27 June 2026

Moar Gun Stats Shenanigans

In the world according to High Tech, an M1 Carbine does 4d+1 pi damage.

An M4 Carbine does 4d+2 pi damage.

I don't think that .30 Carbine really does almost the same amount of damage as 5.56.

Gun Stats thinks it should be 4d pi-.

That better suits its reputation, I think; and it fixes a long running problem with where the line between high and low velocity is with small caliber rounds.

Gun Stats has a little table for the length/diameter ratio by caliber and if a .30 round is LDR of less than 3, then it's pi-.  The 110 grain bullet of M1 carbine is definitely under 3.  2.24, to be exact.

I've long suspected that an errata should have been made for it, but Hans-Christina Vorsitch long maintained that 4d+1 pi was correct. 

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