets in the way? What about ammo drums, like a Thompson, or top-mounted clips, like the T:2000 weapon that appears in Challenge 72?
Muir Macpherson [email removed] writes: > > Has anyone, perhaps on the beta list, examined how to come up with reasonable > clip capacities for slug throwers? > > I mean, how far can you extend a bannana clip until it gets in the way? > What about ammo drums, like a Thompson, or top-mounted clips, like the > T:2000 weapon that appears in Challenge 72? Apart from having long banana magazines, you can double your ammo capacity by the quick'n'dirty method of taping or clipping two magazines together. Modern magazines have their capacity increased by being thicker so that they contain two columns of rounds. Drums tend to be less reliable than straight magazines. The big advantage of a top- or side-mounted magazine is that you can lie prone and it doesn't get in the way. Finally, if you have too big a magazine, it becomes heavy enough to upset the balance of the weapon. In the case of pistols and bullpup rifles, this is not such a serious problem as if the magazine is mounted forward. Flame ammo: Allen Shock [email removed] writes: > Subject: CT/MT/TNE: It's still TRAVELLER! The background has changed almost recognition, the rules have changed beyond recognition. I'm reminded of the story about the man who claims he still has the axe his father gave him 20 years ago; he replaced the handle last year and replaced the head the year before that, but he still has the same axe. :-) - -- "Keyboard? How quaint!" - M. Scott Adrian Hurt | JANET: [email removed] UUCP: ..!uknet!cee.hw.ac.uk!adrian | ARPA: [email removed]