What excuse would you use for there not being so many guns in a post a pop fantasy setting that would force people to use more crude and makeshift weaponry that more so mimics weapons of old?
Would it be possible for guns and ammunition to be used as a hard to come by currency and trade?
>What excuse would you use for there not being so many guns in a post a pop fantasy
just have it set anywhere but in (remains of) the US
Of course. After the bomb, everyone got a lot dumber and can't figure out guns 100%. Plus the materials aren't there, so they're uncommon.
People use bullets as trading currency, but prefer to fight with sharp sticks and swords. Pulling out the guns is only something you do when you're really rich or desperate, as it's literally money you're pumping out of those things.
What is apop short for? Apopalyptic?
They fell apart? Guns do not last forever user, after only 1 or 2 generations the overwhelming majority of modern technology would have completely ceased to function, and even buildings would start crumbling apart. Give it 100 years and the world would be unrecognisable.
After a while, there won't be a lot of bullets to go around andsome guy in a shack pumping out bootleg bullets won't be able to keep up with demand forever. I imagine that most people would use melee weapons, with designated sharpshooters and nobles using firearms.
Yes
1999 was a dark year
A lot of time has passed since the original disaster and as such ammo is rare. Kinda like in that one show "revolution" where all the power in the world stopped working. Can't make bullets with machines so they when back to muskets.
The kind of AR-15s or baseball bats with nails in them dichotomy you see in a lot of fiction isn't exactly the end-all be-all. You can make a really shitty but functional firearm pretty easily.
Post-apopulous. There weren't a lot of people after the apocalypse but now there are again.
>Would it be possible for guns and ammunition to be used as a hard to come by currency and trade?
NATO rounds make an excellent post-apocalypse currency precisely because they're NOT hard to come by. Useful everywhere, easily verifiable and portable.