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Would calibers be kept for reversedreverse engineered weapons in a post apoapocalyptic setting?

For a setting that I design I deal with REBUILT post apocalipticapocalyptic weapons.

Sooner or later someone (possibly more than one side) would try to manufacture some weapons. Actually, not just repair existing guns or create some more or less fitting ammo, but provide a few hundred (and in long run thousands) members of some paramilitary with new, standardized guns and ammoammunition.

Realistically, there should be some incomplete blue prints, working or damaged examples, partially complete infoinformation about how the weapon should work. Reinventing the wheel is not necessary. The guys hired to do the job are quite bright, some older members had even had formal schooling before apocalipsethe apocalypse.

Assuming that there is no need for backward compatibility, to what extend they should they realistically copy existing guns (with minor variations caused by initial quality problems)? Or maybe, while reverse engineering deciding that such an old design indeed was quite good, but slightly adjust it to local needs (like different caliber, barrel length, etc.)?

Under normal conditions there is a pressure to keep standard caliber because of logisticslogistical needs and compatibility issues. In such a case that would no longer be an issue. Would it mean that inat such a moment it should be adjusted? (basedBased on local conditions, materials accessible at that time and the whim of a warlord... ehm... local military doctrine.) Or maybe with limited resources, there would be no choice but to produce (imperfect) clones of existing weapon?

I am especially interested aboutin calibers. Because they are often something that sticks, even after the initial reasons for adoption changed. Should calibers be kept during reverse engineering for simplicity reasons, or they would bethey easily be adjusted based on the needs of thatthe specific momentsituation?

Would calibers be kept for reversed engineered weapons in post apo setting?

For a setting that I design I deal with REBUILT post apocaliptic.

Sooner or later someone (possibly more than one side) would try to manufacture some weapons. Actually not just repair existing guns or create some more or less fitting ammo, but provide a few hundred (and in long run thousands) members of some paramilitary with new, standardized guns and ammo.

Realistically, there should be some incomplete blue prints, working or damaged examples, partially complete info how the weapon should work. Reinventing the wheel is not necessary. The guys hired to do the job are quite bright, some older members had even formal schooling before apocalipse.

Assuming that there is no need for backward compatibility, to what extend they should realistically copy existing guns (with minor variations caused by initial quality problems)? Or maybe while reverse engineering deciding that such old design indeed was quite good, but slightly adjust it to local needs (like different caliber, barrel length, etc.)

Under normal conditions there is a pressure to keep standard caliber because of logistics needs and compatibility issues. In such case that would no longer be an issue. Would it mean that in such moment it should be adjusted? (based on local conditions, materials accessible at that time and whim of a warlord... ehm... local military doctrine) Or maybe with limited resources, there would be no choice but to produce (imperfect) clones of existing weapon?

I am especially interested about calibers. Because they are often something that sticks, even after initial reasons for adoption changed. Should calibers be kept during reverse engineering for simplicity reasons, or they would be easily adjusted based on needs of that specific moment?

Would calibers be kept for reverse engineered weapons in a post apocalyptic setting?

For a setting that I design I deal with REBUILT post apocalyptic weapons.

Realistically there should be some incomplete blue prints, working or damaged examples, partially complete information about how the weapon should work. Reinventing the wheel is not necessary. The guys hired to do the job are quite bright, some older members even had formal schooling before the apocalypse.

Assuming that there is no need for backward compatibility, to what extend should they realistically copy existing guns (with minor variations caused by initial quality problems)? Or maybe, while reverse engineering deciding that such an old design indeed was quite good, but slightly adjust it to local needs (like different caliber, barrel length, etc.)?

Under normal conditions there is a pressure to keep standard caliber because of logistical needs and compatibility issues. In such a case that would no longer be an issue. Would it mean that at such a moment it should be adjusted? (Based on local conditions, materials accessible at that time and the whim of a warlord... ehm... local military doctrine.) Or maybe with limited resources there would be no choice but to produce (imperfect) clones of existing weapon?

I am especially interested in calibers. Because they are often something that sticks, even after the initial reasons for adoption changed. Should calibers be kept during reverse engineering for simplicity reasons, or would they easily be adjusted based on the needs of the specific situation?