Nidus Equipment & Small Arms News!

[Prole]

This is just a little thread for stuff made on the planet Nidus, so the legend goes, which is either made there or in Center, and sold in Center or on "Jingo Earth", an alternate Earth.

I'll organize this stuff later if it's any good.

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"Einar Fionntan Series, PCM-901
(aka "Nothing At The Moment")

"Confidante, I think this piece of kit here will show you the very first step up in "Freebooter Tech" as your people call it. I hope you and your boys like these." A Confidante

The CM-901 was manufactured by a company that used to be called Colt, who had many good ideas, but became overly reliant on military contracts to the point that when another company started to make the old M16 and M4s for the national military, Colt suffered as it's market share suffered and it's civilian products didn't impress the buying public.

Despite this, they once designed a series of weapons based on the AR-15/M16, but with the lower receiver based on the larger AR-10, in 7.62x51mm NATO. The idea was that with adapters and various changing uppers, barrels, and so on; the same lower receiver, trigger, and stock could be used in a rifle that could easily be made into three or four different rifles. The problem with this idea is people didn't want to shell 2,000 American Dollars back in the 2000s, when they could get most of the possible combinations, as standalones, for 500 dollars each.

A few nations bought some of these weapons or their variants for their defense forces, but progress only went so far. If they ever figured out how to make the idea really work, we lost records on if that happened or not, so we assume no such thing ever happened.

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The PCM-901 is not the same rifle. This rifle is made by third party contractors, for Einar Fionntan, at the instruction of A Confidante, to be sold at fair price to Einar Fionntan.

This rifle is simply a copy of the old CM-901 lower, with a 16 inch match grade "pencil" lightweight "free-floating" barrel, a M-Lok "free-floating" attachment rail, and a simple comp/flash-hider combo muzzle-end.

The weapon isn't made from various alloys of steel and aluminum, along with various polymers; this weapon is made from various types of "printed" "Durasteel", "Plastoid", and some parts are made of Aluminum Alloys. The weapon is half a pound lighter, has better accuracy and precision, is much, much stronger in design, is cheaper, is just as easy to add attachments too, is shorter and more handy, and will mate with any Mil-Spec 2000s Era AR-15, AR-10, AR-15 7.62x39mm, or 6.8x43mm SPC Upper.

Weight: 9 lbs
MDC: 2
Range: 750 yards (690 m)
Damage: (M80 Ball Ammo) 6d6+3 SDC
(130gr Ball M80A1 EPR) 7d6+3 SDC, +6 to penetrate body armor.
(ADVAP, 130gr Ball Tungsten Tip Copper Base Ammo) 7d6+3 SDC, +8 to penetrate body armor.
(Wellington/PS Exploders) 18d6+9 SDC or (10d10)+8 SDC or (3d3)10+18 SDC
(Wellington/GAW/PS Ramjet) 1 M.D.C. to M.D.C. targets or 3D6x10 S.D.C. to soft targets (If you use modified MDC numbers, I have no idea what to set this too, figuring that out still)
(Thadius Enterprises TE-2E round, made up of a depleted uranium slug filled with K-Hex, Weapon must be locked in semi-auto with a cold barrel and feeding from 10 round magazines, or the ammo risks going off.) 24d6+12 SDC or 12d12+12 SDC or 6d24+12 SDC

Rate of Fire:Single shot or full-auto
Magazine: Accepts any mil-spec magazines compatible with rifles of the same type as the upper.
Cost: 347 pounds of 100 pure Copper scrap or ingots, 347 pounds of Potatoes Chips, 347 bags of 12 ounces of Tortilla Chips, or 3200 rounds of 12 gauge Birdshot, or 4000 rounds of FMJ Brass-Cased 9x19 Luger or 4000 rounds of steel-cased 7.62x39mm or 40 Computer Parts Packages or 347 4GB thumb drives or 1840 pounds of bulk alkalized cocoa powder.

"We find that ammo is typically three times the price it should be in relation to weapons, and vehicles are 1/4th the cost they should be in relation to weapons as well; which makes it impossible for us to understand the conversion to a "Credit" and as such, we won't accept them."[/spoiler]

[Prole]

EDIT 3/24/2022: Writing is now wrong due to latest patch, please see new image.

Kitsune Shotgun Rules:

Spoiler:

Federal Flight Control #1 Buckshot was for a time the ultimate self-defense and police buckshot shell in 12 gauge. The first step towards this glorious and supreme reign, was when Federal Flight Control was first offered. Federal was a premium ammunition manufacturer, which offered a number of quality FMJ and JHP loads, including the old HST bullets. While the Hydra Shok was left in the dustbins of history as being one of the first, and one of the worst JHPs, and then later on a reasonable JHP; the Federal Flight Control didn't have any real competition for years.

What made the Federal Flight Control buckshot so impressive, was it's special and patented "Flight Control Wad", which allowed the buckshot to mostly stay fairly close together and retain their energy. In many cases, other wads wouldn't keep the buckshot together and would actually just spread the pellets out too much.The Federal Flight Control Wad could and often did, keep the pullets close together out to 75 feet before there was any kind of spread. On top of this, the pullets didn't lose a lot of energy and seemed to be as deadly at 75 feet, as 30 feet for #1 buckshot and could be perfectly deadly out to 200 feet in 00

Proof

What made the #1 the next step, after the trusted 00 load, was civilian testing and research, showing that “Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 15 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 15 pellets is .964 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 20 percent more potentially effective wound trauma.

In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker’s body.”

Naturally, Federal after a few years offered their special buckshot loads in #1 buckshot, and their was celebration.

Not by the people who got hit by it and died, obviously.

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AWACW's #1 and 00 "TNS Buckshot Soar Control" rounds are different, in that they use a more updated propellant that adds a little extra ft/s or m/s, with no serious increase in pressure, have an updated and patented wad, and use tungsten for their pellets. The inspiration was the Lyalvale Express's load "Hevi-shot", which mixed tungsten, nickel and iron in the form of an alloy.

Steel shot is too light, and lead shot could be harder. "Hevi-shot" was both harder and heavier then lead, which made it better.

We use the same three metals in an alloy, but in different proportions, in order to increase killing ability.

TNS #1 Low Recoil 12 gauge, has same recoil as 16 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 75ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS 00 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 110ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 Magnum 12 gauge, requires 3.5 inch chamber
Damage: 8d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 250 credits

[Prole]

Spoiler:

The old M1 Carbine was made in the millions and was for a time one of the most common weapons in the world. Not only did the adoption of the weapon by the US show that pistols were difficult to use in combat, but that it was possible to arm and train non-combat personnel for combat. The weapon also led to the concepts of pistol caliber carbines and personal defense weapons, both which saw serious consideration in the civilian and military worlds after the war was over. If that wasn't enough of a legacy, conversions were made that had 30 round magazines and were full auto, while other conversions fired .22 necked down ammunition; which predated the eventual mixing of these three features into the M16.

The weapon had just one problem, it was very unreliable, with the average 15 round magazine having at least one jam or misfire. Some sources say this only happened after the war, with the civilian copies being poorly made and the military surplus being old; but experts who looked into it decades after the war found that the issue was fairly common. It was eventually found that the low quality magazines, quick construction of the weapon, nature of the gas-system, and other issues were responsible.

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The M1R is different, in that it's not unreliable and actually functions quite well, while keeping all the best features and old vision alive. For starters, the weapon is still lightweight, clocking in at 4.5 pounds; which actually makes this version lighter. The secret to improved reliability and less weight, is the gas system being a copy of that used in the M16. Testing finds that the weapon can handle 4000 rounds of steel case ammo without a stoppage, provided the weapon is relubed every 1000 rounds and cleaned every 2000 rounds.

The weapon is mostly lighter, however, due to the use of carbon fiber in the handguard, polymer for the rest of the furniture, and an aluminum alloy for the receiver. The specific polymer used is a weaved fiber related to Kevlar and as such, the furniture is mostly stronger then steel. The weapon also sports a match-grade barrel, which is a "Pencil" model, but refrains from overheating quiet well and manages to retain it's zero quite easily under stress.

Weight: 4.5 pounds, 2 kilograms (empty).
Caliber: 30 Carbine (7.62 x 33 mm), 5.7 Johnson, and 5.7x28mm
Barrel Length: 16 inches (40.64cm)
Overall Length: 35.6 inches (90.5 cm).
Action: Non-Direct Impingement
Mode of Fire: Semi Automatic
Range: 656.2 feet (200 meters).
Magazine: 15 or 30 Round Magazines.
Cost: 500 Dollars or 500 Credits
Black Market Cost: 1200 Credits
Special: Match Barrel (+1 to hit), also accepts standard mil-spec scopes, bipods, and attachments.

Thanks, Kitsune for the original M1

[Prole]

WWG 1886M

EDIT: I Realized I forgot to post this lever action here, and had thought that I had done so.

[Prole]

Spoiler:

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There is said to be revolvers all over the "New West", a huge area of land and space, where people are not allowed to carry serious megadamage weapons into towns. Megadamage weapons are also very expensive and powerful, to the point that if used in a town or saloon, they might blow out a wall or obliterate a whole person. For a lot of people, the most powerful option is a Model 1960 Colt .44, but that certainly isn't cutting it if one actually intends to fight anyone wearing any kind of body armor or enhancements of any sort.

One could certainly go for a Golden Age Weaponsmith's .41 or .44 magnum, but where are you going to get one of those when the factories that make them are so far away? What if it's too expensive? What if ammunition is too rare? What if it's not enough damage? What if you aren't even on "Rifts Earth"?

There is indeed the "Champion 5" R-5 Model 500, offered by Paladin Steel. Do you really want 45.6 ft/lbs of recoil? A revolver that only fires one specific round, along with the various loading of that one specific round? The need to be incredibly strong to fire the weapon without having issues getting the bullets on target? Do you want a revolver that only holds five rounds, weighs 3.5 pounds, and has a 8.3 inch barrel?

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The WWGR-22517 "Eliminator 6" is made from the same Nidus materials of plastoid to replace wood and plastic, a patented fiber to replace rubber, and a mixture of "Endo-Steel", Aluminum, and Steel alloys for the metal components. The weapon comes with mounting slots where the sights are, along with under the barrel, and it has a threaded barrel as well. The weapon fires .454 Casull, but can also fire .45 Long Colt and .45 Schofield

Weight: 2.94 lbs (1.33 kg) empty.
Caliber: .454 Casull (Can also use .45 Long Colt and .45 Schofield)
Note: P.S. of 14 or greater to fire .454 Casull without penalty. P.S. of 12 to fire this weapon at all, without penalty(-2 to strike).
Damage:
.45 Schofield, 4d6
.45 Long Colt, 5D6
.454 Casull, 7D6
Advanced Damage:
Explosive .454 Casull, 21d6 or 1d6x21
Ramjet .454 Casull, 28d6 or 1d6x28 S.D.C. - 1d4-1 M.D.C. on M.D.C. targets.
Barrel Length: 5 inches (127 mm)
Overall Length: 10.5 inches (266.7 mm)
Action: Double Action.
Range: 300 feet (91.44 m) without scope, 700 ft (90 m) with scope.
Cylinder: 6 rounds .
Cost: 800 Hard/Black Market Credits or 800 Trade Units or 800 "Jingo" Dollars or 348 gallons of gasoline, pounds of copper, and/or trade goods of equivalent value.

Options:
2-6x32mm Revolver Scope, 200 Hard/Black Market Credits or 200 Trade Units or 200 "Jingo" Dollars or 87 gallons of gasoline, pounds of copper, and/or trade goods of equivalent value.
Underbarrel Overloaded Laser, +1 to strike, 200 Hard/Black Market Credits or 200 Trade Units or 200 "Jingo" Dollars or 87 gallons of gasoline, pounds of copper, and/or trade goods of equivalent value.
Compensator, +1 to strike, 200 Hard/Black Market Credits or 200 Trade Units or 200 "Jingo" Dollars or 87 gallons of gasoline, pounds of copper, and/or trade goods of equivalent value.

[Prole]

Spoiler:

In many places, the idea of a weapon that was part one weapon and part another, was embraced. There has been many many times, the grenade launcher mounted under the assault rifle. Yet, a few times it was considered by some, and a great millions of currency and years of research spent, considering an assault carbine mounted under a long-range "smart" grenade launcher. The most widely adopted and used idea, however, is simply a weapon that is both an assault rifle firing explosive and armor piercing ammunition, from separate barrels and magazines.

This fundamentally lighter, cheaper, and simpler idea at first glance seems to make less sense; unless the two barrels are firing ammunition of wildly different weights and speeds. For an entire galaxy it has been found, this type of "Advanced Combat Rifle" is wildly popular, and considered the major middleground between assault rifles and personal gauss weaponry. Inside "The Sector", specifically "Nidus", the general and most common "ACR" design is considered downright impractical.

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The "Export" or "General" Nidus design settles on the upper barrel being 1-6.5 twist 5.56 barrel, capable of just barely firing 55 grain ammo with some issues, but firing without complaint rounds from 62 to 95 grains. The lower barrel is a 1-7 twist 5.56 barrel, a 6.8 SPC barrel, a 6.5mm Grendel barrel or a 7.62x39mm Soviet barrel.

The top barrel usually is loaded with .224 Valkyrie or 77 grain "Match King" bullets for the 5.56mm, the former being a 1000 yard civilian round designed over a hundred years ago, and the second being a specialty "sniper" or "marksmen" round designed to modified AR-15 platform rifles. The propellant, if the round is caseless, like most export weapons are; is a small, extruded grain powder that has uniform metering, is insensitive to being cold or hot, and produces more velocities compared to it's competitors. The general ideal is accuracy, cleanliness, and speed; for this common propellant.

The lower barrel can be firing whatever it's designed to fire, but generally sticks to a caliber that is standard issue for the buyer or adopter of the weapon.

Some buyers have the weapon follow the "OICW Tradition" with the top barrel firing explosive .224 Valkyrie or 77 grain "Match King" bullets, which have long range and large enough space within to contain explosive powder or liquid inside. They view this as the "real" and "true" portion of the weapon, with the portion under it being just a small carbine firing standard service ammunition.

Other buyers think that the upper portion is closer to the sights, and thus be where the AP ammunition is fired, since that depends more on speed, precision, accuracy, and energy retention. Many Nations and Star Nations alike, have found that a sub-MOA weapon is as good a "force multiplier", as a large capacity automatic support weapon. To these nations, the underside of the weapon should be some high weight explosive bullet, so that it can better resemble the usual "under-barrel grenade launcher."

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Most versions of the weapon rely on composite polymer lowers and furniture, with only vital firearms parts being made of steel alloys, which gets the weapon down to 10 pounds in some cases, unloaded.

Weight: 10-12 lbs Unloaded
Range:
Upper Barrel .224, 3000 ft/914 meters
Upper Barrel 5.56 77 grain MatchKing, 1425 ft/434 meters
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Lower Barrel, see range of typical service rifle for buyer
Damage:
.224 Valkyrie 80-95 grains, 6d6
.224 Valkyrie 60 grain "V-Max", 7d6 (Can't penetrate body armor rated above pistol caliber)
.224 Valkyrie ADVAP 95 grain, 6d6+3, +6 to penetrate body armor.
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See damage of service caliber for lower barrel.
Multiple damage of caliber/round by 3x for explosive ammo
Multiple damage of caliber/round by 4x for ramjet ammo on SDC targets, with MDC receiving at least 1 MDC of damage
Overall Length 37.5 Inches (952.5 mm)
Barrel length
Top Barrel, 18 Inches (457.2 mm)
Bottom Barrel, 8-16.3 inches (203-415mm)
Cost: 2000 Credits/Trade Units/Jingo Dollars or 870 gallons of gas, pounds of copper, or other hard currency/trade good.

[Prole]

Spoiler:

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Around Nevada and other parts of The New West. Lots of big towns and little cities force people to turn in most or all of their guns at the local Sheriff. Many people ended up sneaking on their person something small and compact, or a medium sized revolver if they were feeling a little risky or had a large dustcoat. Jasper Munitions locally sold a J-38 Falcon, a sort of .38 "snubnose" that was very easy to conceal, but a little tricky to use. There was said to be some "chiefs", like the old The Chiefs Special, that you could get, but they weren't easy to find. There was good demand for a user-friendly revolver that had the size of a five-shot .38 snubnose. Something that could be used by women, men, teens, or serious killers who needed something small.

There once was something known as 32H&R Magnum, which in compact revolvers such as "chiefs", allowed someone to have 6 shots at less recoil then .38 special. A number of serious users found the little .38 "snubbies" to be rather painful or tricky to shoot, so there was and now was again, a serious application for .32 H&R Magnum. On top of that, there was once a .327 Federal Magnum, which could be between .38 Special and .38 Special +P, or above +P and closer to .357 Magnum. '
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For over a hundred years, in many timelines, but most specifically in one, S&W had been making an excellent tactical/modern "chiefs special. The LCR or "Lightweight Compact Revolver" sold quite well, even in eras where revolvers weren't as popular. Since 2016, the company that became "AWACW" was a combination of holdings under the warlord known as Mistress Duchess Saint Vixen, including S&W and Ruger. Vixen and her various followers had depended for years on locally made or surplus steel-frame pistols or various models of dated revolvers. Naturally, the LCR in .38 +P and .327 Federal Magnum was ordered in such massive numbers, that a whole new production line was started in the US and half a production line was started in MindWalker.

The two and a half production lines shut down decades ago, but have been started up again for the New West market.

Weight: 17 ounces (482 grams) empty
Caliber: .327 Federal Magnum (Also accepts .32H&R and other ancestors of .327 Federal Magnum)
Note: P.S. of 11-13 to fire .327 Federal Magnum without penalty, P.S. of 9 to fire .32 H&R Magnum without penalty.
Damage:
H&R Magnum, 2d6+3 SDC
.327 Federal Magnum, 3d6+3 SDC
Advanced Damage:
H&R Magnum TNS Alloy Bullet, 3d6+4 SDC
.327 Federal Magnum TNS Alloy Bullet, 4d6+5
Barrel Length: 1.87 inches (47.5mm)
Overall Length: 6.5 inches (165mm)
Action: Double Action
Range: 150 feet
Cylinder: 6 shots
Cost: 540 Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency.

[Prole]

Image and Stats

Woops, wasn't able to post the stats in plain text along with the image.

[taalismn]

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There is indeed the "Champion 5" R-5 Model 500, offered by Paladin Steel. Do you really want 45.6 ft/lbs of recoil? A revolver that only fires one specific round, along with the various loading of that one specific round? The need to be incredibly strong to fire the weapon without having issues getting the bullets on target? Do you want a revolver that only holds five rounds, weighs 3.5 pounds, and has a 8.3 inch barrel?

"Well, I did once throw an empty one at a guy when I ran out of bullets. Knocked him clean out cold."
"Lucky throw, and WILL YOU GET OUT OF MY ADVERTISING COPY!!!!????"

I'm now seeing two gunfighters loudly comparing their respective weapons, talking up their strengths and trash-talking the other guy's weapons while they're shooting at a common enemy.

Aforementioned common enemy is hiding behind cover, but looking at the big holes on either side of him as on one side the shooter is talking about how his extra shots will give him the kill while the other guy is talking about the bigger boom each of his shots does.

[Prole]

Spoiler:

AWACW 1894 HLN
40-50

http://www.geocities.ws/nectropolis/jas ... l#takedown

That is the link to Jasper Munitions, who is the main competitor of AWACW. Jasper is in Colorado, AWACW has a facility in Durango, Colorado.

The rifle that Wilk's offers is at the end of New West and the I have an ammo book that lists its caliber, bullet weight, and muzzle fps. The closest comparable bullet is .444 Marlin and in the calculator I increased it's weight from 240 to 260, and increased the speed. I used a black powder calculator to figure out how fast the 44-40 would need to go to be 44-60.

[Prole]

Spoiler:

Kimber Eclipse Custom III

[Prole]

Credit to K20A2_S for the idea.
https://palladiumbooks.com/forums/viewt ... =8&t=89427

Spoiler:

Automatic Heavy Support Battle Rifle Bolt Conversion for the "WI-SR15 Assault rifle

[Prole]

The AWACW Double-Stack Magazine Adapter for Shotguns

Spoiler:

The AWACW Double-Stack Magazine Adapter for Shotguns

The AWACW Double-Stack Magazine Adapter for Shotguns comes in various models for "Mossberg style", "Remington Style", "Winchester Style", "Wellington Style", and "Bandito Style". The magazines come in 5 rounds, 10 rounds, 15 rounds, and 20 rounds as well. The models also come in standard 12 gauge, Bandito Big Bore 10 gauge, and Wellington "Big Bore" 10 gauge. Not only that, but there are also patented loading tools and compatible 5 shell "stripper clips" (Made from aluminum alloys). All of the magazines are made from plastoid, with durasteel springs, and colored baseplates and stickers so you can organize your magazines by ammo type.

Conversation Price: 160 credits (No CS Credits), Wild West barter goods also highly reasonable.
Magazine Prices: 40 credits for 5 rounder, 80 credits for 10 rounder, 125 for 15 rounder, and 200 for 20 rounder

Stripper Clip Ammo Prices: Palladium Steel Explosive slugs (25 credits for 5 shells), TNS Buckshot Soar Control also available (5 credits for clip + cost of 5 shells), Palladium Steel Ramjet Slugs (40 credits for 5 shells). If you buy any of these in groups of 20 stripper clips, you get a plastoid container for free.

Ammo Damages: 12 gauge explosive slug (2d4+2)*10 S.D.C., 12 gauge ramjet slug 1d2 M.D.C., 10 gauge explosive slug (2d4+3)*10 S.D.C., 10 gauge ramjet slug 1d4-1 M.D.C.

Note: 10 gauge ammo typically causes discomfort to users unless they have a P.S. of 14, the "KickLite" stock lowers discomfort for users of P.S. 12 or lower.

The AWACW Double-Stack Magazine Adapter for Shotguns comes with a part replacement that requires an armorer of 30% ability or better, along with a cost of usually 40 credits for the labor.

Kitsune Shotgun Rules:

[ 4] Buckshot does double damage to targets at close range (less than 25% of effective range), normal damage at medium ranges (25% to 50% of effective range), half damage at long range (50% to 75% of effective range, and quarter damage at extreme range (Greater than 75% of effective range).

[Prole]

M1917 Enfield

Spoiler:

Across many many timelines, many many "Earths", there was a specific version of what was known as "The Great War" or "World War One". Across many of these worlds, but not all of them, The United States of America entered the conflict with a shortage of rifles for their new mass conscript army. Luckily, they had factories within their borders that were making a somewhat new rifle known as the Pattern 1914 Enfield for their allies, the United Kingdom. A change of some parts enabled the rifles to be made in 30-06 and while the rifle didn't get a lot of love in the press, or in books or movies, the M1917 Enfield was the most common rifle used by the "Yankees", with at least 2 million rifles made.

Historians and sportshooters have for over a hundred or two hundred years viewed the M1917 Enfield as the "best or second best bolt action of WW1 and possibly the best bolt action ever made in 30-06". Most shooters don't care for any specifics, but for the sake of marketing posters or sellers will mention the "The hardy Mauser action, the most popular bolt action in the world, copied by most if not all modern bolt actions." or "The Best Military Service Bolt Action Rifle Ever Made", with a small disclaimer saying "By this AWACW is referring to mass issued bolt actions and not highly advanced rifles made specifically for Snipers, advertising is implying that this rifle design is better then other designs constructed in the millions and used in war."

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AWACW has released a brand new production line of these rifles to an unknown buyer, with surplus production being offloaded into the "Four Corners" and Lone Star. Rifles are made from wood and Endo-Steel, with a fair bit of personal attention and gunsmith work per rifle, about an hour or two "at the minimum".

According to marketing and speeches, "If a customer orders 1000 rifles at least, they can be produced in .303, "8mm Mauser", or other historical calibers. Around 1000 rounds can be provided with each rifle, at the cost of 500 Credits for each large 1000 round box.)

Damage: 7d6+1 S.D.C. 30-06 FMJ, 7d6+7 S.D.C. 30-06 Softpoint (To HP or natural S.D.C., 7d6-5 against armor), 7d6 S.D.C. 30-06 M2 AP (+20 against armor, -5 against HP or natural S.D.C.)
Barrel Length: 26 in (660 mm)
Overall Length: 46.3 in (1,180 mm)
Weight: 9.187 lb (4.167 kg) (empty)
Action: Bolt Action, Mauser
Range: 600 yd (549 m) without Scope, 2200-2800 feet (670.56 to 853.4 m) with Scope
Magazine: 6 Round Fixed Magazine, Reloaded with "Stripper Clips"
Black Market Cost: 900 Credits (No CS Credits) or standard New West barter

Ammo Cost: 60 Credits (No CS Credits) for a box of 100 30-06 Softpoint, 100 Credits (No CS Credits) for a box of 100 30-06 M2 AP. Stripper clips come ten to a box for free and are made from an aluminum alloy

Features: Compatible with standard Golden Age Weaponsmith suppressors, scopes, and bayonets.

Addons:

Six Use "Impact Bayonet": This blade is 8 inches (203 mm) long, within the strange handle is what looks like a canister. According to marketing "The Impact Bayonet is loaded with a canister that has six stacked "blanks" of a patented design, which are designed to carefully and safely fire one after the other, when triggered by six separate hard impacts against the blade. When the blade stabs into a person or presses hard against a surface, an electric trigger sets the charge closest to the blade off and it vents a small explosion directly into the target". The Impact Bayonet is typically demonstrated before crowds during large sales, typically using hard clay, parts of a freshly slaughtered animal, or thick earth.

Damage: 1d10+2 S.D.C. for the stab, 100 S.D.C. or 1 M.D.C. for the blast.
Cost: 1000 Credits, 300 Credits for a refill

Vibro-Knife Mount: 500 Credits, this allows a Vibro-Knife to be mounted as a bayonet.

[taalismn]

Yeah, that Impact Bayonet charge is handy for releasing the bayonet from getting stuck in a target as well.

[Prole]

Yeah, that Impact Bayonet charge is handy for releasing the bayonet from getting stuck in a target as well.

I choose to let it do S.D.C., because it would be weird if it turned someone into a pile of ash on impact. Btw, releashing more stuff tonight, watch this space.

[Prole]

This week a few thousand AWACW S&W Model 3 Mark 3s, were released into the "Four Corners" market, causing more friction between Jasper and AWACW. However, this revolver has managed to eat at sales from Wilk's and Bandito as well, which might be more of a problem. According to rumors, there are under the table talks between AWACW and Wilks, Bandito, Wellington, Golden Age Weaponsmiths, and Paladin Steel.

Spoiler:

AWACW had been talking about releasing a S&W model 3 that was in .44-40 to compete with Jasper Munitions line of revolvers, but as time passed and other weapons were released first, it wasn't certain if that was really the best idea for the first caliber to offer the revolver in. What about the .44 Magnum family of cartridges that were fairly common in the east and were being chambered in their most popular lever action rifle? What about the .454 Casull and .45 Colt family of cartridges that were chambered in their best selling revolver? Sure, .454 Casull and .44 Magnum were certainly too much for a revolver like the Model 3, even if it was made of Endo-Steel, and it would make the revolver too big, too bulky, and trickier to use for new shooters. There was however, a lot of space between .45 Colt and .454 Casull, or .44 Special and .44 Magnum, in terms of firepower and muzzle energy.

AWACW did some poking around in Eastern Europe, since the original founders of the manufacturing alliance were ethnically Slavs and almost all of them spoke Interslavic, a dialect understood by almost all Slavic people. Things went really well and wanting to return to tradition, or because of the mythos of cowboys, tens of thousands of Model 3s were ordered. They were chambered for a cartridge that was more powerful then the .44 Russian and weaker then the .44 Magnum, known as .44 Gospodin, which pushed a 246 grain bullet at 1000 fps (304.8 meters per second). The weapon had to be made out of Endo Steel to function properly and was sold in an old style that was stainless steel, or a compact nitrated model with tan grips and a 4 inch barrel.

The problem was the Russians and Slavs had asked for reloading kits and the ability to load the rounds in black powder if need be, and so they were sold a large number of kits and given reloading data for .44 Russian, along with .44 Special. Naturally, a few batches of revolvers were sold and the reloading kits certainly made plenty of money, at first. History however, repeated itself, as this was the second time that Russian and European Model 3 counterfeits had resulted in a large order of revolvers being cancelled, after they were made at S&W factories. The counterfeits are the same size and can chamber .44 Gospodin, but they can't fire it properly without damage, which is why they cost only 300-500 credits.

A contact claiming to be from Paladin Steel claimed the same thing happened to them and something about "Just wait till they get counterfeit explosive or ramjet ammo."

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After some further poking and prodding from historians within the AWACW about the guns "Long and famous history being used by lawmen and outlaws for decades in the Wild West" and reportedly being used by "Jesse James, Bob Ford (who used one to kill James), John Wesley Hardin, Pat Garrett, Theodore Roosevelt, Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Billy the Kid, and many others", there was some thought into possibly releasing a version of the Model 3 in the New West. There was however, some uncertainty about releasing a .45 Colt Model or dumping part of their overstock in .44 Gospodin, which to do first?

After some polling, handing out leaflets, and asking people within the various AWACW factories, a sort of agreement was made. This was best summed up by a fellow known as "Blast" who reportedly said ".454 is better, by technicality. You can always chamber down, but you can't exactly chamber up". Granted, they didn't know about the .444 Marlin reproduction rounds being made, but the point still stood.

Two models were made, the 6.5 inch "Overt" model, which used Stainless Endo-Steel and real laminated wood, and the 4 inch "Covert" model, which used Nitrated Endo-Steel with a fake blued finish and "khaki" plastoid grips. There is talk of releasing later models in .44-40 like they had talked about earlier, if these current models sell well. On the same footing, there is mention of releasing the "exclusive Russian models" in .44 Gospodin. Finally, there has been marketing for a possible line of "Wells Fargo" models with 5 inch barrels "Just like Wells Fargo used on their horse driven carriages to move packages or precious metals".

The current, first North American line of Model 3 revolvers is sold with what is referred to as ".45 Ruger Rimmed" because "There already is a .45 S&W and a .45 Colt, but our own Ruger has never released an ammo type for .45 before". .454 Casull cartridges don't fit in this line of Model 3s, because the cylinder only accepts cartridges as long as 34 millimeters long. There are a good number of different .45 Colt revolvers just lying around in the New West, but none of them can accept ".45 Ruger Rimmed", because they can only chamber cartridges of 32.6 millimeters. According to sales or spokespersons for AWACW, "The cylinder is 34 millimeters so you don't chamber .44 Magnum and break your nose with a revolver made of hardened Endo-Steel. The cartridge is 33.85 millimeters so you don't chamber it in a plain steel revolver and blow your gun up."

The packaging and salespeople will also tell you when selling the ammo that, ".45 Ruger Rimmed uses a special, hard to make nickle alloy casing that can be reloaded to these high pressures ten times at least before failure, brass will fail on the second loading, seriously injuring you. .45 Ruger Rimmed kicks out a 230 grain bullet at 1200 fps, that's 350 feet faster then .45 ACP and the same speed as 10mm, but 30 grains heavier. .44 Russian really liked 5-7 inch barrels, but we have specially formulated this powder to do a full burn at 4 inches of barrel and get a tiny bit more speed out of 7 inches. If you load this in a long barreled rifle, it will start losing some speed from barrel friction after the full powder burn."

The revolvers are actually reproductions of the "1st Model .44 Double Action", which was released close to a hundred years after the original Model 3s and over a hundred years before the current production line.

Weight: 2.9 lb (1.3 kg)
Caliber: .45 Ruger Rimmed, .45 Colt, .45 Schofield
Note: P.S. of 12 to not fire the compact model (Loaded with .45 Ruger) without penalty of -1 to aim.
Damage: .45 Ruger Rimmed, 5D6+3 S.D.C., .45 Colt 5d6 S.D.C., .45 Schofield 4d6 S.D.C.
Barrel Length: 6.5 in (165 mm), or 4 in (102 mm)
Overall Length: 12.0 in (305 mm)
Action: Double Action
Range: 180 feet (54.864 m)
Payload: 6 shots
Cost: 500 Credits (No CS Credits) or New West equivalent in barter or hard currency
Ammo Cost: 50 Credits (No CS Credits) for a 100 round box

Link credits

[Prole]

Latest update for the AWACW WWG 1886M

[Prole]

Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade MK2

[Prole]

EDIT: 2/21/2021, some viewers spotted typos and they were fixed in the image, but not the text.

Spoiler:

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For months now, AWACW has had a number of engineers, marketers, managers, and factory workers who were excited to release a revolver similar to the "Colt Dragoon" or "Colt Walker". They had already contacted anyone who might possibly be offended over their use of the Colt revolver, and worked something out, or made some kind of payment. While the Colt Walker had once been the most powerful production revolver till the first Smith & Wesson Model 27 was produced (chambered in .357 Magnum), the Colt Walker was a heavy revolver that competed with the "Eliminator" they were already offering. It also didn't help that the S&W Model 3 Mark 3 they offered fired .45 Ruger rimmed, which was more powerful than what was loaded into the Colt Walker revolver, or more powerful .45 Black Powder Magnum chambered in more modern replicas.

The sudden realization that Model 1860 Colt .44 Revolvers were being sold all over the New West by a number of companies, was just another sudden shock to those excited for a new AWACW Colt Dragoon/Walker.

Several weeks later, information came through that many of the Model 1960 Colt .44 Revovers were being sold at 900-1200 Credits, and were cartridge conversions, very authentic ones in fact. There was a resulting mad scramble to get ahold of one and look it over to see if it was designed with the typical safety notch. Ten different revolvers came in and at least 2 of them were lacking a safety notch, which effectively meant the revolver was unsafe or had to have one chamber always unloaded. It appeared in that doing faithful reproductions of the cartridge conversions, they had forgotten the safety notch, which wasn't in previous cartridge conversions either.

The product started back up, but now the question was which revolver should be rereleased? The Dragoon or the Walker? The "Eliminator" was already similar to the Walker, and the Walker was a heavy revolver that required a horse saddle typically. On the other hand, releasing the Dragoon again, would result in it competing with the Model 1860 Colt .44 Revolvers and S&W Model 3 Mark 3.

After another week of debating, it was pointing out that even if they went with the Dragoon or a lighter version of the Walker, it would still be heavier than the Eliminator and have a longer barrel. There was pushback at trying to releasing the Colt Walker and having it push into the market of the "Champion 5", but those pushing for a Walker rerelease stated that the Dragoon, if a cartridge conversation, could be chambered in five different rounds.But what about cost? Well, the Model 1960 Colt .44 Revolvers were being sold at 900-1200 credits and any possible competing products were both far away, and expensive. Just to prove the point, it was proven that a Colt Walker could be released faithfully at 500 Credits, simply by contracting out the production.

If they had to, they would sell the revolvers to the domestic consumer market, and offload them into other interested markets, not just the "New West".

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The AWACW "Ranger"
is made from the same Nidus materials of laminate impregnated walnut wood and a mixture of "Endo-Steel" and Steel alloys for the metal components. The weapon comes with mounting slots where the sights are, along with a replacement "black-powder" cylinder. The weapon fires .460 S&W Magnum, .45 Black Powder Magnum, .454 Casull, and .45 Ruger Rimmed but can also fire .45 Long Colt and .45 Schofield

Weight: 4.5 lb (2.0 kg) empty
Caliber: .460 S&W Magnum, .45 Black Powder Magnum, .454 Casull, and .45 Ruger Rimmed (Can also fire .45 Long Colt and .45 Schofield Note)
P.S. of 16 or greater to fire .460 S&W Magnum without penalty.
P.S. of 14 or greater to fire .454 Casull without penalty.
P.S. of 12 to fire this weapon at all, without penalty(-2 to strike).
Damage: .45 Schofield, 4d6 SDC .45 Long Colt, 5D6 SDC , .45 Ruger Rimmed 6d6 SDC , .454 Casull, 7D6+2 SDC
Advanced Damage: Explosive .454 Casull, 21d6 or 1d6x21 Ramjet .454 Casull, 28d6 or 1d6x28 S.D.C. - 1d4-1 M.D.C. on M.D.C. targets.
Barrel Length: 9 inches (230 mm)
Overall Length: 15.5 in (390 mm)
Action: Double Action.
Range: 300 feet (91.44 m) without scope, 900 ft (90 m) with scope.
Cylinder: 6 rounds .
Cost: 1300 Hard/Black Market Credits or 1300 Trade Units or 1300 "Jingo" Dollars and/or trade goods of equivalent value.

[taalismn]

Simple, reliable and versatile, but 'simple' does NOT mean 'easy to use' if you're not taking into consideration recoil.
Also good fluff on the problems of marketing...even manufacturing and selling a simple slug thrower's going to take some consideration, because if you don't do your market research, you're potentially throwing away your investment resources.

[Prole]

Simple, reliable and versatile, but 'simple' does NOT mean 'easy to use' if you're not taking into consideration recoil.
Also good fluff on the problems of marketing...even manufacturing and selling a simple slug thrower's going to take some consideration, because if you don't do your market research, you're potentially throwing away your investment resources.

Agree.

"Simple", doesn't mean the trigger is good, doesn't mean the bolt is easy to rack or the hammer is easy to bring back, doesn't mean it's easy to reload, doesn't mean it's easy to get casings out, doesn't mean it's easy for it to be accurate, ect ect

On top of that, Revolvers are rarely simple unless they are black powder and single action. A MAC-10 or Makarov is simpler than the vast majority of revolvers.

A double-action revolver is like clockwork inside the grip and mechanisms.

[ZINO]

Spoiler:

Federal Flight Control #1 Buckshot was for a time the ultimate self-defense and police buckshot shell in 12 gauge. The first step towards this glorious and supreme reign, was when Federal Flight Control was first offered. Federal was a premium ammunition manufacturer, which offered a number of quality FMJ and JHP loads, including the old HST bullets. While the Hydra Shok was left in the dustbins of history as being one of the first, and one of the worst JHPs, and then later on a reasonable JHP; the Federal Flight Control didn't have any real competition for years.

What made the Federal Flight Control buckshot so impressive, was it's special and patented "Flight Control Wad", which allowed the buckshot to mostly stay fairly close together and retain their energy. In many cases, other wads wouldn't keep the buckshot together and would actually just spread the pellets out too much.The Federal Flight Control Wad could and often did, keep the pullets close together out to 75 feet before there was any kind of spread. On top of this, the pullets didn't lose a lot of energy and seemed to be as deadly at 75 feet, as 30 feet for #1 buckshot and could be perfectly deadly out to 200 feet in 00

Proof

What made the #1 the next step, after the trusted 00 load, was civilian testing and research, showing that “Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 15 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 15 pellets is .964 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 20 percent more potentially effective wound trauma.

In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker’s body.”

Naturally, Federal after a few years offered their special buckshot loads in #1 buckshot, and their was celebration.

Not by the people who got hit by it and died, obviously.

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AWACW's #1 and 00 "TNS Buckshot Soar Control" rounds are different, in that they use a more updated propellant that adds a little extra ft/s or m/s, with no serious increase in pressure, have an updated and patented wad, and use tungsten for their pellets. The inspiration was the Lyalvale Express's load "Hevi-shot", which mixed tungsten, nickel and iron in the form of an alloy.

Steel shot is too light, and lead shot could be harder. "Hevi-shot" was both harder and heavier then lead, which made it better.

We use the same three metals in an alloy, but in different proportions, in order to increase killing ability.

TNS #1 Low Recoil 12 gauge, has same recoil as 16 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 75ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS 00 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 110ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 Magnum 12 gauge, requires 3.5 inch chamber
Damage: 8d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 250 credits

Damage is SDC RIGHT??

[Prole]

Spoiler:

Federal Flight Control #1 Buckshot was for a time the ultimate self-defense and police buckshot shell in 12 gauge. The first step towards this glorious and supreme reign, was when Federal Flight Control was first offered. Federal was a premium ammunition manufacturer, which offered a number of quality FMJ and JHP loads, including the old HST bullets. While the Hydra Shok was left in the dustbins of history as being one of the first, and one of the worst JHPs, and then later on a reasonable JHP; the Federal Flight Control didn't have any real competition for years.

What made the Federal Flight Control buckshot so impressive, was it's special and patented "Flight Control Wad", which allowed the buckshot to mostly stay fairly close together and retain their energy. In many cases, other wads wouldn't keep the buckshot together and would actually just spread the pellets out too much.The Federal Flight Control Wad could and often did, keep the pullets close together out to 75 feet before there was any kind of spread. On top of this, the pullets didn't lose a lot of energy and seemed to be as deadly at 75 feet, as 30 feet for #1 buckshot and could be perfectly deadly out to 200 feet in 00

Proof

What made the #1 the next step, after the trusted 00 load, was civilian testing and research, showing that “Number 1 buck is the smallest diameter shot that reliably and consistently penetrates more than 12 inches of standard ordnance gelatin when fired at typical shotgun engagement distances. A standard 2 ¾-inch 12 gauge shotshell contains 15 pellets of #1 buck. The total combined cross sectional area of the 15 pellets is .964 square inches. Compared to the total combined cross sectional area of the nine pellets in a standard #00 (double-aught) buck shotshell (0.77 square inches), the # 1 buck shotshell has the capacity to produce over 20 percent more potentially effective wound trauma.

In all shotshell loads, number 1 buckshot produces more potentially effective wound trauma than either #00 or #000 buck. In addition, number 1 buck is less likely to over-penetrate and exit an attacker’s body.”

Naturally, Federal after a few years offered their special buckshot loads in #1 buckshot, and their was celebration.

Not by the people who got hit by it and died, obviously.

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AWACW's #1 and 00 "TNS Buckshot Soar Control" rounds are different, in that they use a more updated propellant that adds a little extra ft/s or m/s, with no serious increase in pressure, have an updated and patented wad, and use tungsten for their pellets. The inspiration was the Lyalvale Express's load "Hevi-shot", which mixed tungsten, nickel and iron in the form of an alloy.

Steel shot is too light, and lead shot could be harder. "Hevi-shot" was both harder and heavier then lead, which made it better.

We use the same three metals in an alloy, but in different proportions, in order to increase killing ability.

TNS #1 Low Recoil 12 gauge, has same recoil as 16 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 75ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS 00 12 gauge
Damage: 7d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 110ft
Price 100 round box is 200 credits

TNS #1 Magnum 12 gauge, requires 3.5 inch chamber
Damage: 8d6
Range 300ft
Range of Double Damage 85ft
Price 100 round box is 250 credits

Damage is SDC RIGHT??

I forgot to write down SDC, because I'm used to labeling SDC as damage and MDC as megadamage.

[Prole]

A6-2 Revolver

Spoiler:

AWACW six-shot two-inch, or A6-2 revolver

Typically, AWACW strives to make firearms that fill nitches other companies can't fill or fill very poorly. We like to introduce pistols more powerful or less powerful than our competitors, or fill gaps between weak calibers and overly strong ones. Despite this, our design and research teams have been "foaming at the mouth" to release a six-shot stainless "Confederate" steel revolver. Many designs of the past and present appear to focus on making the very lightest possible revolver, even it means painful recoil or restriction to cartridges with reduced anti-personnel capability. There is a market for two-inch revolvers with six shots as well, which isn't properly filled nearly as much as the desire for 4-inch revolvers.

As such we have been digging through our own records and have combined a series of different designs into a single format for a revolver. We will start with the two-inch, six-shot, stainless "Confederate" steel revolver, known as AWACW six-shot two-inch, or A6-2 revolver. The revolver can not be any smaller or lighter without punishing recoil or inability to fire its assigned cartridges. The revolver is compact and easy to conceal, while also being easy to shoot and suitable for home defense. The revolver has the finest match-grade trigger for a revolver at its price-point and is completely rounded off so it doesn't get caught when drawn. This is also why the revolver, despite being double-action, has a shrouded hammer. Finally, the revolver has fiber-optic sights, a compact grip, and is capable of modifying the cylinder by replacing a few parts, allowing it to change caliber.

The revolver is normally chambered in .357 magnum and .38 Special but it can be switched to 9x19mm Parabellum. It is recommended to shoot .38 Special or 9mm " from the revolver for personal defense, specifically hollow-points, depending on local laws and regulations. 9mm is very suitable for plinking, practice, and reserve use; due to how common this type of ammunition is.

There are two additional models available besides the baseline A6-2. There are the A6-3 and A6-4 models. Both of them have standard Cocobolo grips (Not compact), along with three-inch and four-inch barrels, respectfully.

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Weight: 1.4375 pounds (0.6520 kg)
Caliber: .357 Magnum, .38 Special, 9x19mm Parabellum
Note: P.S. of 11 to fire .38 Special +p without penality, P.S of 13 to fire .357 Magnum without penality
Damage:
.38 Special, 3D6 SDC (4D6 SDC for +P)
.357 Magnum, 5D6 SDC
Advanced Damage:
.38 Special TNS Alloy Bullet, 4d6+1 SDC (5D6+1 SDC for +P)
.357 Magnum TNS Alloy Bullet, 6d6+2 SDC
Barrel Length: Two inches (50.8mm)
Overall Length: 6.62 inches (168mm)
Action: Double Action
Range: 150 feet
Cylinder: 6 shots
Cost: 700 Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency, the two newer models are 100 Credits more, and Cocobolo replacement grips cost 60 Credits.

[Orin J.]

the cost on that last post switches between credits and $USD, Prole.

[Prole]

the cost on that last post switches between credits and $USD, Prole.

Quick fix, my bad, this product was released in more than one dimension.

[Prole]

AWACW Logos, Mottos, and new MAG-7M Shotgun

I don't have the statblock in text to post. I worked on this weeks ago and forgot to post it here.

[Prole]

Be aware that I use some of Kitsune's stats and rules for damages, buckshot, and so on.

Anarchy Incorperated LAW-12

Spoiler:

The LAW-12 was the semi-automatic only version of the Franchi SPAS-12. According to rumors during the era from 2016-2040 the shotgun was produced in secret factories, with the agenda and purpose of arming mercenaries, criminals, and terrorists the world over. Genetically, chemically, and cybernetically enhanced killers all enjoyed using the metal folding stock with hook, which allowed them to fire the shotgun with one arm.

Now, Anarchy Incorporated has returned to restart a large product line for this wondrous shotgun. The shotgun is lighter than the SPAS-12 and has all the power, along with the extremely enjoyable metal folding stock.

Weight: 7.3 lbs (3.3 kg) empty
Caliber: 12 Gauge
Note: P.S. of 10 to fire without penalty (-2 to hit)
Damage: 12 Gauge, 5D6 S.D.C.
Range: 150 ft (46 m)
Double Damage Range: 37 ft (11 m)
Barrel Length: 21.5 in (54.6 cm)
Overall Length: 41.5 in (105.4 cm)
Action: Semi-Auto
Magazine Tube: 8+1 shells
Cost: 400 Black Market Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency.

Extra: Special Folding Metal Stock, With Hook
This special stock and hook allows a character with a P.S. of 16 or greater to fire the shotgun one with hand.

AI Extras

Anarchy Incorporated, LAW-12 shotgun adapter plate.
Cost: 50 Black Market Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency.

Mag-7 Knockoff Shells
Cost: 65 Black Market Credits or Equivalent, for a 100 round box.
12 Gauge, 2.36 inches, Standard Buckshot: 4d6+2 S.D.C.
Range: Same as for standard buckshot from shotgun in question

Shotgun News

AWACW had serious and strong thoughts about releasing a shotgun for the Rifts Earth, Tzardom, or Breaker Sector markets. Looking back it should've been clear that there was limited competition for this kind of market. In the East of the former American Empire on Rifts Earth, there is the various models made Golden Age Weaponsmiths, which are stock pump-action shotguns with almost random pricing information. In the New West, there is Jasper Munitions and their "J-48 Reflex" pump action shotgun. While that model is durable and sturdy, with the ability to hold 8 rounds stock from the factory, it has 66% percent range of most shotguns and costs 1750 Credits brand new.

It shouldn't have been a surprise that Anarchy Incorporated ended up having a semi-automatic shotgun at around 400 Credits retail, flooding the market. In the week or so that the product was on the market, it was being sold out over and over again, with various Black Market middle men repeatedly rising their prices of the product. In many areas, the product was selling for more than the competition, based on its semi-automatic features.

There was also a rush for AWACW accessory products, such as the recoil reducing stock, the Soar Control ammunition, and the magazine adapter.

AWACW M22 Shotgun

Spoiler:

A mysterious weapons and technology consultant known only as "VIOLA·DOMINA·OCEANVS·PROCELLARVM", provided a lot of suggestions about what shotgun should be "brought back from the dead" and "revived". The Benelli M4 was described "soaking recoil better", but being heavier and having a stock that was dumb enough to invoke intensive swearing. The Benelli M2 was described as being "silly reliable" with its "Benelli inertia auto" system. During the process of digging up lots of records, it was found that a lot of people generally agreed with the stance and position of the consultant.

Chipwell's "CBW-12-G shotgun" appeared to be a Bernadelli B4 copy. While on Rifts Earth, Chipwell is considered a flimsy, throwaway brand for "poors", by the time it reaches "The Sector" that AWACW is based in, the interpretation changes radically. Even though a model is 1100 Credits retail on the Eastern Coast and 200-500 Credits more just to have sights, scope railings, and brackets... and despite that it doubles in price equivalent before it reaches "The Sector" or the "New West", it is still a highly respected gun compared to it's competition. People are willing to pay 3200 Credits or equivalent in barter or trade goods, for a shotgun that is vastly more durable than a regular shotgun and with so many features.

There are plenty of pictures and footage of CBW-12-G shotguns being shot with other shotguns, over and over, and having only scratches and minor damage. The shotgun has 33% more range and accuracy than regular shotguns as well, which expands the range that it utterly "glibs" people from 37 feet to 50 feet. The regular shotgun shells sold with it, at regular price, appear to be the source of this high accuracy, as they have reduced damage dropoff out of other shotguns. The CBW-12-G shotgun can also accept a wide range of shotgun shells, as it fires in both pump-action and semi-auto, out of 10 or 20 shell detachable box magazines. Finally, the combination of special ammunition and shotgun, appears to show considerably increased hit probability at range.

This created a problem for AWACW, as they wanted to release the lighter, cheaper, simpler Benelli M2 or the more adaptable and marketable Benelli M3. While the Benelli M3 had more features and only weighed slightly more, certainly being a better design than the old SPAS-12, it was expected to cost 50% more and compete directly with the CBW-12-G shotgun. Engineers were reminded that AWACW prefers to fills market-demand that is not or is poorly met, not try to undermine another company with a good price point and product. As such, it was designed to release the Benelli M2, with parts capability with M3 type aftermarket add-ons.

The core of the shotgun is made from "Confederate Steel", which is an alloy of Steel, Vanadium, Chromium, and trace metals such as Titanium. The metal is forged, meaning it is without the lack of quality control of a cast part or the uneven grain structure of a billet/milled part. Instead each part is made and then bent into shape with extreme precision and force, including the barrel, which uses a octagonal hammer-forged machine process. The "plastic" or "furniture" parts are made of a high strength synthetic fiber, which is woven into layers, stacked, and then held under pressure as it's laminated with an extreme durability coating.

The exceptions of hardness are some of the parts involved in the copy of Benelli's old "ComforTech", but these parts can more or less be replaced for about 20 Black Market credits.

Weight: 6.7 lbs (3.04 kg) empty [Tactical Model], 7 lbs (3.18 kg) empty [Field Model]
Caliber: 12 Gauge
Note: P.S. of 9 to fire without penalty (-2 to hit) (Special stock and construction technology means that all P.S. requirements are reduced by 1)
Damage: 12 Gauge, 5D6 S.D.C.
Range: 150 ft (46 m), 200 ft (61 m) [Field Model] [Depending on Ammunition used]
Double Damage Range: 37 ft (11 m), 50 ft (15 m) [Field Model] [Depending on Ammunition used]
Barrel Length: 18.5 in (47 cm), 24 in (61 cm) [Field Model]
Overall Length: 40 in (102 cm), 45.5 in (116 cm) [Field Model]
Action: Semi-Auto [A short three round burst can be attempted at -1 to hit.]
Magazine Tube: 8+1 shells
Cost: 1500 Black Market Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency for either model.

Options: Pistol Grip is an option instead of the standard stock, as is a folding stock which lacks the any recoil reducing features. A model with either or both features is the same cost as any other basic model. The shotgun also is compatible with old M1 or M3 attachments or furniture, or muzzle devices. All AWACW shotgun accessories are also compatible, provided they are for 12 gauges.

12 Gauge Magnum Model:
This is a rare and experimental model that can fire 12 Gauge 3.5 inch Magnum shells. It comes in Standard or Field models, with or without folding stocks or pistol grips.
Damage: 12 Gauge, 6D6 S.D.C.

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Spoiler:

"SUSAT MK:2"

Those who are in the know will know by looking at this sight, should they come across an example of one, will notice that it does indeed look a lot like a "SUSAT sight". Perhaps one will notice that the sight still uses the metal triangle inside, the sight is still just as "bomb-proof", that it appears to still easily mount to L85s or even the CBW-556 "submachine gun", or that it uses tritium to illuminate it. However the people with true knowledge, or perhaps first hand experience will notice something very odd. This sight is well, actually not a "pain in the ass" to look through, it has a reasonable amount of eye-relief with it's "eye-box". The sight is a lot better to use with both eyes open, but it can be used with one closed in a pitch as well. The last thing someone would notice, is that the model comes in 1.6x, 2x, and 4x or that it's made from a mixture of plastoid/hard metal alloy. Even the "glass" is more closely related to some kind of diamond or polycarbonate.

Update: The SUSAT MK:2 now comes with a "red dot" on top that reduces aiming penalties to zero within the first 100 yards (91 meters)

The scope comes in versions for 5.56 and 7.62x39mm, with numbers and angles designed for weapons of at least 16 inch barrels.

Cost: 500 credits (No CS Credits)
Abilities: All available scopes remove any penalties a weapon has, relating to sighting systems or lack thereof.
Extras: The standard sight comes with mounting clamps that allow it to attach to the Chipwell 5.56 "SMG", however for 20 Credits you can get adapters to configure it for standard rails.

1.6x, +1 on aimed shots or three round bursts, for first 100 yards (91 meters)
2x, +1 on aimed shots or three round bursts, for 40 feet to 400 feet (122 meters)
4x, +1 to aimed shots, outside the first 100 yards (91 meters)

[Prole]

Like a dumb person I had posted the PRK-262 to Reddit and convinced myself i had also posted it here. In according to canon, this weapon was available since like my third or fourth post.

PRK-262
Golden Age AK-47

Anarchy Incorporated Vs AWACW News

Reportedly and according to rumors, the parent coalition of AWACW and Anarchy Incorporated are completely at odds with one another politically, in terms of economics and size/purpose of "The State". Rumor speculation is that while both seem to have strong regard for "personal liberty", they accuse each other of being "functionally oppressive".

With competition for similar markets, knocking off of products, and so on; it has been somewhat strange to see customers using both products. A classic example is taking the AWACW Kalashnikov model and fitting it with the Anarchy Incorporated under-barrel grenade launcher. Such a weapon might be fitted with the AWACW SUSAT II, using a Paladin Steel optional 100 round drum (PSAR-74 K) loaded with Paladin Steel ramjets, and firing a Big Bore "BB" from the underbarrel weapon.

Anarchy Incorporated BB-GL
Anarchy Incorporated UB-12

Assault Rifle News

With AWACW Kalashnikovs having better range (33% more) and being 50% cheaper at the source (and 50% cheaper after both are smuggled into the area around Lone Star), the saving grace for the firearm was that it came with a scope and had mega-damage polymers in its furniture. With the release of the SUSAT II scope at such a good price point, the Lone Star and New West markets are effectively a lost cause.

Oddly enough, the CBW-5-56 "submachine gun" assault rifle is being bought up by Black Market middle men. Reportedly, these are flowing into a new market that the SUSAT II scope is being sucked into. Rumors are that rifles resembling the original L85A1 and L85A2 are extremely popular in a region, but a good number of them get damaged or wear out parts. According to some tests and reports, the CBW-5-56 with some tinkering and the new sight, becomes a "600 meter rifle".

With reports that AWACW is going to release a 500 yard (460 meter) Kalashnikov, most competitors are taking increasing comfort in the fact that 5.56 ramjets are a thing and that their 5.56 offerings are often 580-600 meter guns.

PRK.262/"Beryl"

Spoiler:

While the PRK. 262 was built in extremely large numbers and was very popular in many domestic markets close to the AWACW, to the point that it almost sells out regularly, there are a lot of issues with the design. First, the "top rail" is really a side mount that provides a top-rail. Second, the gun's stock does not fold. Third, the mounting options are not as solid and adaptable as they could be. Finally, the weapon is only in 7.62x39mm Soviet.

Thanks to talks between the mysterious makers of this weapon (Which are not AWACW, but someone else) and an organization known as "The Conglomerate" various parts from the "Beryl" style Kalashnikov are being produced now. All future PRK.262s are now PRK.262/"Beryl" and will include availability for both mounting options at the retail source. At the same time, materials were slightly changed and the back of the lower receiver has an adapter that folds to the side and the weapon comes with a "quad-rail. The weapon also often comes with a slightly longer barrel. Finally, there were changes made to the action and the barrel lockup.

The core of the Assault Rifle is made from "Confederate Steel", which is an alloy of Steel, Vanadium, Chromium, and trace metals such as Titanium. The metal is forged, meaning it is without the lack of quality control of a cast part or the uneven grain structure of a billet/milled part. Instead each part is made and then bent into shape with extreme precision and force, including the barrel, which uses a octagonal hammer-forged machine process. The "plastic" or "furniture" parts are made of a high strength synthetic fiber , which is woven into layers, stacked, mixed with an advanced fiberglass analog and then held under pressure as it's laminated with an extreme durability coating.

Weight: 3.5 lbs (7.7 lbs)
Length: 37.1 in (943 mm) (stock extended), 29.2 in (742 mm) (stock folded)
Barrel Length: 18.0 in (457 mm)
Damage: 7.62x39mm Soviet, 5D6+3 S.D.C--- 5.56x45mm (Not M855), 5D6 S.D.C.
Range: 1312 feet [400 meters, 7.62x39mm Soviet], 1500 feet [460 meters, 5.56x45mm NATO]
Action: Long Stroke Piston with rotating bolt
Magazine: 30 round magazines, accepts aftermarket parts for Kalashnikovs
Cost: 700 Black Market Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency for either model.

Options:
RPK Conversion: This kit replaces the stock, barrel, part of the gas-system, and adds a bipod. Some weapons come with this kit fitted at the factory.
Cost: 1300 Black Market Credits or Equivalent in barter or hard currency for either model.
Range: 1969 feet, 600 meters [With Ramjets]
Ability:
When the weapon is properly sighted or using a scope, along with the bipod in place or the weapon resting on something like a wall, the following changes are made:
Instead of doing a 10 round automatic burst, the weapon can instead fire two 5 round bursts (You roll at the same time). If one hits, the weapon does double damage, and if both hits the weapon does enough damage for five rounds.
Ability Range: 2592 feet (790 meters) [With ramjets the range is 3281 feet [1000 meters]]
Please note that your eyes and most scopes give out at 790 meters, advise using a 6x scope on a MG mount and aim a few inches or more above the target.

[taalismn]

Ah, the AK-series....not the most convenient of weapons in many regards, but legendary for being insanely rugged.