[gurps] 10mm EM Storm Rifle = worth it?

[Brandon Cope]

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Troy Guffey <troyguffey at cyberdude.com> wrote:

> Onno Meyer wrote:
> >> Von: "Troy Guffey"
> <troyguffey at cyberdude.com>
> > 
> >> I worked up this gun for
> "monster-hunter" types where you want to
> >> shoot big
> >> heavy bullets AND have a large ammo capacity.
> > 
> > Heavy bullets and large ammo capacity are a
> contradiction in terms.
> > You have lighter rounds than a 9mm pistol!
> 
> I'm guessing that's because the 9mm rounds included
> propellant, and
> the EM rifle rounds don't.  Very small bullets
> apparently have a
> "break up" problem when going *though* obstacles
> that heavier bullets
> do not.  It's a question of more mass  to protect and
> soak damage to
> the bullets.  (Seen on FutureWeapons).

Ah. I thought you wanted 10mm because it's the minimum bore for HE, APEX and CHEM rounds.

(although in WWII there was a feeble SAPHE round for the Japanese 7.7mm Arisake Type 99 rifle, doing 6d-1(0.5) + 1d-4 HE, compared to 6d+2 regular)

Brandon