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hyzmarca
post Jun 8 2006, 09:13 PM
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SAAMI analysis projects that a round that now costs pennies would cost several dollars each! A far cry from the half-cent claim made by Lockyer and his allies.


Well, with that quote ammo prices in SR make perfect sense. All bullets have serial numbers. That's why basic ammo costs 2 :nuyen: per bullet.

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SAAMI estimates it would take three weeks to produce what is now completed in one DAY. This sort of slowdown would cripple the industry. It would also require that ammunition, which is now made in production lots of millions, be made in lots of 20, 50 or 100 rounds


And this massive reduction in production explains why you can't buy more than 10 bullets per day.


So, next time your players do something stupid have their bullets traced.
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- hyzmarca   Explaining SR ammo costs   Jun 8 2006, 09:13 PM
- - Catsnightmare   I always figured the government taxed ammo. How e...   Jun 8 2006, 09:20 PM
- - Voran   Heh, just like "The Man" to likely make ...   Jun 8 2006, 09:26 PM
- - Shrike30   I always figured that "standard" ammo wa...   Jun 8 2006, 09:50 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   QUOTE (Shrike30)fragments when it strikes a meaty ...   Jun 8 2006, 09:59 PM
- - Shrike30   QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE (Shrike30)fragme...   Jun 8 2006, 10:21 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   There is no way for a firearm to have a rifling tw...   Jun 8 2006, 10:33 PM
- - Butterblume   Just to toss in a number, too: When I was in the ...   Jun 8 2006, 10:36 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   That corresponds pretty closely with the figures i...   Jun 8 2006, 10:39 PM
- - Lindt   I always explained it as 'clean' ammo, eit...   Jun 8 2006, 10:48 PM
- - Shrike30   Thanks, AE, that makes sense. The whole "hig...   Jun 8 2006, 11:12 PM
- - Rock   I don't think each round is serial numbered, b...   Jun 18 2006, 10:39 PM
- - nezumi   Steve, that's what the Street Index is suppose...   Jun 19 2006, 03:12 AM

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