Smokeless Powder Firearm Table

By late TL5 and early TL6, several developments had led to increased performance of firearms. First, machining and metalurgy allowed practical breach loaders, eliminating the cumbersome process of loading via the muzzle. Second, the introduction of the ammunition cartridge as a self contained unit containing primer, propellant, and bullet further simplified loading. Third, smokeless powder gave significantly increased performance as a propellant, allowing bullets to be launched at higher velocities. Finally, many mechanical designs were developed that allowed mechanical reloading from an interior magazine.

The upshot of this in game terms is that guns can fire faster, and the shooter can select his ammunition for desired properties:

Non-deforming bullets do their listed damage. Cost and LC are unchanged.
Expanding bullets (HP) do -1 damage per two dice of damage, but are +2 piercing size classes larger. Cost and LC are unchanged. Shot pellets cannot be expanding, but slugs can.

Pistols

TL Weapon Type Damage Acc Range Weight ROF Shots Min ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC Notes

6 Auto Pistol, .22 LR pi-2 1d+2 2 150/1500 1.5/0.3 3 7+1(3) 7 -2 3 $300 3

6 Auto Pistol, .45 pi+2 2d 2 120/1300 1.5/0.3 3 7+1(3) 10 -2 3 $300 3

6 Auto Pistol, 9 mm pi 2d+2 2 150/1850 1/0.2 3 8+1(3) 9 -2 2 $350 3

6 Revolver, .38 pi 2d 2 120/1500 1/0.1 3 6(3i) 8 -2 2 $400 3

6 Snub Revolver, .38 pi 1d+2 2 120/1200 0.7/0.1 3 5(3i) 8 -1 3 $250 3

6 SMG, .45 pi+2 2d+1 3 190/1750 7/2 13 50+1(5) 11 -4 3 $2200 2 [2]

6 SMG, 9 mm pi 2d+2 3 160/1900 5/0.7 8! 32(3) 10 -3 2 $700 2 [2]

7 Auto Pistol, 9 mm pi 2d+2 2 150/1850 1/0.3 3 15+1(3) 9 -2 2 $600 3

7 Holdout Pistol, .380 pi 2d 1 125/1500 0.6/0.1 3 5+1(3) 8 -1 3 $300 3

7 Revolver, .357M pi 3d 2 200/2500 1.5/0.1 3 6(3i) 10 -2 3 $500 3

7 Revolver, .44M pi+2 3d+2 2 200/2500 1.5/0.15 3 6(3i) 11 -3 4 $900 3

7 Machine Pistol, 9 mm pi 2d+2 2 150/1850 2.5/0.5 20 25+1(3) 12 -3 3 $900 2

7 SMG, 9 mm pi 2d+2 4 160/1900 3.5/0.6 13 30+1(3) 10 -4 2 $1200 2 [2]

8 Auto Pistol, 0.44M pi+2 3d+2 2 200/2500 2/0.3 3 9+1(3) 12 -3 4 $750 3

8 Auto Pistol, 10mm pi+1 2d+2 2 150/1900 1/0.3 3 15+1(3) 9 -2 2 $640 3

9 Auto Pistol, 5.5mm pi-2 1d+2 3 150/1500 1/0.2 3 50+1(3) 7 -2 2 $500 3 [1]

9 Auto Pistol, 8mm pi 2d 3 120/1500 1/0.3 3 40+1(3) 8 -2 2 $700 3 [1]

9 Snub Pistol, 8mm pi 1d+1 2 120/1000 0.6/0.2 3 20+1(3) 8 -1 2 $800 3 [1]

9 Auto Pistol, 9mm pi 2d+2 3 150/1850 1/0.3 3 30+1(3) 9 -2 2 $800 3 [1]

9 Auto Pistol, 10mm pi+1 2d+2 3 200/2000 1/0.3 3 20+1(3) 10 -2 3 $900 3 [1]

9 Auto Pistol, 11mmM pi+2 3d 3 230/2500 2/0.3 3 15+1(3) 11 -3 4 $1200 3 [1]

9 Machine Pistol, 8mm pi 2d 3 120/1500 1.5/0.8 25 100+1(3) 9 -2 2 $1000 2 [1]

9 Machine Pistol, 9mm pi 2d+2 3 150/1850 1.5/0.8 20 80+1(3) 10 -2 2 $1200 2 [1]

9 SMG, 9mm pi 2d+2 3 150/1850 4/0.8 10 60+1(3) 9 -3 2 $1700 2 [1]

9 SMG, 10mm pi+1 2d+2 3 200/2000 5/1 10 60+1(3) 10 -3 2 $2000 2 [1]

Shotguns

TL Weapon Type Damage Acc Range Weight ROF Shots Min ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC Notes

4 Blunderbuss, 8G pi 1d 1 15/100 5.5/0.06 1×9 1(15) 11 -5 4 $150 4

5 Double Shotgun, 10G 3 4.5/0.05 2 2(3i) 11 -5 4 $450 4

000 Buckshot pi 1d+2 50/125 ×9 4

Slug pi+5 6d 150/1000 4

6 Pump Shotgun, 12G 3 3.5/0.3 2 5(3i) 10 -5 3 $250 4

00 Buckshot pi 1d+1 50/125 ×9 4

1 Buckshot pi 1d 40/100 ×12 4

4 Buckshot pi-2 1d-1 35/80 ×24 4

BB pi-3 1d/2+1 30/75 ×56 4

4 Birdshot pi-6 1d/3 25/60 ×140 4

Slug pi+5 5d 150/1000 4

6 Pump Shotgun, 20G 3 3.5/0.3 2 5(3i) 10 -5 3 $250 4

2 Buckshot pi-1 1d 40/100 ×13 4

4 Buckshot pi-2 1d-1 35/80 ×18 4

BB pi-3 1d/2+1 30/75 ×44 4

4 Birdshot pi-6 1d/3 25/60 ×120 4

Slug pi+4 4d+1 150/1000 4

7 Auto Shotgun, 12G 3 4/0.4 3 6+1(3i) 10 -5 3 $950 3

00 Buckshot pi 1d+1 50/125 ×9 4

Rifled Slug pi+5 5d 250/1500 4

Rifles

TL Weapon Type Damage Acc Range Weight ROF Shots Min ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC Notes

6 Target Rifle, .22 LR pi-2 2d+1 5 150/1500 2.5/0.15 1 10+1(3) 7 -4 2 $300 4

Notes
[1] Includes "smartgun" electronics.
[2] Civilian semi-automatic version is RoF 3, LC +1, and -1 to minimum ST.

The long barrels of rifles combined with smokeless powder as a propellant allows bullets to be launched at truely insane velocities. The extreme speed of these high powered rifle bullets gives them different behavior when impacting a target. In game terms, this mostly affects the choice of ammunition available to the characters.

Non-deforming bullets (FMJ) do their listed damage. Cost is unchanged unless the military uses ammunition in that caliber, in which case cost is halved. LC is normal.
Expanding bullets (JSP) do -1 basic damage per two dice of damage, but are +1 piercing sizes larger and do blow-through as if the target was +1 SM (SM 0 targets take 3d before blow-through). Cost and LC are normal.
Armor piercing bullets have an armor divisor of (2). Contrary to popular belief, damage is otherwise unchanged - the tough, dense bullet is better at punching through tough, hard materials like armor but has the same shape as normal bullest and leaves the same wound profile. Cost is doubled, LC is 2. Available at TL 7+.
Fragmenting bullets have double the blow through limit to targets within half the half damage range; damage is otherwise unchanged. Cost is halved if the military uses this bullet as standard ammunition, otherwise the cost is normal. LC is normal. At TL 7, only 5.56 mm ammunition is commonly fragmenting. At TL 8, fragmenting ammunition may become commonly available in all rifle calibers.
Armor piercing discarding sabot bullets have an armor divisor of (2), damage is at +1 per die, but the piercing size is -4 lower than listed (the projectile is a thin, dense subcaliber dart, and tends to just poke small holes in people). Cost is multiplied by five, LC is 2. Available at TL 9+ for rifles.

High Powered Rifles

TL Weapon Type Damage Acc Range Weight ROF Shots Min ST Bulk Rcl Cost LC Notes

6 Bolt Action Rifle, .30-06 pi 7d+1 5 1000/4200 4/0.15 1 5+1(3) 10 -5 4 $350 4

6 Self-Loading Rifle, .30-06 pi 7d+1 5 1000/4200 4.5/0.25 3 8(3) 10 -5 3 $350 3

6 Auto Rifle, .30-06 pi 7d+1 5 1000/4200 10/0.7 9! 20(3) 12B -6 3 $650 2

6 Bolt Action Rifle, .300M pi 8d 5 1000/4200 4/0.15 1 5+1(3) 10 -5 4 $350 4

6 Lever Action Rifle, .375M pi+1 8d 5 800/3200 4/0.2 1 5+1(3i) 10 -5 4 $950 4

6 Double Elephant Gun, .500N pi+3 8d 4 1200/4800 5.5/0.2 2 2(3i) 11 -5 5 $1100 4

6 LMG, 7.62mm pi 7d 5 1000/4200 14/3 15! 100(5) 13B -6 2 $6600 1

6 HMG, .50 pi+3 11d+1 6 1800/7400 53/15 8! 100(5) 45M -8 2 $14000 1 [3]

7 Assault Rifle, 5.56mm pi-2 5d+2 5 500/3500 4/0.5 12 30+1(3) 9 -4 2 $800 2

7 Assault Rifle, 7.62mmS pi 4d+2 4 400/3000 5/0.8 10 30+1(3) 10 -4 2 $300 2

7 Battle Rifle, 7.62mm pi 7d 5 1000/4200 5/0.6 11 20+1(3) 11 -5 3 $900 2

7 SAW, 5.56mm pi-2 6d 5 800/3500 11/3 12! 200(5) 12B -6 2 $4800 1

7 Bolt action rifle, .375M pi+1 9d 5 1000/4000 3.5/0.3 1 4+1(3i) 10 -5 4 $950 4

7 Bolt action rifle, .458M pi+3 8d 5 1500/6000 4.5/0.5 1 3+1(3i) 11 -5 4 $1100 4

7 Bolt action rifle, .460M pi+3 9d+2 5 1000/4000 4.5/0.6 1 2+1(3i) 10 -5 5 $950 4

7 Bolt action rifle, .50 pi+3 11d+1 6+2 1800/7400 15/1.5 1 11+1(3i) 13B -6 6 $14000 3

8 Assault Carbine, 5.56 mm pi-2 5d+1 4 400/3000 3/0.5 15 30+1(3) 9 -3 2 $900 2

8 Sniper Rifle, .338 pi+1 9d 6+3 1500/5500 8/0.35 1 4+1(3) 11B -6 4 $5600 3

9 Assault Rifle, 5.5mm CLS pi-2 5d+2 6+2 500/3500 3.5/0.8 12 60+1(3) 9 -4 2 $1200 2 [1]

9 Assault Carbine, 5.5mm CLS pi-2 5d+1 5+2 400/3000 3/0.8 12 60+1(3) 9 -3 2 $1200 2 [1]

9 Assault Rifle, 6.5mm CLS pi-1 6d+1 6+2 800/4000 4/1 10 60+1(3) 10 -4 2 $1800 2 [1]

9 Assault Carbine, 6.5mm CLS pi-1 6d-1 5+2 700/4000 3.5/1 10 60+1(3) 10 -3 2 $1600 1 [1]

9 ICW, 6.5mm CLS pi-1 6d-1 5+2 700/4000 5/1 15 60+1(3) 10 -5 2 $7000 1 [1,4]

9 Battle Rifle, 7.7mm CLS pi 7d 6+2 1000/4200 4.5/1 10 50+1(3) 11 -5 3 $2200 2 [1]

9 Storm Carbine, 10mm CLS pi+1 7d 5+2 500/2000 4/1 3 33+1(3) 10 -3 3 $1400 3 [1]

9 Storm Rifle, 10mm CLS pi+2 8d+2 6+2 1000/4000 5/1 3 25+1(3) 10 -5 4 $1800 3 [1]

Notes
[1] Includes "smartgun" electronics.
[2] Civilian semi-automatic version is RoF 3, LC +1, and -1 to minimum ST.

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TL	Weapon	Type	Damage	Acc	Range	Weight	ROF	Shots	Min ST	Bulk	Rcl	Cost	LC	Notes
6	Auto Pistol, .22 LR	pi-2	1d+2	2	150/1500	1.5/0.3	3	7+1(3)	7	-2	3	$300	3
6	Auto Pistol, .45	pi+2	2d	2	120/1300	1.5/0.3	3	7+1(3)	10	-2	3	$300	3
6	Auto Pistol, 9 mm	pi	2d+2	2	150/1850	1/0.2	3	8+1(3)	9	-2	2	$350	3
6	Revolver, .38	pi	2d	2	120/1500	1/0.1	3	6(3i)	8	-2	2	$400	3
6	Snub Revolver, .38	pi	1d+2	2	120/1200	0.7/0.1	3	5(3i)	8	-1	3	$250	3
6	SMG, .45	pi+2	2d+1	3	190/1750	7/2	13	50+1(5)	11	-4	3	$2200	2	[2]
6	SMG, 9 mm	pi	2d+2	3	160/1900	5/0.7	8!	32(3)	10	-3	2	$700	2	[2]
7	Auto Pistol, 9 mm	pi	2d+2	2	150/1850	1/0.3	3	15+1(3)	9	-2	2	$600	3
7	Holdout Pistol, .380	pi	2d	1	125/1500	0.6/0.1	3	5+1(3)	8	-1	3	$300	3
7	Revolver, .357M	pi	3d	2	200/2500	1.5/0.1	3	6(3i)	10	-2	3	$500	3
7	Revolver, .44M	pi+2	3d+2	2	200/2500	1.5/0.15	3	6(3i)	11	-3	4	$900	3
7	Machine Pistol, 9 mm	pi	2d+2	2	150/1850	2.5/0.5	20	25+1(3)	12	-3	3	$900	2
7	SMG, 9 mm	pi	2d+2	4	160/1900	3.5/0.6	13	30+1(3)	10	-4	2	$1200	2	[2]
8	Auto Pistol, 0.44M	pi+2	3d+2	2	200/2500	2/0.3	3	9+1(3)	12	-3	4	$750	3
8	Auto Pistol, 10mm	pi+1	2d+2	2	150/1900	1/0.3	3	15+1(3)	9	-2	2	$640	3
9	Auto Pistol, 5.5mm	pi-2	1d+2	3	150/1500	1/0.2	3	50+1(3)	7	-2	2	$500	3	[1]
9	Auto Pistol, 8mm	pi	2d	3	120/1500	1/0.3	3	40+1(3)	8	-2	2	$700	3	[1]
9	Snub Pistol, 8mm	pi	1d+1	2	120/1000	0.6/0.2	3	20+1(3)	8	-1	2	$800	3	[1]
9	Auto Pistol, 9mm	pi	2d+2	3	150/1850	1/0.3	3	30+1(3)	9	-2	2	$800	3	[1]
9	Auto Pistol, 10mm	pi+1	2d+2	3	200/2000	1/0.3	3	20+1(3)	10	-2	3	$900	3	[1]
9	Auto Pistol, 11mmM	pi+2	3d	3	230/2500	2/0.3	3	15+1(3)	11	-3	4	$1200	3	[1]
9	Machine Pistol, 8mm	pi	2d	3	120/1500	1.5/0.8	25	100+1(3)	9	-2	2	$1000	2	[1]
9	Machine Pistol, 9mm	pi	2d+2	3	150/1850	1.5/0.8	20	80+1(3)	10	-2	2	$1200	2	[1]
9	SMG, 9mm	pi	2d+2	3	150/1850	4/0.8	10	60+1(3)	9	-3	2	$1700	2	[1]
9	SMG, 10mm	pi+1	2d+2	3	200/2000	5/1	10	60+1(3)	10	-3	2	$2000	2	[1]