Re: New Life for Millennium's End

[CamaroGen1@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/9/01 7:45:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Brian_mcdonald@uniserve.com writes:


> attach a 24x scope to a barret.  the rules allow insanely high odds of head 
> hits at 1200 m with that particular bit of hardware.  That yields an 
> effective distance of 50m for range calcs.  the rules are rather simple for 
> scopes and lead to horribly improbable things. 
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  yes, yes i know, but the "rules" don't adust for bullet drop from extreme 
ranges....yes, a .50 bullet from a barret is "effective" to that range, 
meaning that it still has enough energy to penetrate and damage, but the 
bullet is not at the same height as wehn fired, over distances that bullet 
drops.......each caliber and barrel combo is different, but you can make some 
generic assumptions so as not to slow down combat.
      What i am saying is that if you take a headshot with your barret at 
1200m and hit perfect on target, then zoom back and take a headshot at a 
different range, the point of impact can differ by as little as 1mm to as 
large as 30cm.  Scopes are only as unbalancing as you let them be.

Benjamin