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<blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 5394034" data-attributes="member: 18253">I guess I needed to clarify my scenario further <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> As the son of a nobleman, he would have in had training the bow and sword as well but there's only so far you can take a 12 year old with those weapons. So postulate equally trained 12 year olds. My thought is the rifle is much more usable to him than the other weapons. In both scenarios he is a 12 year old nobleman's son destined to be a warrior.&nbsp;But to work with your scenario, I think in the hands of an untrained person, a firearm might be much more lethal. There is the issue of how to load the weapon which does suppose a certain level of technology to make it feasible. But let's say the kid say his dad load his musket, he might be able to do that himself although certainly not hit a target at 200 yards first time. But in the hands of someone untrained at close range, which is more lethal? A bow he can't string, a sword he can hardly wield or a musket he might be able to load (or a modern pistol he can certainly use)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Haltherrion, post: 5394034, member: 18253"] I guess I needed to clarify my scenario further :p As the son of a nobleman, he would have in had training the bow and sword as well but there's only so far you can take a 12 year old with those weapons. So postulate equally trained 12 year olds. My thought is the rifle is much more usable to him than the other weapons. In both scenarios he is a 12 year old nobleman's son destined to be a warrior. But to work with your scenario, I think in the hands of an untrained person, a firearm might be much more lethal. There is the issue of how to load the weapon which does suppose a certain level of technology to make it feasible. But let's say the kid say his dad load his musket, he might be able to do that himself although certainly not hit a target at 200 yards first time. But in the hands of someone untrained at close range, which is more lethal? A bow he can't string, a sword he can hardly wield or a musket he might be able to load (or a modern pistol he can certainly use)? [/QUOTE]

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