Wheellocks and Flintlocks

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by malloyd

The rain issue is a matter of how closed the lock can be built.

Yes? I was summarizing the differences found in Low-Tech. There is room for differentiation between weapons in how well they function in the rain.

Originally Posted by malloyd

I wouldn't expect that to matter much. It's the difference between the time it takes for the wheel to accelerate to a speed that throws sparks and the time the hammer takes to fall. That might matter if you were shooting at distant targets from a moving vehicle, but really probably isn't a lot greater than other sources of variability - say the burn rate of the powder between where the spark hits and the touch hole.

It's certainly not going to matter much, but is it worth a bonus in a niche condition like determining who fire first?