Twilight 1900

[Vespers War]

Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

A good setting for the Bira Gun I just added to my site if the PCs find themselves in the area of Nepal...

Just a note that the total ammo capacity of the Bira is 120 rounds (it's a 60-round pan with two layers, not a 120-round pan with two layers) per Garry James' article in Guns & Ammo about firing the Bira. I had looked it up a while back because I was considering a pre-Maxim automatic weapons post, which hasn't happened because I fell down a rabbit hole trying to figure out just the Gatling gun variants.

[mcchordsage]

Ah, I didn't think we were limiting it to just Boxer Rebellion guns. I'd be surprised if some variety of Mauser 1871 wasn't used but admittedly not my area of expertise.

[Vespers War]

Originally Posted by mcchordsage

Ah, I didn't think we were limiting it to just Boxer Rebellion guns.

In hindsight, I should have bolded one of the sentences about the Boxer Rebellion in addition to the sentence about research.

I'd be surprised if some variety of Mauser 1871 wasn't used but admittedly not my area of expertise.

The Boxers had them, mostly (if not entirely) in the magazine-fed 71/84 configuration. They had been bought by the Qing government.

Also, I noticed that I did the American M1892 revolver with its original black powder cartridge. With smokeless, it's a little less anemic: Dam 2, Pen 1-Nil, SS 4, Rng 19, all other stats remain the same.

There were also the rather beastly wall guns, which remind me of an amusette I saw once at the Castillo de San Marcos.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by Vespers War

Just a note that the total ammo capacity of the Bira is 120 rounds (it's a 60-round pan with two layers, not a 120-round pan with two layers) per Garry James' article in Guns & Ammo about firing the Bira. I had looked it up a while back because I was considering a pre-Maxim automatic weapons post, which hasn't happened because I fell down a rabbit hole trying to figure out just the Gatling gun variants.

Thanks for the link, it's an interesting piece of kit with some unique (though practical) approaches to automatic weapons. A shame it's been relatively unknown for so long as it's a fascinating bit of history (and not simply for the smallarms aspect but also the geopolitical).