Ya, I'd probably be good with learning more about them.

Maybe change isnt even the best word, maybe I should say I'm looking for reaction to the events going on. 

I want to see new things from the character, I dont want to see them doing the same thing all the time regardless of what has happened.

Also charcters that watn to change but cant seem to do it are interesting. 

Joe Ambercrombies charcter of Logen Ninefingers is a great example to me.  He is who he is, even if he doesnt always like it, but hes aware of it, and that makes in very fun to read.

Factions could exist, but who says they have to be all made up of one type of supernatural entity.

Wonderful point, I suppose they could group based on location or common desire/religon/belief or any other ole thing people have created factions around

good for you =)

Its a good point, I suppose just being around for questions is jsut as good

I think for the moment ill just offer my assitance to anyone that needs it.

I have a character who uses a Berretta 92F alot, however the gun is excceedingly old and occasioinally breaks due to age. Note: the character only has access to ammo that is subsonic, though just barely. What would be the first things to go in a gun that is rated for several tens of thousands of rounds before failure?

Well the type of ammo being shot has a lot to do with how fast the gun ages.  +P ammo will will wear you down faster, though the 9mm is not an absuive ruond and if you are keeping to subsonic.

That being said Id expect the following to be areas of issue.

The barrel, both the rear end and the frjont, check to make sure nothing cracks.  The guide rod spring is another thing you would want to replace after 10k rounds.  If the gun hasnt been kept lubed the locking block could have issues, same with the slide.

These parts of the gun move when the gun is fired and metal on metal will wear things out at some point.

The 92F is a solid gun of course, but these things do wear down.

I'd be interested, specifically in vintage weapons from the 1930's - 1940's era. I get most of my gun info from my SO, who is an enthusiast, but a second source is always a good thing to have.
My male protagonist so far has a Luger (his brother-in-law took it off a SS officer), a 1930's vintage police-issue Colt, and a double-barreled, sawed-off Remington (since confiscated.) My female protag. has an unspecified .38 handgun.

Liz, if you are using a Colt police style gun I would think its one of the 1917 models from Colts New Service line.  The fired the 45 acp or 45 auto rim as I recall.  Good guns and a good way to get above the .38s of the day.

Now a .38 special is an ok weapon, ill explain more about it in my guide.

The .38 Smith and Wesson was popular back then, not the same as the Speical, either one works but id prefer th .45.

The original 1911 was around back then, a fantastic single action semi-auto.  The design is still one of the most common and thats because it works.  Its another way to step into the .45. 

A sawed off shotgun is about what you think it is, not to much going on there but still a great weapon.

I am not a huge fan of Lugers, they are amazing guns, almost custom jobs really.  But all that fine craftsmenship has a price, they MUST be kept clean or they jam.  Thats why the Germans had those huge holsters with the flap to cover the gun, it slows down your draw and adds a new level of worry in the field.

If you keep them clean they are great, but then again the .45 beats anything the Luger shoots.

I have something typed up, it will go over what to look for when selecting a caliber, whats imporant to hand gun ballistics, the popular calibers for both defense against humans and against things tuffer than humans.

Just gota add the higher calibers and its ready

I chit chat about the use of guns in fiction quite a bit, and find that loads of folk dont have a deep knowdlge of the subject.

What I'm wondering is this, how many of you would find a basic writers guide to handguns helpful?

If there is no interest I wont go further with it, but if people seem to want it I'd be happy to type something up.

Figured I'd offer at least

I enjoyed it quite a bit as well and will leave a review for it as soon as I get the time.