Ziad wrote:And this is precisely why i think many stories are not 100% factually accurate regards to guns. REPLY TO WM.T post
If the guy uses black powder, as smokeless is not available in olden times, the speeds will be very low... and even lower with a lead bullet. Plus the barrel will gey dirty so he will need to clean the barrel after every shot either lead or powder fowling. From a 308, speeds are probably around 1500fps, which will be good to take an animal or your armor plates at around 100-200m, no way 1000m.
The problem is that he will need lot of equipment and need to learn lots of skills to make these bullets, stuff that might not be readily available. He can't walk to the shops and get some federal large rifle primers, or a lee lead melter, (yes he might be able to goto a blacksmith). But the bigger problem is there is no internet and how many shooters as a percentage now have knowledge to build lead projectiles and mix up black powder and primer compound.
Also you assumption is that he knew he was going to fantasy lands and thus he is carrying 400 bullets to start up. You guys hunt, tell me how many bullets you take with you on a trip, even varminting you are probably take 100max.
Sorry to burst everyones bubble, but some liberties will need to be taken with the equipment.or he will spend most of the first 2/3 months making equipment. Just pretend he had unlimited supply of modern match bullets.
I don't take any extra bullets when I go out, the ones in the cartridges are generally enough I find.
We're trying to educate somebody on the nomenclature so he can write accurately and you are referring to cartridges as "bullets" and bullets as "projectiles"?
When I was in primary school I played a bit with casting lead objects simply by carving them into wood, you could probably cast acceptable bullets the same way in a pinch. I don't know how commonly available lead was in medieval times, but with magic you could generate plenty of match-grade modern ammunition as required.
I don't think it's too big a stretch to allow an enthiast to have at least some understanding of what constitutes blackpowder and priming compounds, enough to allow him to experiment with at least. Of course, it would be a whole lot smarter to throw the firearms away, magic is far more efficient and effective.