The No. 1.a Carbine "Nueveau" is meant to be a mid-line carbine option for cavalry units or infantry who do not want a full-length rifle. It is a lever-action carbine firing 11x50mm Riviere from a 5 round en-bloc clip, with extra material added to the bolt to ensure safety when firing. The sighting for the carbine is a sliding open notch system. The wooden furniture of the carbine is nicely finished, with checkering on the grip and forestock to assist in handling while on horseback. The proof seal "FR" is stamped on the top of the receiver as well as on the stock's brass buttplate. The cost of the carbine is intended to be roughly 18 to 19 Credits.
I think the above is a solid competitor for the cavalry order. The lever action combined with en bloc makes operation and reloading on horseback more feasible than a bolt action or tube fed lever action. The cartridge is good enough to use, powerful enough to yeet a horse but not over powered. Open sights are cheaper to make than our current sights and easier to use for non precision work, another benefit on horseback. And as it is a carbine, we can get lower cost than a full rifle just due to less material.
We cannot do a tube magazine fed lever action rifle as we have pointed bullets with center primers. The odds of a magazine detonation are far too high.
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Difficulty: +1You've chosen a relatively simple design: the en-bloc magazine is a new feature, but the lever mechanism is a well understood classic. In a wise decision, you've gone for a magazine instead of the traditional tube-load to prevent issues with your relatively advanced pointed bullet design.
FR No. 1.a Carbine "Nueveau": This is a lever-action rifle, but instead of the traditional tube loader, it uses an en-bloc magazine hidden in a hump in the wooden stock. Unlike many en-bloc magazines, it cannot readily be loaded by stripper clips, the design of the lever action requires the lever to be moved part way as each cartridge is inserted. The lever mechanism also has some feed issues, it is susceptible to pressure to the left or right and will often fail to chamber if it is not carefully moved straight-on. Once the cartridges are chambered, they at least fire as expected. Since nothing except the hammer moves when fired, it is as accurate as can be expected of the barrel, which is somewhat cheap. The moving parts are made from castings, and their simple design means they're not prone to binding, but they don't feel smooth. Feature wise, it's very simple with no extra safety, and has simple non-adjustable open sights, some checkered grip patterns on the stock, a brass butt plate and a sling attaching from the bottom. Costs 18 credits.
Fabrique Riviere has spent 20 credits, you now have 35 credits.
P.S. Are you sure you didn't mean "Nouveau"?
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