Shooting Dice Blog with GURPS content

[DouglasCole]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

I was reading about the P7M8 and whoever is holding that pistol is a geek, with that Star Wars tattoo. But I think it's a good way of showing the size of the pistol.

Heh. I believe that whomever has that tatoo has a large-scale X-Wing as well...

[HANS]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Interesting and informative blog. I look forward to more.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Þorkell

I was reading about the P7M8 and whoever is holding that pistol is a geek, with that Star Wars tattoo.

Guilty as charged, I guess. Although frankly Star Wars fandom has moved from being geek to general acceptance decades ago, even regarding tattoos.

Originally Posted by Þorkell

I have a question about "This is made worse by the fact that users of the P7 tend to squeeze and release constantly, unlike with other designs that are cocked once and then stay that way." This is I gather a quirk of the user, not of the pistol? I mean some people click pens incessantly and I presume people with that flaw would tend to do the same when presented with the P7...

Although it is a user "problem" it is one that other pistols can't have and that this one invites. It's a natural impulse to release as soon as you don't need it any longer because you have to actively depress the bar. That, of course, is intentional, as it instantly renders the pistol safe. For example, you draw without pressing, you press while presenting the pistol, you stay pressed on target, you release as soon as you move, you press when you want to shoot again. And so on. I feel this makes it very safe, but you do have to train with it and it does click all the time. You'll only hear that in certain situations (quiet background), of course, but these things can mean life and death.

Cheers

HANS

[HANS]

Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Heh. I believe that whomever has that tatoo has a large-scale X-Wing as well...

Tattoos do tend to accumulate.

Cheers

HANS

[Mailanka]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Interesting and informative blog. I look forward to more.

I was reading about the P7M8 and whoever is holding that pistol is a geek, with that Star Wars tattoo. But I think it's a good way of showing the size of the pistol.

He's rebel scum, is what he is.

I had missed that article. I keep missing the "read more" buttons and I'm not sure why, because I always put those breaks in my blog too, and they're not particularly hard to miss.

Read through it, and this is the sort of stuff I love to see. In fact, my first thought upon reading the first half of the article was to look up where it showed up in movies, but Hans did that for me. Clever. And the detail on the gun itself, in GURPS, is exactly the sort of thing that makes me want to play GURPS in the first place, though I can rarely get that level of weapon-detail down-pat at my table, though I wish I could.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by HANS

This is the kind of comment I want to see on the blog ;)

I can't figure out how to leave comments... I hit the 'like' button, but beyond that I'm stymied.

I also really enjoyed your love letter to the P7M8!

[HANS]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

I can't figure out how to leave comments... I hit the 'like' button, but beyond that I'm stymied.

I also really enjoyed your love letter to the P7M8!

Scroll all the way to the bottom, where it says "Leave a Reply".

Cheers

HANS

[HANS]

Recent posts include a detailed look at the real-world performance of the Remington Model 870 Police Magnum shotgun, with hints for use in GURPS.

I have also enrolled in the Melee Academy with a post called "Martial Arts: The Maltese Falcon".

Cheers

HANS

[Kalzazz]

Is the 12ga version still the one true guage? Or how popular are 20s?

[HANS]

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Is the 12ga version still the one true guage? Or how popular are 20s?

In this part of the world, absolutely. I haven't even seen a 20-gauge first hand (plenty of 16-gauge, though, which used to be the bore of choice over here).

Cheers

HANS

[Kalzazz]

My 870 is a 20, it was really really pretty and the shop owner was willing to haggle

Of course it always is annoying going to buy ammo for it . . . it seems wrong smaller boxes of 20ga cost more than 12ga!