Rusty
Purveyor of Fine Weaponry
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Intent: To create a personal weapon for [member="Nate the Bounty Hunter"]
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Rusty's Custom Firearms and Cutlery
Model: N/A
Affiliation: [member="Nate the Bounty Hunter"]
Modularity: Rail system (shown covered above) allows for interchangeable optics and accessories
Production: Unique
Material: Durasteel, plastoid, carbon fiber, rail gun components
Classification: Rail Gun
Size: Handheld
Length: 61 cm
Weight: 3.1 Kg
Ammunition Type: 7mm copper coated durasteel-cored lead projectile, disintegrating aluminum sabot depleted uranium rounds
Ammunition Capacity: 20 round detachable box magazine with integrated 20 shot power cell
Effective Range: 600 meters point target, 900 meters area
Rate of Fire: Semi, 3 round burst
Special Features: Relatively stealthy compared to comparable slugthrower or blaster, extremely versatile. This bullpup variant is significantly more compact than the original, while still retaining its range and stopping power.
Strengths:
- Rail gun architecture lacks the muzzle blast of traditional firearms, and lacks the bright glowing bolt of a blaster. As a result, the weapon is fairly stealthy when compared to its contemporaries.
- Versatile and balanced. Effective at range and at close quarters, and features excellent penetration power, especially when the DU rounds are used.
- The bullpup configuration reduces the overall length of the weapon to the point that it's smaller than some carbines.
- Relatively small magazine, due to the need to fit the power cell in with the projectiles.
- Bullpup weapons tend to take some getting used to, as the layout is vastly different from a traditional rifle.
The primary drawback of the bullpup design is its inherent awkwardness. Mastery requires a completely different set of muscle memory, especially on reloads, since the magazine well is located towards the rear of the weapon. There's no shortcut here to figuring it out. The only way to get good is to train, unless the customer wishes to find himself fumbling reloads in the heat of battle.
Primary Source: ER-1
