JL Hatlen Linnell wrote:

> On 4/14/07, Brandon Cope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hans-Christian Vortisch wrote:
> > > No. Of the approximately 1,000 Gatling guns made in the US, only 143 were 
> > > of that calibre -- 130 of these went to Turkey. The overwhelming majority 
> > > were made in .45-calibre, or 11.43mm.
> >
> > Fine, but I'm not going to change from .58-cal.
>
> May I ask why?

When I think steampunk/late 1800's, I think British, and .58-cal is "more 
British" than .45-cal.

Also worth noting that Steampunk, Old West and High-Tech list the Gatling gun 
as .58-cal in the weapon tables.
--
A generous and sadistic GM, Brandon Cope  http://www.geocities.com/copeab

"It has fallen upon me, now and again in my sojurns through the world, to ease 
various evil men of their lives. I have a feeling it will prove thus with the 
Baron."
-- Solomon Kane ("The Castle of the Devil", Robert E. Howard)


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