 Flintlocks, Black powder questions |
 Feb 10 2004, 06:08 PM
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What damage code do you think would be appropriate for flintlock pistols and rifles?
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Reaver Flintlocks Feb 10 2004, 06:08 PM
Austere Emancipator Humm. The most powerful muzzleloading rifles might... Feb 10 2004, 06:22 PM Reaver QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Humm. The most powerfu... Feb 10 2004, 06:26 PM Austere Emancipator I thought as much, which is why I also invested a ... Feb 10 2004, 06:29 PM Reaver QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) I thought as much, whi... Feb 10 2004, 06:32 PM Jason Farlander Applying my lack of any real knowledge on the subj... Feb 10 2004, 06:37 PM nezumi The power would not even be close to on par with o... Feb 10 2004, 06:39 PM GunnerJ The ranges of a musket would be crap. On par with ... Feb 10 2004, 06:47 PM Reaver QUOTE (Jason Farlander) Applying my lack of any re... Feb 10 2004, 06:48 PM Hero Besides, it would also depend on the type of shot ... Feb 10 2004, 06:52 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Jason Farlander)Shouldnt you be able to var... Feb 10 2004, 06:58 PM Tom Collins As others have stated, the real problem with many ... Feb 10 2004, 07:08 PM Req QUOTE (Tom Collins @ Feb 10 2004, 11:08 AM) A... Feb 10 2004, 07:22 PM Austere Emancipator At this point, it would be nice to know whether Re... Feb 10 2004, 07:31 PM Reaver QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) At this point, it woul... Feb 10 2004, 07:34 PM Reaver QUOTE (Req) QUOTE (Tom Collins @ Feb 10 2004,... Feb 10 2004, 07:36 PM Austere Emancipator Then something like 4M and 5S might indeed be more... Feb 10 2004, 07:46 PM Reaver QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Then something like 4M... Feb 10 2004, 07:50 PM Austere Emancipator Glad to help. I'm grateful for every excuse to... Feb 10 2004, 07:59 PM Jason Farlander QUOTE (Req) QUOTE (Tom Collins @ Feb 10 2004,... Feb 10 2004, 08:05 PM Tom Collins ok, here's the way it works. A bullet fired f... Feb 10 2004, 08:09 PM Req QUOTE (Tom Collins) ok, here's the way it work... Feb 10 2004, 08:18 PM boodah reaver, why do i not want to game all of a sudden?... Feb 10 2004, 08:24 PM Nikoli QUOTE I'm sure the infection factor was effect... Feb 10 2004, 08:28 PM Jason Farlander Attaining a temperature of 300C will kill any bact... Feb 10 2004, 08:29 PM nezumi QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE (nezumi)The powe... Feb 10 2004, 08:33 PM boodah QUOTE (nezumi) A black powder rifle might be compa... Feb 10 2004, 08:41 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (nezumi)A black powder rifle might be compar... Feb 10 2004, 08:46 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (boodah)50 caliber ball made of soft lead. a... Feb 10 2004, 08:49 PM Lindt Game terms IMO. Treat as gel rounds, cept then do... Feb 10 2004, 08:58 PM Austere Emancipator Then be sure to give that knockdown bonus of gel r... Feb 10 2004, 09:04 PM Req QUOTE (Jason Farlander) Attaining a temperature of... Feb 10 2004, 09:46 PM danbot37 I used to hunt with a black powder rifle. It was ... Feb 10 2004, 09:48 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (danbot37)Makes quite an exit wound on a wat... Feb 10 2004, 10:08 PM lodestar Just as a side note the Street Sweeper as presente... Feb 10 2004, 11:21 PM Fortune QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Do gel rounds go again... Feb 11 2004, 01:02 AM Diesel That's dumb. Feb 11 2004, 01:32 AM Fortune Why? Feb 11 2004, 02:06 AM Shanshu Freeman QUOTE (Tom Collins) Today's weapons fire round... Feb 11 2004, 04:06 AM boodah QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) If the momentum of the... Feb 11 2004, 01:49 PM Reaver QUOTE (boodah) QUOTE (Austere Emancipator @ F... Feb 11 2004, 02:19 PM Birdy Some data:
a) There is a difference between rifle... Feb 11 2004, 02:39 PM nezumi The biggest change will be reloading time, as was ... Feb 11 2004, 02:41 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Reaver)As for ranges, I think I'll use ... Feb 11 2004, 02:44 PM danbot37 I just coulda sworn at a visit to Shiloh National... Feb 12 2004, 01:47 AM CrimsonBaron Well it really depended on the type of black powde... Feb 12 2004, 04:23 AM Raygun QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)So I'd still say pa... Feb 12 2004, 06:18 AM mfb give pistols 6M, muskets 6S, and add a +1 or +2 mo... Feb 12 2004, 07:57 AM crazyivans I have a question... Why would you Want to use a ... Feb 12 2004, 03:03 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (crazyivans)Why would you Want to use a Muzz... Feb 12 2004, 03:05 PM Reaver QUOTE (crazyivans) I have a question... Why would... Feb 12 2004, 03:20 PM boodah QUOTE (Reaver) I don't want to give a lot of d... Feb 12 2004, 06:10 PM Reaver QUOTE (boodah) QUOTE (Reaver @ Feb 12 2004, 1... Feb 12 2004, 06:40 PM Crusher Bob Best to nail down your time period a bit more exac... Feb 13 2004, 05:36 AM boodah QUOTE (Reaver) QUOTE (boodah @ Feb 12 2004, 1... Feb 13 2004, 12:58 PM Fahr A very well trained and highly experienced Sharpsh... Feb 13 2004, 10:21 PM danbot37 Thank you, I knew I wasn't crazy. Feb 13 2004, 10:58 PM Austere Emancipator I guess the weight and tractability (doesn't s... Feb 13 2004, 11:05 PM lodestar QUOTE (Raygun) QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)So I... Feb 14 2004, 01:38 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (lodestar)That would depend on whether the s... Feb 14 2004, 01:54 AM REM QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE (lodestar)
And i... Feb 14 2004, 02:24 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (REM)And that bullet has a rather significan... Feb 14 2004, 02:36 AM Raygun QUOTE (danbot)Thank you, I knew I wasn't crazy... Feb 14 2004, 09:52 PM lodestar The mention of the bone shards comes from A Histor... Feb 14 2004, 11:13 PM Raygun QUOTE (lodestar)While the force of impact of most ... Feb 15 2004, 01:55 AM Crusher Bob Being shot is highly likely to change the tension ... Feb 15 2004, 03:29 AM lodestar QUOTE Recoil from a shotgun, even with heavy slugs... Feb 15 2004, 05:36 AM Raygun QUOTE (lodestar)Which is my point exactly. Who has... Feb 16 2004, 03:56 AM Reaver QUOTE (lodestar) QUOTE Recoil from a shotgun, even... Feb 16 2004, 04:50 PM lodestar Like I said not the most scientific meathods were ... Feb 16 2004, 06:54 PM Reaver QUOTE (lodestar) Like I said not the most scientif... Feb 16 2004, 07:03 PM Req In other news - AE - your new sig RULES. Mad prop... Feb 17 2004, 05:49 PM lodestar With further thought to the matter...
You're ... Feb 18 2004, 01:01 AM HolyTrinity Here we go:
1411: Earliest illustrations of a si... Feb 18 2004, 06:07 AM mfb right, lodestar, but with your hands, you're a... Feb 18 2004, 06:23 AM gknoy QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) QUOTE Some civil war s... Feb 18 2004, 10:45 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (gknoy)Remember that a lot of the pistols ma... Feb 18 2004, 02:48 PM Fahr http://www.cva.com/articles/fn.htm
modern replica... Feb 18 2004, 04:06 PM Austere Emancipator I checked the stats of modern muzzleloaders for th... Feb 18 2004, 04:34 PM Fahr I was only able to find a quote from a 1742 book o... Feb 18 2004, 04:55 PM Austere Emancipator Couldn't find an online tool for calculating t... Feb 18 2004, 05:01 PM mcb A 17th century Flintlock would have most likely be... Feb 18 2004, 07:37 PM Fahr doh. stupid 17th century cover 1600-1699....
my b... Feb 18 2004, 07:46 PM Crusher Bob You'll get 'modest' deformation on mos... Feb 19 2004, 01:49 AM Siege QUOTE (Crusher Bob) You'll get 'modest... Feb 19 2004, 02:36 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (Crusher Bob)No more that twice the diameter... Feb 19 2004, 02:54 PM boodah QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)
I doubt a full lead b... Feb 19 2004, 04:05 PM mcb Lead balls and lead conical bullets expand well at... Feb 19 2004, 04:16 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (boodah)modern bullets use pure lead with co... Feb 19 2004, 04:22 PM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (mcb)A round ball with flatten out like a pa... Feb 19 2004, 04:26 PM Fahr Bullet expansion in the barrel was one of the ways... Feb 19 2004, 04:34 PM nezumi I'd agree with you on old rifles, that 40 roun... Feb 19 2004, 05:38 PM Crusher Bob This was with the paper cartridge iirc, the time p... Feb 20 2004, 01:01 AM otomik QUOTE (Austere Emancipator)The way SR has divided ... Feb 20 2004, 05:18 AM Raygun QUOTE (otomik)hey raygun check this out
http://www... Feb 20 2004, 07:50 AM Austere Emancipator QUOTE (otomik)that might suite you just fine if yo... Feb 20 2004, 11:46 AM mcb The Brown Bess is proble better compared to a ligh... Feb 20 2004, 02:18 PM Austere Emancipator You're probably right. I was looking at shot i... Feb 20 2004, 02:21 PM mcb Sure that seems pretty good.
As for other flintlo... Feb 20 2004, 02:52 PM
Austere Emancipator QUOTE (mcb)So to make a crude approximation a 50 c... Feb 20 2004, 03:08 PM  |
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