One way you could introduce more black powder guns into the game would be to have a town where a mfg of such guns is located be found by the players. It could be anything from a small mom and pop operation (think how the guns were made back in the 1700's where craftsmen basically made them one at a time) to a small factory turning out several dozen at a time. If you combine it with a mfg of black powder as well in the area you would have a situation where, at least locally, they go from rare to relatively common.
And the older designs, especially the Kentucky rifle, would be very good ones indeed for use by players in a situation where its either those guns or nothing - i.e. perhaps in a situation where they escaped from imprisonment and dont have anything on them other than a knife.
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