Conversions of (mostly) real-world firearms cartridge data into RPG stats
The Reloading Press is an at-least-weekly feature here on Gaming Ballistic for 2016. Each week it looks at some interesting real-world cartridges and presents them with hopefully-useful information in GURPS Format. .50 BMG (12.7x99mm) The .50 BMG is an iconic cartridge. It virtually defines “large bore rifle” in the modern world – or at least…
The Reloading Press is an at-least-weekly feature here on Gaming Ballistic for 2016. Each week it looks at some interesting real-world cartridges and presents them with hopefully-useful information in GURPS Format. .600 Nitro Express (15.7x76mm) The .600NE is an “elephant gun” cartridge introduced in 1903, and was the largest round used in the “heyday” of…
The Reloading Press is an at-least-weekly feature here on Gaming Ballistic for 2016. Each week it looks at some interesting real-world cartridges and presents them with hopefully-useful information in GURPS Format. .380 ACP (9x17mm) The .380 ACP was another design by legend John Browning, and this one was to create a pistol that could use…