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Recoil : action that uses the force of the recoil to provide energy to cycle the action. Roller-delayed Blowback: A type of fi rearm action where rollers on the sides of the are driven inward against a tapered bolt carrier extension. This forces the bolt carrier rearward at a higher velocity and delays movement of the bolt head. Rolling Block Action: A fi rearm action where the breech is seeled with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a pin. The breechblock is locked in place by the preventing the from moving backwards when fi red. Cocking the weapon allows the breechblock to be rotated to reload the weapon. Short Recoil Action: Action where the barrel and slide recoil together a short distance before they unlock and separate. The barrel stops quickly, and the slide continues rearward, compressing the recoil spring and performing the automated extraction and feeding process. During the last portion of its forward travel, the slide locks into the barrel and pushes the barrel back into battery. Slide Action: A fi rearm action where the handgrip is moved back and forth along the barrel in order to eject a spent cartridge and chamber a new one. This type of action is most common in shotguns and is also used in some rifl e designs. It is also called pump action. Snaphance: A method of fi ring a gun that uses a fl int set in the hammer that when the is pulled causes the fl int to strike the to create a shower of sparks to ignite the priming powder. This is the forerunner of the fl intlock mechanism. : A method of fi ring a gun that uses a friction wheel to cause a spark and provide ignition to the powder. This mechanism was developed after the and preceded the snaphance. Arsenal Card Layout Each Arsenal Card follows a similar design. The front of the card features a picture of the weapon, while the back of the card detailsSample the facts aboutfile the weapon. Model: The weapon’s name, or how it was usually referred to by its users. Manufacturer: Either the maker of the weapon, or the country of origin of the weapon. DOM: Dates of Manufacture. The years (or approximate years) that production started and ended for the weapon. The DOM is given as a range. If only one year is given, then the weapon was only manufactured in one year. “Present” means the weapon is still being

Model Dates of Manufacture Silhouette henry Manufacturer Weight Mfg: New Haven Arms Co. 1860 to 1866 .44 Henry Muzzle Velocity: 2300 fps Weight: 9.3 lb. Length Max PBR: 111 yards Length: 44.7 in. Rounds: 15 Action Muzzle Velocity Action: Lever Action Type: R i e Power: Medium/High Power Max PBR Recoil: High Concealability: Very Low Recoil Rounds

Type Concealability 4 manufactured. Caliber: The primary or most common caliber is listed, though many weapons are manufactured to fire different . An image of a typical cartridge or bullet for the gun is provided. Muzzle Velocity: The minimum speed of the projectile, given in feet per second (fps), as it leaves the barrel. Muzzle velocity can be increased by the quantity and quality of the powder used to fire the projectile. Max PBR: This is the maximum point blank range for the weapon given in yards. The weapons featured in Arsenal Cards had their MPBR calculated using the online calculator at shooterscalculator.com. All calculations used 1 in. as the sight height, G1 as the drag function, a ballistic coefficient of 0.5, and a target size of 1 in. Altering these variables in the calculation will alter the maximum point blank range for the weapon. This value is provided to give players and GMs the opportunity to set a range factor for the weapon. A weapon fired at a target within the MPBR would have no penalty for range. At the GM’s discretion we recommend a cumulative -1 penalty to hit for each additional range increment beyond the first. Rounds: The number of carried in the weapon or . This number does not include any rounds “in the chamber” for semi-automatic weapons, Power Table only those carried in the magazine. Action: The type of action used to fire the weapon, such as Very High +3 , bolt-action, or gas-operated. High +2 Type: This is the kind of weapon or firing mechanism, such Medium/High +1 as anti-tank rifle, assault rifle, rifle, , etc. A silhouette of the Medium 0 weapon type is in the upper right corner. Weight: The weight of the weapon given in pounds. Low/Medium -1 Length: The length of the weapon, in inches. Low -2 Power: The relative strength of the weapon. The power Very Low -3 was determined by calculating the bullets kinetic energy at shooterscalculator.com. Kinetic energy Sampleis determined file based on Recoil Table bullet weight and muzzle velocity. We used full metal jacketed Very High -3 bullets whenever possible to make our calculations. Once High -2 calculated we ranked the weapons based on the results. See the table below for a breakdown of the power levels. Most game Medium/High -1 systems do not make a differentiation for the damage dealt by Medium 0 different weapons. The table provides bonuses and penalties that Low/Medium +1 can be used in your game to adjust the damage of the weapon. Low +2 Recoil: This is the backward momentum of a gun when it is fired. The table below shows the breakdown of recoil for weapons. Very Low +3 We calculated the recoil energy for each bullet based on the bullet weight and the muzzle velocity at shooterscalculator.com and Concealability Table ranked the weapons based on the results. Most game systems do Very High +3 not account for recoil in a weapon. The table shows bonuses and High +2 penalties that can be used to adjust a character’s to hit for a weapon Medium/High +1 when firing multiple rounds in the same attack. Recoil is only Medium 0 applicable for weapons that carry 2 or more rounds. Concealability: This is the ability of a weapon to be hidden Low/Medium -1 from view. The table below shows the breakdown of concealability Low -2 for weapons. Most game systems do not account for how easy or Very Low -3 5 hard it is to hide a weapon. The table shows bonuses and penalties to hide the weapon on the person of a character. Printing Arsenal Cards are designed to be printed on business cards. We recommend a two-side printable business card such as Avery® product number 8877. (We encourage you to print a sample page on plain paper first to make sure the artwork will align with the business cards.) Alternatively you can print the cards on regular card stock and cut the the cards out. Print the images of the weapons on the front of the card, then turn the cards (or card stock) over and print the weapon information on the back of the card. References: The information and images for this book came from many sources. We tried to make sure the information presented in Arsenal Cards is as accurate as possible. In some cases specific information such as the gun’s weight, years of manufacture, muzzle velocity, etc. had to be estimated. We made the best estimate we could based on similar weapons. Images of weapons were taken from open source material whenever possible. Some images were taken from specific sources and they are listed here to acknowledge their work.

Adams Guns: the following images were used: Winchester M1873, Winchester M1892, Berthier Mle 1907/15, Type 99 www.adamsguns.com Antique Military : the following images were used: Baker Rifle, M1819 Hall rifle, , Kammerlander M1849/55, Colt Model 1855 Revolving Rifle, Henry Rifle, Springfield Model 1865, Springfield Model 1866, Snider-Enfield, Winchester M1866, M1867 Werndl-Holub, Tabatiere, Springfield Model 1868, Model 1867 Krnka, Colt Berdan Type I, Berdan Type II, MAS Gras M80 ModelSample 1874, Winchester file M1876, Type 13 Murata, Type 18 Murate, Winchester M1886, Lebel Model 1886, Type 22 Murata, Winchester M1894, Winchester M1895 Lee, Arisaka Type 30, Gewehr 98, Steyr Mannlicher-Schonauer M1903, , Mosin-Nagant M1891/30, Karabin wz. 98a. Wikipedia Commons: the following images were used: Steyr-Mannlicher M1895/30 (image by Andrew Bossi), Marlin Model 336 (image by Boris Barowski), Savage Model 10FP (image by Frank Williams), Schmidt-Rubin M1889 (image by Grzegorz Wiśniewolski/PK-U “Parabellum” Sp. z o.o.), Spencer Rifle (image by Hoodinksi), MAS and Schmidt- Rubin M1911 (images by Rama), Winchester Model 69 (image by Carguychris), Mossberg Model 464 (image by perrybucsdad).

6 Sample file miquelet Ferguson Mfg: Greek 1790 to 1850 Mfg: English 1776 to 1778 .65 cal .60 cal Muzzle Velocity: 800 fps Weight: 13 lb. Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 7.5 lb. Ball Max PBR: 40 yards Length: 65 in. Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 60 in. Rounds: 1 Rounds: 1 Action: Flintlock Action: Flintlock Type: R i e Type: R i e Power: Medium Power: Medium Recoil: N/A Recoil: N/A Concealability: Very Low Concealability: Very Low miquelet baker rifle Mfg: Middle East 1800 to 1900 Mfg: English 1800 to 1838 .62 cal .60 cal Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 10 lb. Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 9 lb. Ball Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 49 in. Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 45.7 in. Rounds: 1 Rounds: 1 Action: Flintlock Action: Flintlock Type: R i e Type: R i e Power: Medium Power: Medium Recoil: N/A Recoil: N/A Concealability: Very Low Concealability: Very Low model 1819 Hall model 1803 Mfg: Harpers Ferry Armory 1820 to 1830 Mfg: Harpers Ferry Armory 1803 to 1806 .525 cal .54 cal Muzzle Velocity: 900 fps Weight: 10.3 lb. Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 9 lb. Ball Ball Max PBR: 45 yards Length: 52.5 in. Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 53 in. Rounds: 1 Rounds: 1 Action: Breech-loading Flintlock Action: Flintlock Type: R i e Type: R i e Power: Medium Power: Medium Recoil: N/A Recoil: N/A Concealability: Very Low Concealability: Very Low Sample file brunswick rifle hawken rifle Mfg: English 1836 to 1885 Mfg: American 1823 to 1870 .704 cal .54 cal Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 10 lb. Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 9.7 lb. Ball Ball Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 45 in. Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 50 in. Rounds: 1 Rounds: 1 Action: Action: Percussion Cap Type: R i e Type: R i e Power: Medium/High Power: Medium Recoil: N/A Recoil: N/A Concealability: Very Low Concealability: Very Low

elephant gun M1841 “Dreyse ’ Mfg: Various 1850 to 1890 Mfg: Prussian 1848 to 1871 15.4 mm 87 Bore Muzzle Velocity: 1500 fps Weight: 20 lb. Muzzle Velocity: 1000 fps Weight: 10.4 lb. Max PBR: 73 yards Length: 57 in. Max PBR: 50 yards Length: 55.9 in. Rounds: 1 Rounds: 1 Action: Flintlock Action: Type: R i e Type: R i e Power: High Power: Medium/High Recoil: N/A Recoil: N/A Concealability: Very Low Concealability: Very Low