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Originally Posted by Michael Thayne
Also, after more research it seems like the weight of a modern cartridge is generally around 50% brass, at most? Given that I might go with cased versions of TL9 caseless weapons halving half as many shots and otherwise being identical.
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That seems reasonable.
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Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth
Why half as many shots? A cased round will be heavier and might be longer, but it doesn't need to be much wider. Which is usually the limiting dimension for magazine capacity.
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I assume the OP wants to keep the weapon stats as similar as possible to the caseless versions they're working from, so halving the ammo capacity of the magazines while retaining the same weight means not having to change all the weapon weights, etc.