[gurps] [3e][25-point] Los Tres Hombres -- three Old West outlaws

[Brandon Cope]

--- David Scheidt <dmscheidt at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Thomas Thrien
> <tquadrat at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Both Joe #1 and Joe #2 will have the same type of
> rifle (Winchester '73
> > .44-40), but with different number of shots (13+1
> for #1 vs. 17+1 for
> > #2). Is this a mistake, or didn't I got something?
> >
> 
> The winchester rifles were available in a number of
> calibers, barrel
> lengths, and with magazines that ran the full (or
> very nearly) length
> of the barrel or with magazines that were shorter
> than the barrel.
> Depending on which options the rifle has, the
> capacity will vary.  So
> it's quite possible to have 17 and 13 shot versions.
>  The
> half-magazine versions have the advantage of being
> lighter, a bit more
> reliable (the long tubes can get damaged, the spring
> in the longer
> ones some times went "sploing").  Most people who
> aren't hunting
> humans don't need the large capacity.

Magazines could go as short as 6+1, for a Winchester
so cut-down it was nearly lever-action pistol.

(Woody Strode's character used such a weapon in _Once
Upon A Time In The West_:

http://website.lineone.net/~braithwaitej/mainsite/overview/guns/winchester6.jpg

Brandon