Re: [HOE] S&W Series 500 Sidearm

[Lorgryt <lorgryt.detroll@verizon.net>]

Real ballistics is VERY complicated.  It takes a long time to work out all 
the info, and simple variables like humidity and barometric pressure can 
change them.  In the end the dammage from a .45 ACP and a 9mm Para are very 
close, and a .44 Rem Mag is much higher.

I started playing C of C in the early 80s, while training in 
ballistics.  It was wrong then, and it is wrong now.  But, it is a game... 
DO NOT GO CRAZY OVER THE DETAILS!  It isn't fun for you or your group.  It 
is a game, have fun with "reasonable," don't enforce "real."

Bo

At 12:01 AM 2/20/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Well, I see, so the damage caused from a .45 round comes from its mass and
>the damage caused by a 9mm comes from its speed, finally it equals out. This
>sounds logical, but to me the problem came up again as I started to play a
>call of cthulhu campaign. This game is reknown for having a very well
>researched background on everything. In this game the damage for a .45 auto
>round is stated as 1d10+2 and the damage for 9mm or .38 is 1d10. The damage
>for a .44 magnum is 2d6+2. If you compare these values to each other and
>looking at the average results it seems very realistic to me. Iīd like to
>see these differences in HoE but I donīt know if its really realistic or not
>and I donīt know how I would incorporate it into the deadlands system.
>
>Stephan
>
> > Disclaimer: I am not a ballistics expert.
> >
> > The tricky thing about damage from firearms is that caliber doesn't tell
> > the whole story. The speed of the round has a big effect on its energy,
> > too, and the transfer of energy is what causes damage. Which is why AP
> > rounds striking a soft target don't do as much damage -- they tend to go
> > right through, carrying some of their energy with them.
> >
> > (The energy of a flying piece of lead is 1/2mv^2, right? If the v's are
> > even a little different, the energy available to be transferred can vary
> > quite a bit.)
> >
> > I honestly don't know about the muzzle velocities of 9mm vs. .45 vs. .38,
> > but that might tell you the rest of the story.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Jason
> >
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