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Keep in mind that some of these weapons have different damage values than the numbers found in Call of Cthulhu. We're using the Taylor Knock-Out Factor (TKO) as the basis for comparison, by the way.
TKO |
damage |
less than 2.25 |
1d6 |
2.25 to less than 4.5 |
1d8 |
4.5 to less than 9 |
1d10 |
9 to less than 13.5 |
1d10+2 |
13.5 to less than 18 |
2d6+2 |
18 to less than 27 |
2d6+4 |
27 to less than 36 |
3d6+2 |
36 to less than 72 |
3d6+4 |
72 to less than 144 |
4d6+1 |
144 to less than 288 |
2d10+4 |
288 to less than 576 |
5d6 |
576 to less than 1152 | 5d6+2 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.28 cap & ball pistol |
1 |
1d6 |
.31 cap & ball pistol |
1 |
1d6 |
.36 cap & ball pistol |
3 |
1d8 |
.44 cap & ball pistol |
7 |
1d10 |
.58 Springfield rifle, or .577 Enfield rifle |
39 |
3d6+4 |
.715 Brown Bess smoothbore musket |
50 |
3d6+4 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.32 Smith & Wesson |
2 |
1d6 |
7.62mm Nagant Revolver |
3 |
1d8 |
.38 Special (in snub-nose revolvers) |
4 |
1d8 |
.38 Special |
7 |
1d10 |
.38/44 Special |
9 |
1d10+2 |
.38 British Service (aka .38 Smith & Wesson) |
6 |
1d10 |
8mm Lebel Revolver (mostly for Mle 1892) |
2 |
1d6 |
11mm French Ordnance (for older French revolvers) |
6 |
1d10 |
.44 Colt |
9 |
1d10+2 |
.44-40 Winchester |
9 |
1d10+2 |
.44 Special |
11 |
1d10+2 |
.44 Bulldog |
4 |
1d8 |
.44 Webley (aka .442 RIC) |
9 |
1d10+2 |
.45 ACP |
12 |
1d10+2 |
.45 Long Colt (aka .45 Colt) |
14 |
2d6+2 |
.455 British Service |
10 |
1d10+2 |
.577 Boxer (aka Eley, Tranter; ~400 grain) |
26 |
2d6+4 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.25 Auto (aka .25 ACP, 6.35mm Browning) |
1 |
1d6 |
7.62mm Tokarev |
5 |
1d10 |
7.63mm Mauser (aka .30 Mauser) |
5 |
1d10 |
7.65mm Longue (aka 7.65mm MAS, 7.65mm Long) |
4 |
1d8 |
7.64mm Luger (aka .30 Luger) |
5 |
1d10 |
8mm Nambu |
4 |
1d8 |
.32 Auto (aka .32 ACP, .32 Browning, 7.65mm Browning, .32 Webley Auto) |
2 |
1d6 |
.38 Colt Super Auto |
8 |
1d10 |
.380 ACP (aka 9mm Short, 9mm Browning Short) |
4 |
1d8 |
9mm Browning Long |
5 |
1d8 |
9mm Glisenti |
6 |
1d10 |
9mm Parabellum (aka 9x19mm) |
7 |
1d10 |
.45 ACP |
12 |
1d10+2 |
.455 Webley Auto |
10 |
1d10+2 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.41 Short RF |
3 |
1d8 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.30-30 Winchester |
15 |
2d6 |
.300 Savage |
17 |
2d6+2 |
.405 Winchester |
51 |
3d6+4 |
.44-40 Winchester |
16 |
2d6+2 |
.45-70 Government |
34 |
2d6+4 |
.45-75 Winchester |
31 |
2d8+4 |
.45-90 Winchester |
38 |
2d8+4 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
.270 Winchester |
15 |
2d6+2 |
.30-06 Springfield |
19 |
2d6+4 |
8mm Mannlicher (aka 8x56mmR Austrian) |
22 |
2d6+4 |
9.3x57mm Mauser |
30 |
3d6+2 |
.375 Magnum Nitro Express |
37 |
2d8+4 |
.375 Holland & Holland Magnum |
35 |
2d8+4 |
10.75x68mm Mauser |
46 |
2d10+4 |
.404 Rimless Nitro Express |
49 |
2d10+4 |
.416 Rigby |
57 |
2d10+4 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
9x70mmR Mauser (aka .360 WR Nitro Express) |
26 |
2d6+4 |
.350 Nitro Express |
31 |
3d6+2 |
.360 Nitro Express |
36 |
3d6+2 |
.400 Nitro |
26 |
2d6+4 |
.400 Nitro Express |
48 |
3d6+4 |
.400 Magnum Express |
36 |
3d6+2 |
10.25x69mmR Express |
31 |
3d6+2 |
.450/400 Express |
36 |
3d6+2 |
.450 Magnum Express |
67 |
3d6+4 |
.500 Express |
74 |
4d6+1 |
.500 Nitro Express |
87 |
2d10+4 |
.500 Magnum Express |
67 |
3d6+4 |
.500 Magnum Nitro Express |
67 |
3d6+4 |
.577 Express |
126 |
4d6+1 |
.577 Nitro Express |
126 |
3d6+6 |
4 bore black powder; 2000 grain bullet, 1500 fps |
409 |
5d6 |
2 bore black powder, 3500 grain bullet, 1250 fps |
812 |
5d6+2 |
32 rounds of 00 buck 12 gauge all-brass shotgun shells -- 4 pounds including the belt
name |
TKO |
damage |
16 gauge #1 buckshot |
12 pellets @ 2 |
2x1d6+1 /1d6+1 /1d4 |
16 gauge slug |
50 |
1d10+5 |
12 gauge buckshot |
9 pellets @ 3 |
4x1d6 / 2x1d6 / 1d6 |
12 gauge buckshot in sawed-off gun |
9 pellets @ 2 |
4x1d6 / 1d6 |
12 gauge slug |
65 |
1d10+6 |
10 gauge buckshot (2-5/8" shell) |
16 pellets @ 2 |
4x(1d6)+2 / 3x(1d6)+2 / (1d6)+1 |
10 gauge slug (2-5/8" shell) |
75 |
1d10+1d6+1 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
6.5mm Taisho (aka 6.5mm Arisaka) |
12 |
2d6+2 |
6.5mm Carcano (aka 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano) |
13 |
2d6+2 |
7mm Mauser |
15 |
2d6+4 |
7.62mm Russian (aka 7.62x54mmR) |
18 |
2d6+4 |
.30-06 Springfield |
19 |
2d6+4 |
.303 British |
18 |
2d6+4 |
7.92mm Mauser (aka 8mm Mauser) |
19 |
2d6+4 |
8mm Mannlicher (aka 8x56mmR Austrian) |
22 |
2d6+4 |
8mm Lebel Rifle (aka 8x50R Lebel) |
21 |
2d6+4 |
A sealed tin containing 350 rounds of .303" ball ammunition, on stripper clips, in bandoleers, with a wooden "carrying crate" with a wire bale handle, weighs 45 pounds. A lot of the weight is the packaging, but it's very well-sealed and protected.
A sealed tin containing 1000 rounds of .30-06 ball ammunition, in 20 round boxes, weighs 66 pounds. 800 rounds in 20 round boxes, in a sealed tin, in a wooden packing crate, weighs 66 pounds -- it's much better protected by the wooden crate, but weighs more "per round".
name |
TKO |
damage |
6.5mm Carcano (aka 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano) |
13 |
2d6+2 |
6.5mm Taisho (aka 6.5mm Arisaka) |
12 |
2d6+2 |
7mm Mauser |
15 |
2d6+4 |
7.5mm French (aka 7.6x54 MAS) |
17 |
2d6+2 |
7.62mm Russian (aka 7.62x54mmR) |
18 |
2d6+4 |
.30-06 Springfield |
19 |
2d6+4 |
.303 British |
18 |
2d6+4 |
7.92mm Mauser (aka 8mm Mauser) |
19 |
2d6+4 |
.35 Remington, or .35 Self-Loading |
20 |
2d6+4 |
.351 Winchester, or .351 Winchester Self-Loading |
16 |
2d6+2 |
.401 Winchester, or .401 Winchester Self-Loading |
24 |
2d6+4 |
name |
TKO |
damage |
12.7x108mm |
156 |
2d10+1d8+6 |
13.2mm Mauser |
151 |
2d10+1d8+6 |
20x105mm Solothurn |
527 |
3d10+6 |
20x125mm |
660 |
4d10+4 |
Here's a link to the page of very many cartridges, including many not around in the 1930s.