[Minuteman37]

I'm personally hot and cold with the lever-actions. They're cheaper then bolt-actions, and they have rate of fire two.

One thing I didn't mention was I'm considering having the breech loaders, lever-actions, bolt-actions, SMGs, AND any side arms using the same ammunition.

I looked at Gamingballistics article on the .357 magnum round and it looks very nice.

6d's of damage coming out of 20 inch barrel bolt-action sniper rifle.

5d+2 for a 16 inch breach loader.

5d+1 for a 14 inch lever-action carbine.

Even 4d+2 for an 8 inch Sten gun.



I'm still thinking about it though.

Now that I've actually laid out the numbers I may cut the lever action, shorten the bolt-action down to 16 and bulk -5; make it standard issue for tier 2, snipers get fine quality breech loaders with match grade ammunition, and breech loaders are now 20 inches to get the most out of the cartridge.

The point of the tier 2 company is that they're a rapid response force to blitzkrieg tribles and rush over to put out fires and seal gaps in lines. So when equipping them consideration needs to be made for the confined spaces of a transport vehicle.


As for the shotguns. Pump-action shotguns are ubiquitous in america you can find them everywhere, and unlike some other guns of similar commonality (the AR platform, which is definitely tier 1), it's much simpler (though not the simplest I'll admit), and most importantly it's ammunition responds well to suboptimal powder and multiple reloadings. Not to mention it doesn't need a rifled barrel and even if you're not reloading shells you can make them from cardboard.

That's why I'm putting them at tier 2 for some specialists to use even though they may not be fabricated wholecloth back home.