.500 Magnum

[cinder pendant]

Large caliber revolver used for handgun hunting and personal wildlife defense, even more powerful than the .454. Some of the DLC, namely the Large Caliber weapon pack, give single shot handguns with rifle calibers rather than handgun calibers. This gun and caliber would be a welcome addition.

[cinder pendant]

.500 Magnum

[cursive temple]

Rifle calibers are superior to pistol ones…

[glossy bane]

still good for self defense on agressive animals

[cinder pendant]

Not really true. Rifle calibers are generally more effective at range and get more penetration, hence soft points and polymer tips. But large pistol calibers like the .500 magnum are effective at closer ranges, and have serious impact potential, hence the existence of hollow points as well as hard casts with magnum loads. A magnum revolver is an excellent weapon with effective terminal ballistics.

[cursive temple]

Im not talking about real life. I’m talking about the game. But thanks for the little ai paragraph.

[cinder pendant]

It’s not AI. AI mimics what people write and do. I have studied guns a fair bit, so I know a little bit about them.
And just because someone sounds vaguely academic doesn’t mean they used ai to sound that way.

[cursive temple]

It has nothing to do with being vaguely academic. It’s the structure.

[cinder pendant]

LLMs take in information from real sources, similar to searching the web.
The key to telling the difference between LLM and human is substance. LLMs often spit out a lot of words without really saying anything at all.
I am neurospicy and may sound like an AI at times, but I assure you I am human.

[cursive temple]

Most people on discord are “neurospicy” myself included.

[void locust]

Taurus has a ported option.

Also available in 454 CASULL.

[cinder pendant]

We already have a 454, but a gun with a ported barrel would definitely be helpful for such a large caliber.

[turbid wadi]

Also .50 cal AR

[cinder pendant]

I dunno, we have got a lot of ARs already. But a ,50 bmg bolt action would be cool

[crude herald]

A welcome addition ??? The current 454 absolutely destroys class 9 inside 100 yards .... Just don't see the point of this ....

No offense but it's like all weapons in this game ... whats the point if the games ballistics are bent?

[cursive temple]

.50 BMG is not the only gun that exists. And especially not the only .50 cal, kiddos. The only .50 cal EW should make is a .50 Beowulf or one of the many dangerous game cartridges.

[cinder pendant]

950 JDJ, 600 nitro, both of these would be cool, but we don't need semiautos

[cursive temple]

I’d love to see a 950 JDJ that is shoulderable

(It doesn’t f’ ing exist)

[cinder pendant]

Yeah, turns out such a big beefy round is not conducive to shoulder firing
If you really want a shoulder fired artillery rifle, 4 bore falling block rifle is a thing

[heavy bronze]

I really would like to see it for this reason

[turbid wadi]

4 AR not enough ar

[cinder pendant]

ARs aren’t even really for hunting, my guy

[turbid wadi]

Oh but it game and fun so still

[cinder pendant]

hunting game, not shooter game

[potent bison]

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[tiny belfry]

Another 50 Cal that would work would be .50 Alaskan

[cursive temple]

Falls under one of the many dangerous game cartridges, I agree 100%

[earnest sky]

Why would we want to have this? We already have the sundberg revolver which has insane penetration. I don't see a niche for the .500 revolver in this game. How would i play different from the .454 casull in cotw?

[tiny belfry]

There'd be no Point in adding it without a Massive NERF to Handgun Ammo

[potent bison]

Because we like guns and we want more, plus it the most powerful production handgun in the world.

[earnest sky]

I think a new gun should not copy paste the behavior of another gun and just simply change the name to .500 Mag. There should be a gameplay niche for that. We already have the overkill .454 casull, with which you can shoot through a moose... behind a freezer... in a house...

So the .500 needs to make sense, otherwise I guess it would be a waste of dev time.

And yes, all handgun in this game need nerfs. So do bows too. And rifle cartridges need buffs. Otherwise it is ridiculous compared to the real world