I'm currently developing a pen-and-paper gaming system and, since I've never owned a gun before in my life, have some questions about guns I could not find anywhere else, and I thought, what better place to come then the Lounge?
1) Gun Laws: is it legal to include the actual, non-fictional name of guns in a book or game, such as Beretta m93r 9mm, as opposed to Handgun?
2) I'm having a LOT of difficulty understanding the damage guns inflict. I got that they are rated either by caliber in America or millimeter everywhere else, and that the greater that number, the more damage is generally inflicted, however from what I've read so far, bullet speed is also a factor, sometimes trumping caliber. I'm trying to make a rating system on damage effectiveness with categories of Small, Medium, and Large with a possible X-Large for guns that don't fit (such as an Elephant Gun).
I was really shocked that Assault rifles generally use 9mm but cause so much damage; I assumed (incorrectly) that they used a bigger bullet. Anyways, so far I have the listing broken into mm (I had to convert all caliber to mm), and I can't remember the specifics because I'm not at home to look at my doc, but I think it was .1 to .29 cal or lower is small, .2 to .39 cal is medium, and .4 to .5-.59 cal is large, regardless of the type of gun used. This makes some handguns as powerful as some beast looking machine guns. Taking out the automatic firing, is this true, or am I so far off base, I might as well hang myself now? (note: I'm only using cal here becuase I can't remember what MM I changed the cal to; also, this assumes that a cal of .5 to .59 at LARGE is one of the most damaging there is for domestic use guns and damage inflicted in regards to lethality).
The more I read about guns, the more fascinating they become. I never knew there were so many purpose guns, all with different functions. The range, power, caliber (mm), length of the tube all play an important factor, as does the weight, recoil, and reload. It's not as easy to make this chart as I assumed it would be, that's for sure... I thank everyone for their responses ahead of time.
1) Gun Laws: is it legal to include the actual, non-fictional name of guns in a book or game, such as Beretta m93r 9mm, as opposed to Handgun?
2) I'm having a LOT of difficulty understanding the damage guns inflict. I got that they are rated either by caliber in America or millimeter everywhere else, and that the greater that number, the more damage is generally inflicted, however from what I've read so far, bullet speed is also a factor, sometimes trumping caliber. I'm trying to make a rating system on damage effectiveness with categories of Small, Medium, and Large with a possible X-Large for guns that don't fit (such as an Elephant Gun).
I was really shocked that Assault rifles generally use 9mm but cause so much damage; I assumed (incorrectly) that they used a bigger bullet. Anyways, so far I have the listing broken into mm (I had to convert all caliber to mm), and I can't remember the specifics because I'm not at home to look at my doc, but I think it was .1 to .29 cal or lower is small, .2 to .39 cal is medium, and .4 to .5-.59 cal is large, regardless of the type of gun used. This makes some handguns as powerful as some beast looking machine guns. Taking out the automatic firing, is this true, or am I so far off base, I might as well hang myself now? (note: I'm only using cal here becuase I can't remember what MM I changed the cal to; also, this assumes that a cal of .5 to .59 at LARGE is one of the most damaging there is for domestic use guns and damage inflicted in regards to lethality).
The more I read about guns, the more fascinating they become. I never knew there were so many purpose guns, all with different functions. The range, power, caliber (mm), length of the tube all play an important factor, as does the weight, recoil, and reload. It's not as easy to make this chart as I assumed it would be, that's for sure... I thank everyone for their responses ahead of time.
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