[gurps] G3E - Need help with Handgun stats

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Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:01:21 +0100
From: Thomas Thrien>
----------| Am 25.03.2008 03:00 schrieb Brandon Cope:
|----------
> Of course, the ST 17 means that virtually all firers
will take double
 recoil penalties.
>
> Brandon
>   
... and this matches with reality; you have already
difficulties to
 fire 
two shots with a .464 Weatherby Magnum RIFLE to the
same target without
 
a longer "regenerating" phase. How much more must this
be true with a 
.600 NitroExpress HANDGUN?

But the statement "The world's most powerful handgun"
does not seem
 true 
to me; I once (ONCE! Never again!) fired a .800H&H
Contender Pistol,
 and 
as far as I know, this is ammo has a bit more drive.

But I think this is a theoretical discussion: doing a
snapshot with 
either of these weapons will break your wrist. Already
a .50 Desert 
Eagle can do serious damage to the shooter if he is
not prepared to the
 
recoil. And even a shotgun can send you to the dentist
if you are 
careless firing it.

So what practical use will have a handgun with such a
caliber when it
 is 
at least as dangerous for the firer than for the
target? It is bulky, 
heavy, expensive - and really loud if used. So why
going for a .600NE 
Revolver when I can get the same from a Rifle with
.308 HS/HV or AP - 
that does not try to kill me when I fire it?>>

Well it is designed for a Campaign where Cyber and
Bioware exist so having a Borg with a 17 ST is
possible.  I can't seee this thing being used by non
Borgs...

It not practical, but sometimes U want to have the
largest gun available to do the job.  But just think
of the Intimdation effect when U pull this and point
it at someone.  Even if U miss, in a "Pistol fight"
the otherside will be looking for much harder cover,
then trying to gun U down.  I was considering using
the .700 Nitro Express round...  

And if things get really rough, U have a club!!  to
beat people to death with, part of me is thinking of
putting a blade on it like they had in BLADE 2.



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