The Dreadful -- Chapter 5

[MSperoni]

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Vambies? Zompires? *shrugs*

[A Zarkin' Frood]

For some reason I think this is the funniest non-intermission page of Dreadful so far.

I'm also currently writing a script for the contest, I hope it turns out good, but I'll send it to you regardless of how hard I think it sucks.

[MSperoni]

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Get the point?

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Oh, Kit's face. She's enjoying this a little too much, I think.

[MSperoni]

Kit would probably enjoy being the protagonist in "Dead Rising".

[Donomni]

I think she got the point of the shotgun. Point-blank, at any rate.

[MSperoni]

The question is: Is a shotgun to the gut more powerful than a sniper bullet to the head?

That's like... almost a legit question because I have no idea. I assume the answer is "no" but it's point blank. My firearm research only goes so far...Seems like the more you know the less crazy fun you have

Going by video-game weapon damage logic, a sniper bullet is more powerful...Or at least they generally are. I think the sniper rifle is more powerful in Red Dead Redemption anyway...

Unless this is a double barreled shotgun from DOOM...in which case it's about as powerful as a rocket launcher.

[SaltyKracka]

Speaking from a purely technical standpoint, it depends on where she got hit, and how many bullets she got hit with. But IIRC, your average sniper rifle will impart more force to its rounds than your average shotgun. However, since shotguns might either be using buckshot or birdshot...

blah blah blah unless it actually manages to pierce her skin (not likely, given that it seems to have previously been established only silver does that) it's one gigantic hammerblow right in her gut. Which is one of the reasons bulletproof vests aren't as effective as many people think they are.

However, if it pierces once, then it'll probably pierce again, and poor Kit will have a big ole hole in her gut, instead of...y'know...a crushed one.

EDIT: Also, snipers are taught not to go for headshots. Too unreliabe, and there's all that nice curved skull to deflect your bullets. There's a reason why everybody who shoots a gun is taught to aim for center mass.

[BigDemonicBunny]

Originally Posted by MSperoni

The question is: Is a shotgun to the gut more powerful than a sniper bullet to the head?

That's like... almost a legit question because I have no idea. I assume the answer is "no" but it's point blank. My firearm research only goes so far...Seems like the more you know the less crazy fun you have

Depends on the rifle and the shotgun.
Both can be ridiculously oversized.
For the sniper the larger and faster the bullet is, the better accuracy you get. This as speed = less flight time and weight equals less sensitivity to the wind (as the weight to surface ratio is exponential).
Shotguns on the other hand compensated for low-quality gunpowder by ridiculously large bores (8 or even 6 gauge wasn't unusual. That's a 20-23mm wide shell).

If we're going to generalize though.
Against an unarmored target the average shotgun makes a larger but more shallow wound.
Even an old sniper rifle is likely to shoot right through, but unlike a modern rifle you're unlikely to see bullet fragmentation (unless the sniper is using dumdums/hollowpoint). The normal was soft point bullets though, which expand slightly but really don't leave much of a wound canal. The lethality is in the depth of the wound (and the absolutely shoddy medicine of the time).

For a creature that's immune to infection and can regenerate over time getting hit with a shotgun is, generally, worse.

[BigDemonicBunny]

Btw, is Kit expressing some sort of berserker rage/bloodlust innate to devilkin?
That would explain why they're shunned. Because you really don't want people around that get that excited by a fight.
Because that's a full blown slasher-smile.