One of my players just sent me the write-up for his Troll's Modified Ruger Super Warhawk. He went into the Arsenal Weapon Mod rules and beefed it up a bit, but it still feels like a Human's gun with a big handle to me. I'd like to direct your attention to the cover art on Runner Havens - if I'm seeing the perspective right, the Troll on the cover is firing a one-handed pistol-grip firearm with a slide over two feet long. It is a Very Big Gun.
Seems to me that just saying '...and it's big enough for a Troll to shoot' doesn't really take into consideration the kind of firepower these guys can (and should) carry. Sure, most Trolls are going to pick up a Vindicator, an HMG, or a Panther XXL - but what about Troll-sized handguns? A Troll is going to treat a .50 like a .22, as far as recoil goes. So why isn't there a Super-Heavy Pistol for the boys who can can use 'em? You know there's a market, and I've never met a gunsmith who didn't get a twinkle in his eye regarding the quest for the bigger boom.
I think I'm going to wind up writing a revolver that uses the Heavy Weapon rules for my game. I'd like it to be scary, but not unbalancing. My current thinking is to raise the base damage from 5 to 6, and rule that firing it means resisting a 3S hit (Heavy Weapons, Arsenal, Pg. 162) - the Troll has 14 body to soak damage, so he could simply cash them in at 4:1 and automatically resist it, but any other character who picked it up would get their wrist broken. This is unlikely to come into play, but making the weapon dangerous to even fire gives it a certain style.
It would also be pretty cool if it had some sort of special rule for being loud - say, +2 to detect the weapon being fired due to the massive blast.
Now, I think a lot of people are going to do the math on this and ask themselves why anyone would bother for DV6. I mean, it's big, it's loud, it's dangerous to even be near, wildly illegal and possibly constitutes a war crime. The rest of you are writing that down to use as the sales pitch.
I'd like to get your opinions on the idea - too big, not big enough, good idea/bad idea. I'm also opening the floor to name suggestions.
Current Leader - The ARES RHINO.