Rusty
Purveyor of Fine Weaponry
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Intent: To create a line of revolvers designed for customers who want a little more oomph from their sidearm.
Development Thread: If Necessary
Manufacturer: Rusty's Custom Firearms and Cutlery
Model: LCR-X, where X stands in for caliber. A .45 Long Colt variant would be LCR-45LC
Affiliation: Open Market
Modularity: Comes in multiple calibers, ranging from .357 Magnum to .500 S&W. Also comes in a variety of trim levels, ranging from utilitarian to ceremonial. Pictured above is the Naval Classic design.
Production: Mass
Material: Durasteel, synthetic wood, slugthrower components
Classification: Slugthrower
Size: Handheld
Length: 25.5
Weight: 1.6 kg
Ammunition Type: Available in:
Additionally, all variants have a secondary 20 gauge shotgun barrel. Also available in .44 cap and ball, though this must be special ordered.
Ammunition Capacity: 9 shots for .357 Magnum, 7 shots for .44 Special through .45 Long Colt, 5 shots for .454 Casull and .500 S&W. 1 20 gauge shotgun shell.
Effective Range: Personal
Rate of Fire: Available in single and double action.
Special Features: Greater than normal ammunition capacity for a revolver, for most rounds. Delightfully retro design makes the LCR series feel natural in the hand, and is well suited for dealing with the recoil of heavier rounds. Breaktop design allows for rapid reloading with speedloader. Single shot 20 gauge shotgun barrel gives the customer an extra burst of firepower for those situations where a load of buckshot is called for.
Strengths:
- Elegant, classic design seamlessly blends form and function. Not only is the LCR aesthetically pleasing, it's extremely accurate and ruggedly reliable, even in the highest trim level.
- Available in a wide variety of calibers.
- Breaktop design allows the user to reload relatively quickly with the use of a speedloader.
- 20 gauge shotgun barrel gives the customer an extra edge in a firefight.
- The LCR is heavy for a revolver, and it's not designed with smaller species in mind.
- Longer than average length makes the LCR difficult to conceal.
- The .44 Magnum, .454 Casull, and .500 S&W all have extremely high levels of recoil, and are difficult to fire rapidly.
- While the 20 gauge is a nice option, the customer must exercise extreme care when firing, or they risk injury to themselves.
Description: The Large Caliber Revolver, or LCR line, was designed to address a glaring deficiency in the RCFC product catalog: we have no production handguns. Based off of the LeMat mod 1 pistol, the LCR line gives the discerning customer a pretty good shot at peace through superior firepower.
Mechanically, the LCR line is based off the age old revolver format. A rotating cylinder brings a fresh chamber and fresh round into line with the barrel when the hammer is cocked. The round is fired by the hammer's blunt striker hitting a firing pin, which impacts on the round's primer. Primer sets off gunpowder, gunpowder explodes, and the resultant explosion propels the bullet down the barrel and towards glory. The LCR is available in single action, meaning the customer has to cock the hammer back manually for each shot, and double action, which cocks the hammer as the trigger is pulled. Though double action is generally more user friendly, the extra force required to cock back the hammer makes the trigger stiffer and eliminates some of the crispness of the break associated with a single action revolver.
The LCR comes in a wide variety of calibers to suit the needs of any customer. Each round has its own distinct set of advantages and disadvantages. The .357 Magnum, for instance, has lower recoil than the others and a higher ammo capacity, but is less powerful. The .500 S&W is a massive and massively powerful round that can deliver tremendous amounts of energy to the target, but at the cost of intense recoil.
The LCR is also available in several different trim levels:
- Basic- Standard blued steel. Handsome and utilitarian. Rounded trigger guard, octagonal barrel, synthetic wood grips. Ghost ring sights.
- Basic Stainless- Same as the Basic, but with polished stainless steel instead of blueing.
- Tactical- Matte black, rounded barrel, synthetic wood grips. Ghost ring sights.
- Classic- Blued steel, rounded barrel, trigger guard has spur design as seen above. Mother of pearl or ivory grips. Hammer serves as rear sight post.
- Classic Stainless- Same as Classic, but with polished stainless steel.
- Classic Naval- Pictured above. Stainless steel with brass accents and inlays. Ivory or mother of pearl grips.
- Classic Army- Same trim level as Classic Naval, but blued instead of stainless.
- Ceremonial Simple- Classic design, but with a gold finish.
- Classic Ornate- Classic design, gold finish, and custom engraved to suite the needs of the customer.
- Custom- Built from the ground up to meet the customer's specifications.
Despite the stellar performance of all of the stated rounds, pistols are notoriously poor at penetrating armor, and customers would do well to remember that. Of all of the rounds available, only the .454 Casull and .500 S&W have the ability to consistently penetrate cloth armor, and they're ill suited to punching through plate armor. They might deliver a devastating kinetic impact against an armored foe, but they probably won't penetrate. That said, they're more than sufficient to handle more run of the mill problems, like rabid stampeding banthas.
Primary Source: LeMat mod 1
