Re: [HoE] Other firearms questions (was SA-XM-60) [PEG]

[copernicus@brunnet.net (Pat Gamblin)]

>Just out of curiosity, can you hand-make ammo for the SA-XM-60? It's
>supposed to be firing steel-jacketed depleted-uranium rounds; what game
>effect should result from firing 4mm lead bullets (sans propellant)? Lead is
>cheap, and you can crank out a ton of 4mm rounds...

Lead isn't propelled by magnetic fields, which the gun uses. You could use
lead bullets jacketed in steel, but the damage would probably be less than
the listed damage since the bullet doesn't weight near as much as a DU
round does (though, since it is the same force propelling it forward, it
should travel faster,  arg... I hate mental physics. Well, okay I like
mental physics, but not when I have such a headache).

>Also, the Police Pistol and SMG fires 10mm rounds. If you knock out a black
>hat (killing him would make him go boom), can you take his 10mm caseless
>ammo for use in your own weapons?

Since they were all manufactured by Hellstromme Industries, I would say so.
I don't think Throckmorton went and re-tooled everything after he took
over. Of course, you couldn't switch rifle bullets into a pistol or vice
versa.

Paddy

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