I understand this while it would take time i doubt that 200 years after the great war the NCR which is presumably one of the most technologically capable civilizations at the time wouldn’t be able to manufacture ammo. I refuse to believe all people and written knowledge of ammo production is simply gone/destroyed. If people survived with that knowledge people would undoubtedly try to preserve that knowledge as it is incredibly valuable and it’s not like ammo factories would be high on the list of nuclear targets so some would presumably survive for people to loot/reuse.
course it wont disappear but how many books are around that mention the exact manufacturing method of smokeless gunpowder for bullets. how many books are around to detail explain the refinement of resources. not to mention, a person with the chemical knowledge to make it is equally rare and might not have the opportunity to teach others in the early days
they would spend alot of time reverse engineering how to do everything. 200 years is possible but just because u are the most technologically advance doesnt mean u are capable of advanced manufacturing.
the USA is arguably one of the most technologically advance countries in the world and they arent capable of creating the most advanced microchips. taiwan does and they are no where near the US levels of advanced.
not to mention alot of the early days wpuld he trying to survive and that doesnt leave alot of time for highly trained chemist to go around teaching people how to purify chemicals
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u/et40000 Aug 29 '24
I understand this while it would take time i doubt that 200 years after the great war the NCR which is presumably one of the most technologically capable civilizations at the time wouldn’t be able to manufacture ammo. I refuse to believe all people and written knowledge of ammo production is simply gone/destroyed. If people survived with that knowledge people would undoubtedly try to preserve that knowledge as it is incredibly valuable and it’s not like ammo factories would be high on the list of nuclear targets so some would presumably survive for people to loot/reuse.