Timeline for Firearm ammunition surviving 200 years
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| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:55 | comment | added | Richard P | staff slings! You're reminding me of my old 'Tunnels & Trolls' RPG games when I was a kid in the early 1980s! | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:55 | comment | added | Richard P | spears, bills, 'coat of plates' armour and perhaps maille - certainly thick padded gambesons (jackets). Steel helmets of the tin hat and morion style, shields. Swords where a skilled smith could be found, bearded fighting axes more likely, long dirks and knives/daggers. Maces and clubs. | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:54 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Staff slings have more range and hit harder, and don't require any more training -- maybe a bit less. Cost one stick more... | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:53 | comment | added | Richard P | I think the plan is to head back to the sort of tech found in dark age Europe. Therefore pre machine tools - what caches found could be valuable for parts. feasibly muzzle loaders might have be an option but crossbows make more economic sense to those without access to a supply of quality sulphur. Longbows - yes but we know the training of a longbow archer requires significant time investment. I've also considered the sling as an option - yes training is required but strength isn't required in the same way that a longbow requires it and slings are cheap. | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:49 | comment | added | Richard P | indeed, they were in wide use during the early Chin state. The crossbows used around the time of Agincourt were the apex of pre gunpowder crossbow development I suppose (disregarding post gunpowder crossbows). Those requiring a crank were very powerful indeed but also not particularly portable. | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:48 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | That said, I've seen examples of semi-auto weapons running on black powder. If the cartridge is weaker, on a blowback like a Sten, you need to lighten the bolt (grind off some metal, for the easy way). Yes, fouling is an issue; that's why I mentioned "for a magazine or two". Bottom line, your story, your choice of rehabbing found technology or going all the way back to Bronze/Iron age. | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:42 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Crossbows predate the Christian era -- early Bronze age tech (and could be made with neolithic materials). However, the question was about finding a cache. | |
| Jun 19, 2019 at 12:34 | history | answered | Richard P | CC BY-SA 4.0 |