House ruling firearm skills?

[Dave E]

I generally use Guns: Pistol and Guns:Rifle or Guns:Autoweapon, with Autoweapon and Rifle being -2 to each other and using a Technique to eliminate the default. For me this simulates the ability to fire single shots or being initially trained in spray and pray. I do, however, use familiarity penalties a fair bit. If you were trained to use an AK-47 on auto (so Guns:Autoweapon), picking up a Lee Enfield bolt action is both -2 for the switch to single shots, and another -2 for a switch to bolt action.

(Machine Pistols I give at -4 to Pistol, again with a Technique to buy off the penalty.)

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Dave E

I generally use Guns: Pistol and Guns:Rifle or Guns:Autoweapon, with Autoweapon and Rifle being -2 to each other and using a Technique to eliminate the default. For me this simulates the ability to fire single shots or being initially trained in spray and pray. I do, however, use familiarity penalties a fair bit. If you were trained to use an AK-47 on auto (so Guns:Autoweapon), picking up a Lee Enfield bolt action is both -2 for the switch to single shots, and another -2 for a switch to bolt action.

(Machine Pistols I give at -4 to Pistol, again with a Technique to buy off the penalty.)

I like (and have used) the concept that firing at full auto buys off an inherent penalty to Acc based on a Technique. It can't go above the basic pointability skill (firing one shot will always be easier to control than firing ten).

Something in the -2 to -4 and a Hard technique that can be bought up to flat skill would be sensible.