Rifle, Heavy Western (3.5e Equipment)

Rifle, Heavy Western

Simple Two-Handed Projectile Critical: ×2 Range Increment: 120 ft. Type: Piercing Hardness: 10
Size	Cost1	Damage	Weight1	hp
Fine	—	—	—	1
Diminutive	—	—	—	1
Tiny	—	—	—	1
Small	50 gp	—	—	2
Medium	50 gp	1d12	11 lb.	5
Large	—	—	—	10
Huge	—	—	—	20
Gargantuan	—	—	—	40
Colossal	—	—	—	80
The SRD only gives a means to determine costs and weights of weapons for Large and Small versions based on the Medium weapons. Any other supplied values are the author's best determination.

Description

The heavy western rifle has a small hammer directly above the trigger, which in order to prime the gun is pulled away from the barrel. A heavy rifle is loaded with 1 heavy bullet as a standard action, and requires two hands.

Normally, operating a rifle requires two hands; However, you can shoot a heavy rifle with one hand at a –4 penalty on attack rolls. You can shoot a heavy rifle with each hand, but you take a penalty on attack rolls as if attacking with two one-handed weapons. This penalty is cumulative with the penalty for one-handed firing.

Enhancements

Note: Adamantine western heavy rifles do not gain the hardness bypass listed below.

Heavy Western Rifle Material Enhancements

Material	Average	Masterwork1	Hardness	hp	Special
Steel	50 gp	350 gp	10	5	—
Adamantine	—	3,050 gp	20	6	Bypass hardness less than 20
Deep Crystal	—	1,050 gp	10	15	Psionic
Mundane Crystal	—	350 gp	8	12	No rusting, not metal
Darkwood	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Iron, Cold	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Mithral	—	4,050 gp	15	5	1/2 weight
Silver, Alchemical	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Masterwork weapons have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls.

See Also

• Bullets, Heavy Western (3.5e Equipment)

---

Back to Main Page → 3.5e Homebrew → Equipment → Weapons