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maybe it's bugged, you could try restarting the game, that might help.

back in WW2, the Finnish army used skis to move quickly throughout the battlefield why not do the same and gain a speed buff? Do you have to move a lotta loot from one base to another? don't worry about the weight dragging you down and leaving you defenseless against wolves, skis would most likely spawn in mountainous areas and high altitude places. NYOM!

7 hours ago, ManicManiac said:

🤔... I think we perhaps have too many  weapons already.  No more firearms, please.

 

we have TWO

the machines used are more for wide-scale production tho

17 minutes ago, diggity said:

A shotgun does seem like a no-brainer - any farm would most likely have one.  So it must have been a hard choice to leave it out, perhaps because it would make shooting wolves too easy, or there wouldn't be much of a hide left on anything.  Craftable buckshot would be fun though.

that actually could be a drawback of using the shotgun much like how the revolver and rifle have their strengths and weaknesses the shotgun needs some too, and the fact that you might not get a lot of pelt or no pelt at all could be a drawback of the shotgun but the shooting of wolves being too easy is (in my opinion) the point of the shotgun as when wolves charge when you aim a gun at them (this happens to me at least) its a bit hard to hit them especially it a tight space with them zig-zagging around.

1 hour ago, hozz1235 said:

The wishlist is full of shotgun requests

didn't even realize that there was a wishlist thing but I feel like in general discussion more people will see it but its good to know it's there!

There should be a Shotgun as a weapon, perhaps modeled after either an Ithaca 37 or a Winchester 1897. the Ithaca 37 could make sense in terms of time era as a hunters shotgun, but since the island seems to use lots of military surplus the Winchester 1897 would make sense as a police shotgun so the police cars/trucks could spawn one and the prison could spawn one and more places I don't could as well. It would count as a noise maker because well... it's loud and could do good damage maybe a gun to rival the moose but because it's a shotgun you'd have to get close to the target to do significant damage. reloading a shell could introduce the idea of wadding and judging by the size of a piece of cloth you could make maybe 3-4 wads and of course, beads/shot and gunpowder. a shotgun would be great for killing a bear or moose and stopping wolves dead in their tracks (pun not intended) and it would be the only gun that has a good shot spread/wide spread.

3 hours ago, hozz1235 said:

Mixing 2 ingredients together to make gunpowder and a press are fairly simple mechanics, but taking molten brass and re-forming it into a precisely measured casing is something else entirely.  Then again, currently, we don't need to worry about primers when reloading...

Also, you still need to accurately measure how much of something you're putting into the gunpowder mixture otherwise it might not work or will destroy your gun

3 minutes ago, hozz1235 said:

Mixing 2 ingredients together to make gunpowder and a press are fairly simple mechanics, but taking molten brass and re-forming it into a precisely measured casing is something else entirely.  Then again, currently, we don't need to worry about primers when reloading...

I found a video on how bullet casings are made here's the link: 

so I'm sure there's a marking on the rod to tell what type of caliber/mm you are pressing

mail offices should perhaps have a mailbag/mail carrier spawn not only would it make the post office more than just a paper supply but it could make it worth traveling to get something similar to the moose bag of course the moose bag would still be better but the mailbag could be a helper when you start/aren't equipped to fight a moose.

3 hours ago, James Hickok said:

Hmm. We can make improvised, IMPROVISED crafting like arrowheads, knife and hatchet, led for ammunition using the tools we have and the knowledge. I doubt someone could make the casings tho. Not in the conditions we have in game. 

I feel like since the character knows how to make gunpowder (the ingame recipe is very similar to the actual way to DIY gunpowder IRL) and the fact that they can reload an actual round/using an ammo press, reprimer, etc. they could make a casing, although the challenge would be running from the forge (which is what could melt the brass) to the ammo workbench because the closest forge is in broken railroad to the ammo bench in BlackRock although I'm sure closer runs could be made

53 minutes ago, hozz1235 said:

Agreed.  Re-forming the casings would require specialized machinery which is not currently in the game. 

Not sure what difficulty you play on but there is usually an abundance of ammo.

I play mostly on voyager and a ammo workbench could do that

TFTFT on Switch when?

we should be able to melt down say rifle casings into 2 revolver casings and the opposite for crafting rifle ammo it would get rid of the brass for a rifle you don't have so why not!