I would like to suggest a low price and low weight pistol. I was thinking a .45 or a .38, something along those lines. Basically making it stronger than a 9mm but weaker than the hand cannon. Have it cost around 150-180 with cheap ammo or even lower to 100 or so just to make it more attractive than the hand cannon. You could give sharpshooter bonus to this pistol.
Basically have it be a hyper accurate single action pistol. The alternate fire is held down to fan the hammer causing it to unload all 6 rounds at a %50 faster rate.
This pistol would not be dual-wieldable and requires only a single slot or two for weight purposes. Making it an excellent backup weapon with more power than a 9mm and higher accuracy than a hand cannon.
The single action as opposed to double action simply for the reason of the superior accuracy. Single action usually reduces the trigger pull range and overall motion of the gun in the seconds before firing allowing you to perform extremely accurate shots using the iron sights or a scope. ( based upon double actions requiring more trigger pull distance increasing the chances of you shaking the gun with minor muscle strain causing slight adjustments to your aim). The double action itself also moves the gun very slightly as the mechanism is self cocking the hammer (and in the case of revolvers it is chambering the next round to be fired) before the shot which is also a very slight reduction in accuracy. I know many double action revolvers can just prime the hammer as well but I figured we did not want to get into a seperate button to cock the hammer. I also figured this would make it stand out more than just another revolver clone.
I figured this would fit the sharpshooter the most as he is a "sharp shooter" so he probably takes shooting very seriously lol
I was thinking a Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt
It is supposed to be a backup for longer range shooting than the 9mm. You would not be carrying a lot of ammo seeing as you reload it in a per cartridge way similar to the lever action and the shotguns. So you would only be carrying maybe 5 total reloads as you would be using this gun for long range headshotting of weaker enemies or more damaging headshots to a stronger enemy (if you have no room to carry a hand cannon).
I believe the iron sights on this gun are superior to those on the 9mm so it would make it easier to hit targets at long distance. The designers could also choose to add a rudimentary scope to the weapon and increase the purchasing price to compensate.
So if you think about it weight wise, 6 in the gun with 30 in reserve. Thats 36 .45 bullets with no magazine weight (since there are no magazines) so:
So grand totals for all 3 guns with all ammunition of a full loadout:
We could even add double the ammunition for the .45 revolver and it would still weigh FAR less than either two weapons and use up less space (no bulky magazines to carry)
I think I am underestimating the ammount of ammo you can hold with a hand cannon in game, but I am not sure.
What do you lot think?
Basically have it be a hyper accurate single action pistol. The alternate fire is held down to fan the hammer causing it to unload all 6 rounds at a %50 faster rate.
This pistol would not be dual-wieldable and requires only a single slot or two for weight purposes. Making it an excellent backup weapon with more power than a 9mm and higher accuracy than a hand cannon.
The single action as opposed to double action simply for the reason of the superior accuracy. Single action usually reduces the trigger pull range and overall motion of the gun in the seconds before firing allowing you to perform extremely accurate shots using the iron sights or a scope. ( based upon double actions requiring more trigger pull distance increasing the chances of you shaking the gun with minor muscle strain causing slight adjustments to your aim). The double action itself also moves the gun very slightly as the mechanism is self cocking the hammer (and in the case of revolvers it is chambering the next round to be fired) before the shot which is also a very slight reduction in accuracy. I know many double action revolvers can just prime the hammer as well but I figured we did not want to get into a seperate button to cock the hammer. I also figured this would make it stand out more than just another revolver clone.
I figured this would fit the sharpshooter the most as he is a "sharp shooter" so he probably takes shooting very seriously lol
I was thinking a Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt
It is supposed to be a backup for longer range shooting than the 9mm. You would not be carrying a lot of ammo seeing as you reload it in a per cartridge way similar to the lever action and the shotguns. So you would only be carrying maybe 5 total reloads as you would be using this gun for long range headshotting of weaker enemies or more damaging headshots to a stronger enemy (if you have no room to carry a hand cannon).
I believe the iron sights on this gun are superior to those on the 9mm so it would make it easier to hit targets at long distance. The designers could also choose to add a rudimentary scope to the weapon and increase the purchasing price to compensate.
So if you think about it weight wise, 6 in the gun with 30 in reserve. Thats 36 .45 bullets with no magazine weight (since there are no magazines) so:
- 36 x 14.9g (weight of a common .45 bullet) = 536.4 grams
- 240 x 7.45g (typical weight of a 9mm) = 1788 grams
- 430g x 15 = 6,450 grams
- 6450g + 1788g = 8238 grams total
- 85 x 19.4g (typical .50AE) = 1649 grams
- 7 x 680g = 4760 grams
- 1649g + 4760g = 6409 grams total
- 1998.6g for a desert eagle with empty mag (since we already weighed the bullets that would have been in it)
- The 92FS weighs 1400g with an empty magazine.
- The .45 Ruger Blackhawk (the gun I used as my recommendation) empty weighs about 1200g.
So grand totals for all 3 guns with all ammunition of a full loadout:
- 8407.6 grams Hand Cannon
- 9638 grams 9mm
- 1736.4 grams Ruger Blackhawk
We could even add double the ammunition for the .45 revolver and it would still weigh FAR less than either two weapons and use up less space (no bulky magazines to carry)
I think I am underestimating the ammount of ammo you can hold with a hand cannon in game, but I am not sure.
What do you lot think?