This was my assumption about machinist guns. That they are cartridge based firearms. Not blackpower musketball firing things.
They look like them too, to be honest. and it would only make sense due to their ability to fire more than once in a while.
If the firearms are cartridge based, you could...sort of reasonably assume they would have rifled barrels. Maybe its a given, hard to say.
If thats the case, cartridges + rifling, you are looking at pretty pointed and lethal ammunition that is very accurate.
Thats mostly where my dilemma stems from of looking at armor and being like...mmmm don't think it'll hold. Anything shaped like a modern rifle round, even a wadcutter, with good lead or steel cored is going to be drilling holes in a lot of stuff. I also acknowledge that rounded breastplates that are "heavy" in their armor nature should absorb a few shots - but that armor would be "heavy" in nature and nowhere near light to be sure. If it were just steel. Maybe we will find wonder-alloys (very possible if not already doable now if your character is a skilled material specialist with metals and alloys) that will be light enough to alloy some serious mobility while fighting armored. Armor strong enough to get shot and not just be useless.
A few other things to consider, the RP gets more interesting if people ever look into armor-piercing styles ala steel bullets or tungsten/wolfram.
With all that said if every gun is just shooting balls, then most armor should take most hits from most firearms.
They look like them too, to be honest. and it would only make sense due to their ability to fire more than once in a while.
If the firearms are cartridge based, you could...sort of reasonably assume they would have rifled barrels. Maybe its a given, hard to say.
If thats the case, cartridges + rifling, you are looking at pretty pointed and lethal ammunition that is very accurate.
Thats mostly where my dilemma stems from of looking at armor and being like...mmmm don't think it'll hold. Anything shaped like a modern rifle round, even a wadcutter, with good lead or steel cored is going to be drilling holes in a lot of stuff. I also acknowledge that rounded breastplates that are "heavy" in their armor nature should absorb a few shots - but that armor would be "heavy" in nature and nowhere near light to be sure. If it were just steel. Maybe we will find wonder-alloys (very possible if not already doable now if your character is a skilled material specialist with metals and alloys) that will be light enough to alloy some serious mobility while fighting armored. Armor strong enough to get shot and not just be useless.
A few other things to consider, the RP gets more interesting if people ever look into armor-piercing styles ala steel bullets or tungsten/wolfram.
With all that said if every gun is just shooting balls, then most armor should take most hits from most firearms.
