RE: [SG] Shotguns

At 12:41 PM -0500 2/14/03, laserlight@quixnet.net wrote:
>  >However I have to question it being better then an assault rifle
against
>something like powered armor, unless of course you are using solid
slugs ;)
>
>So instead of having, say, d10 Impact, it might be 3 x d4 (each applied
>separately) or something similar--still bad news if you're unarmored
but
>not so much of a problem if you're a walking tank.

One would have the ability to fabricate some kind of sabot penetrator 
fired out of say, belted 3" magnums even in these days that would 
have a serious kick, but also serious penetration. One could turn 
out, even today, a tungsten, steel or some other hard penetrator and 
load it into a shot shell. There isn't hardly a call for any of that 
right now, but if armored beasts were a threat, you can bet it'd turn 
up. Far more powder cross section and decreased density. One could 
even use small HEAT warheads (perhaps a problem to use close up for 
the firing soldier).

One has to wonder what off world colonists with beasts not unlike a 
Cap Buffalo would turn out for personal weapons. They could have a 
penetration edge against PA that would likely give PA users a bit of 
pause. 800 Nitro Express for the 2183 period anyone? A heck of a 
kick, but it'll take down an elephant. PA shouldn't be a problem.

Of course, surviving the return fire would be the hard part. 
Colonists would get a shot or two before they were a mist. Still, 
having the state of mind to drop a large scary beast charging you out 
of the brush can't be all that different from having steely nerve 
when assaulted by power armor. Perhaps there's a modifier for 
confidence tests when the militia has experience with big mean nasty 
Cape-Lizards.
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