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Post by jakewashington on Sept 29, 2011 15:44:13 GMT -5
I play in a game called Sidewinder, an old west RPG. In the game, rifles like the winchester not only have a longer range than revolvers, obviously, but also do more 'damage' when you hit your target.
Is this correct for the real guns?
If so, should the .44-.40 colt frontier then do more damage than the .45 peacemaker?
Or was the range really the only advantage of a winchester, not really 'damage' to a human target.
Thanks.
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Post by jayhawker on Sept 29, 2011 18:14:42 GMT -5
No, not from a handgun. The advantage to the rifle in .44 WCF is the higher velocity from the longer barrel.
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Post by jimmarch on Sept 29, 2011 23:34:31 GMT -5
What he said. Longer barrels spit bullets faster. It was true then, it's still true...the 357Mag for example is a serious handgun round but shoot it out of a rifle and the best turn into real raging beasts.
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Post by cadillo on Sept 30, 2011 10:28:34 GMT -5
Longer sight radius makes a rifle a better platform for precise aiming even in a handgun caliber.
Western lore has it that there was a tombstone somewhere inscribed to the effect that the person under it had committed suicide by having tried to pistol shoot a man who was carrying a Winchester. While probably not true, the logic is sound.
Back when I was an LEO, I printed the following(author unknown) and put it on the cover of the long arm sign out log book in an effort to get my crew to check out rifles at the beginning of each shift:
"A handgun is not there to strap on when you think it might be needed. If you think you'll need a gun, you bring a rifle and friends with more rifles. Either that or you just don't go. A handgun is carried for every moment you don't think you'll need a gun."
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Post by jakewashington on Sept 30, 2011 11:37:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the speedy replies, great.
So, the .45 Peacemaker does 2d6 damage in the game (that's 2 six-sided dice). While the Winchester does 2d8, the Frontier though using the same round should also just do 2d6. Got it.
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Post by Madbo on Oct 4, 2011 12:44:15 GMT -5
Well gag me with a .45 slide.  |
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Post by robl on Oct 4, 2011 12:45:18 GMT -5
man everyone Knows the Desert Eagle is the most powerful weapon in World of Warcraft...
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Post by Madbo on Oct 4, 2011 12:53:15 GMT -5
Goggled Sidewinder game........nothing. The only RPG I know is a weapon and they didn't have'em in the old west. Damn, I'm gett'n old!!  |
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Post by dmize on Oct 4, 2011 12:55:39 GMT -5
Dont feel bad,thats the first thing I thought of too.
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Post by cas on Oct 7, 2011 17:22:13 GMT -5
Goggled Sidewinder game........nothing. The only RPG I know is a weapon and they didn't have'em in the old west. Damn, I'm gett'n old!! You mean you didn't play Advanced Derringers and Dragoons? |
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