I was playing around with the smallarms design rules last night. It's
pretty stright foward. The trickest part is designing the round. That's the
key part. The round determines muzzle energy, which effects your damage and
recoil.
My first attempt was a .45 caliber (11.43x23mm) semiautomatic pistol.
I decided to have some fun and made it a TL9 ETC round. Things looked
great till I figured out the recoil. It was just over six! I switched
to a heavy receiver (weight modifies recoil) and added a muzzle break.
Recoil dropped to 5.98. :-) Form my next trick, I'll drop the TL to 5
and try to make a Colt 1911 pistol.
It shows promise for a decent carbine though. Longer (and heavier)
barrel, longer muzzle break, shock absorbing stock and changing from a
grip magazine to a box magazine (this will increase the size of the
receiver. Hopefully the extra weight will help also).
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