User blog comment:Nice Things/Because Magic?/@comment-3387274-20130604104240

Magic and Magitech.

as far as I can see, the rule for guns seems to be that you don't need to reload unless you want to swap the type of ammo your using. Whether this is some in universe science or whether Monty just didn't show us the reloads is the question that needs to be asked. Red seems to imply the former, whereas Yellow seems to imply the latter.

As for the split between science and Magic...

Ruby's cross clip and the black explosions, Weiss's Myrtenaster, the spider robot's cannons, and the fireworks launched from Yang's gloves all seem to be a form of this world's science, call it magitech if you will. The grounds for this being that all of them seemed to orriginate from a mechnical weapon and had a definate source of ammunition. Myrtenaster apparently functions using some kind of "Dust", and the same probably goes for all of the above, in my oppinion.

However, Ruby and Adam both show either incredible speed or teleportation; Ruby apparently  flipping straight up when attacked, and Adam literally crossing a room in an instant and just dropping into view next to Blake when the robot tried to step on her. they both also seem able to turn things into flower petals to different extents. This may well be some kind of magic, as is Yang's explosive temper and possibly Weiss crystalising the giant armour, assuming that was her doing.

and that's pretty much my observations so far shortened as much as I can....