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Galactic Horizon 18x63mm Bighorn
The Galactic Horizon 18x63mm Bighorn is an exactly 1,001 grain anti-materiel munition designed to be used sparingly in large-bore firearms, it is a lesser-produced and somewhat specialty caliber designed mostly for big-game hunting and anti-armour jobs where sheer brute force and transferral of kinetic energy is preferred over something more efficiently designed.
Needless to say, it’s a big hit on the Nepleslian market.
It went into limited production from Galactic Horizon in YE 42, the projectile is a denser variation of the company’s 12 Gauge Magnum Slug seated in the neck of a sliverly-purple alloy casing, the projectile is encased inside a Skusten shell that has then been Teflon-coated to protect the strengthened barrels it travels through. The projectile protruding from the end of its casing means both that more powder can be loaded behind it to increase its energy but also that it can no longer be fed from the magazine of weapons the likes of the Trike Compact Assault Shotgun or BW-KAS2 “Executioner”1).
Stats
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- Damage Rating: Tier 5, Medium Anti-Armour
- Size: 18x63mm
- Caliber: .708
- Damage Description: The round is designed to punch neat holes through armour it is capable of penetrating and leave a massive wound-cavity in any living being it travels through, essentially it is likely to almost immediately kill anything it travels through. Targets it does not pierce will still be subjected to the effects of a fast, heavy projectile imparting its inertia onto them.
- Effective Range: 1,500meters/1,640yards
- Muzzle Velocity: 4,500 feet per second
- Muzzle Blast: A large, red-tinged gout of flame out the barrel of whatever it is fired from.
- Recoil: Very heavy, generally needs to be fired from a static braced position, will most likely leave a nasty bruise. Can easily dislocate one's shoulder if firearm is not held correctly.
- Energy Source: Red-Mercury enhanced, high-velocity gunpowder.
- Price (100 round box): 500KS/1000DA/refer to here for currency exchange2)
OOC Notes
| Products & Items Database | |
|---|---|
| Product Categories | weapons: ammunition |
| Product Name | Galactic Horizon 18x63mm Bighorn |
| Manufacturer | Galactic Horizon |
| Year Released | YE 42 |
| Price (KS) | 500.00 KS |
1)
though it can be manually fed into the chamber and the spent alloy casing can still be ejected, the barrel and entire firing mechanism would require reinforcement to avoid a catastrophic failure when fired however
2)
Most often purchased in smaller quantities, such as one or two five-round packs at a time
Quality:
corp/galactic_horizon/18x63mm_bighorn.txt · Last modified: 2023/12/21 00:57 by 127.0.0.1