Low Tech vs Basic Weapon Stats

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Unfortunately while we have easy rules for damage, trying to come up with bulk and rcl is trickier

However, there is an extremely small range in those stats. Bulk doesn't come up very often in my experience and Rcl over 3 simply translates to "save your ammunition".

Speaking of ammunition, there's almost always a much smaller numbers of calibers to choose from than gun types. May people do not seem tom understand that it is the ammunition that determines most combat stats.

I can't count the number of times someone has posted asking for stats for something that turns out to be another 5.56mm rifle or carbine. If they already knew the weight and cost of said gun they already knew the ways in which it differed in Gurps stats from an M16/M4.