Don't buy bullets from Monte Cook

[Asmo]

My hat of 3.5 explosive hollowpoints nows no limit.

Asmo

 

[Dirigible]

And just for interests sake:

What about californium bullets?

 

[Vocenoctum]

I don't think Sado is a real gun nut.

Re FMJ rounds - according to some discussions of ballistics & wounds I read (there was a nice one in GDW's Fire Fusion & Steel), all bullets tumble a lot when entering solid matter, so FMJ rifle rounds' wound trail & thus damage is proportional more to the bullet's length x diameter than to its cross-sectional area; this is the main reason (long) rifle bullets are much more damaging than (shorter) pistol rounds of similar mass & velocity.

The length is not as important as the mass distribution. In a 5.56 NATO round, the mass is mostly at the back, and the bullet remains stable until the nose meets material that upsets it. That starts the tumbling.

HollowPoints: Mushroom out, the good one's nearly doubling their diameter.

Frangible: this term is used mostly for training rounds that are metal powder. They hit a wall or similar, and poof.

Pre-fragmented: metal shot in a gel or similar material. When they hit, they shatter into pieces.

(posted before I saw there was a second page.

 

[Henry Hankovich]

Edit--already said, and better.

 

[rbingham2000]

What about californium bullets?

What the hell are those?

 

[Doctor Futurity]

I love the second Tome of Horrors book. Incredible. Go buy it.

Just ignore Mr. Cook's reference to ammunition.

The blurb says, "If a role playing game is a gun, then a monster book is the ammunition. If that's the case, then Tome of Horrors is a case of hollow point, explosive shells!"

Never mind the fact that the word "case" appears in the same sentence twice. There is no such thing as explosive hollowpoints. There are indeed explosive bullets (though very rare on the market, ever since Regan was shot with one), and there are indeed hollowpoints. But since the points are hollow (being basically a lead shell that breaks apart on impact), there is nowhere to put the explosive!

Anyway, the book is a darling, and everyone should own a copy!

Not being a gun expert, I must argue that logic says that a bullet with a tip full of explosives must have a hollow point in which to shove those explosives.

Does using a word in two separate situations with the same spelling but different meaning break the same rule as using the word twice in the same context? Hmmm.

Wel, I guess I'll have to go get the book. Oh, wait; I already have a half-dozen monster books, of which I've probably waded through 3% of the actual monsters.

So, okay, guess I'll go get it, then!

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I would never buy Bullettes from Monte Cook - in fact, i wouldn`t by them from anyone. I have no need for land sharks, and I don`t think anyone could treat them properly or domesticate them safely, so I wouldnt`t recommend them to anyone else, either...

 

[SkidAce]

or the Mk211 .50 armor-piercing incendiary round, but those are primarily designed for anti-materiel rather than anti-personnel use. (Hence the myth: "I was shooting at his equipment, officer, I swear").

- Olgar (Small Arms Division Chief, US Army Infantry Center)

Hence the center of mass aiming point was his canteen, coincidentaly attached to his waist.

- Skid (50 cal school Fort Hood, prior to short tour in Korea.)

 

[TheAuldGrump]

A wadcutter is actually a flat-nosed target round. It is shaped like a cylinder, fairly low powered and used because it makes very nice little holes in the target, almost like a hole punch. I've mainly seen them sold for .38s.

And if you paint over the little dot on the center of the wad you can make it look just like a blank,,,

The Auld Grump...

 

[Dogbrain]

What the hell are those?

Californium is a fairly dense element. Therefore, it would have a lot of momentum.