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Old 09-19-2016, 06:30 AM   #196
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Default Pistols

The existing Low-Tech and High-Tech pistols at TL4-5 are mostly very low powered.

Does anyone know of a technological reason why black powder pistols with 12" and shorter barrels were limited to 1d+ to 2d-1 Dmg?

Is this a function of the barrels being too short for a powder charge with any power to burn in them?*

Or is it just a matter of must of these pistols being meant for use against unarmoured foes at short range, making it unpopular to load them with heavy powder charges, which would increase MinSt and Rcl in game terms and make them painful and terrifying to shoot, in real-world terms?

Could you load a typical real-world boarding pistol to get more than 1d+1 or 1d+2 Dmg without risking a burst barrel, if you were prepared to face a stupendous recoil and muzzle blast?

Would carbine or fusil charges burst a real-world boarding pistol or simply not add any meaningful Dmg, as the barrel would be too short for the extra powder to burn?

*Which means that high-quality REF 0.8 smokepowder weapons could surpass this damage, but the lower quality REF 0.5 smokepowder might not, unless it exists in faster burning varieties than typical black powder pistol chamberings.
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