Re: SG - New Israeli's _ Eureka Miniatures

On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Steve Pugh wrote:
> This is right back to my original point. 1 and 3 are silent anyway 
> in a gauss rifle (or nearly so). On the other hand I had always 
> imagined gauss rifles as firing small, dense penetrators at very 
> high speeds, so 2 is going to remain. Conventional silencers work 
> best when used with sub-sonic ammunition.

You *could* design a dedicated sniper gauss firing large, heavy and slow

projectiles -- but you would lose range, accuracy and penetration. And
it 
wouldn't be an add-on you can put on any gauss weapon.

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