Quantity multiplier on powers

[dsatow]

So, I am making a character who is a bit of a gun nut.  He has bought a pistol and then bought quantity x4 for +10 points so if he gets one gun taken away, he can pull out another one.  And I was thinking, how do the charges work?  I mean, it seems relatively cheap way to get twice the number of bullets by simply dropping one gun and fast drawing another.  Am I interpreting this correctly?

[Steve Long]

Equipment bought with the +5 points doubling rule tends to be identical. If, as in this case, the item has Charges, then each such item has the full number of Charges bought for the base item. And yes, this can be an easy end-run around the Charges restriction on a weapon, which is why the GM is encouraged to look carefully at characters' uses of the doubling rule for personal gear.