02-10-2013, 01:40 AM | #21 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Low/High-Tech Military Air Guns
The main reason we use explosives is energy density; an airgun with the energy of a conventional rifle will be at about 1/4 the speed, 4x the recoil, and 20x the weight per shot (including tank weight on the airgun, and case/propellant weight for the conventional gun).
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02-10-2013, 03:57 PM | #22 | |
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fryers Forest Australia
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Re: Low/High-Tech Military Air Guns
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Certainly not from a GURPS RAW perspective. IRL if find that my Horton Legend crossbow [165 lbs draw, 305 fps] has enough penetrating power to almost over penetrate a goat shot broadside to the chest [10-12"]. The fletching tends to stop the arrow from completly over penetrating the far layer of skin.
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02-10-2013, 05:01 PM | #23 | |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Down in a holler
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Re: Low/High-Tech Military Air Guns
Yup. With a powerful compound bow, complete pass through on critters as big as grizzlies and moose is common provided no bone is hit.
Even fairly light bows can put arrows through a deer sized animal unless you dead center the shoulder joint. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuLVSosOJWU http://www.alaskabowhunting.com/imag...ephant_web.jpg Quote:
Your arrow is probably pretty light too. |
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