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Originally Posted by Rupert
A Martini-Henry, etc. are about as powerful as an M16 or AK-47. A .30-06 or 8.x57mm Mauser is more powerful than all of these. All are or were normal issue service rifles of their time.
Power and 'damage' of these sorts of weapons don't follow TLs, and they are the type of weapons shown in UT. The same goes for pistols (though the UT pistols are pretty powerful), where caplock revolvers could have plenty of power. What changes are things like weight and ammo capacity, though the magazine sizes in UT for some of the pistols are questionable given their small bulk in my opinion (small bulk implies grip magazines, and with the bore sizes given that magazines capacities given aren't going to fit within a pistol grip). I'd also expect Acc improvements, range improvements, and where needed penetration improvements (without loss of damage due to dropping piercing size).
The exception is in large game rifles and other guns made simply with the goal of 'maximum power'. However they'll be limited by the capacity of people to fire them. The ammo will probably get lighter, but the guns won't (to help manage recoil), and the power won't rise much either. It's possible there will be more use of things like discarding sabots in sporting loads, but they aren't TL9, but merely TL7.
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Yes, it wasn't unclear what you were asserting or referring to.
Of course, TL 7 and 8 weapons developed in an environment where increasing power to achieve more penetration or range was seen for good reason as unnecessary for main issue weapons. Treating that plateau as the natural state of TL progression is a somewhat strong position to take, and not one that meshes well with Ultratech.