Topic: RISKY ARMS VENTURE - Winter, 1929 (Read 26968 times)

a1s · « **Reply #31 on:** October 18, 2022, 04:09:01 pm »

on second thought, I rescind the offer.

a1s · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2022, 04:33:44 pm »

Nuts to that too. Wow, this game is hard.

We are also willing to give out loans. Build the factory complex of your dreams, with a loan from Aywen!

ConscriptFive · « **Reply #33 on:** October 18, 2022, 05:16:01 pm »

Figures the backwards communists would expect a handout. I can't wait for the Whites to regulate Marxism to the ash heap of history.

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Marchand de la Mort SA (MdlM)
Rifle Design: MdlM Mle 1918, 6mm "Game Master" Semi-Automatic Carbine
6x45mm MdlM "intermediate" ammunition
With the horrors of the Great War behind us, the MdlM Mle 1918, 6mm "Semi-Automatic Carbine, "The Game Master" is the modern weapon system every civil servant should be carrying. With a barrel length of a mere 600mm, this carbine is obviously not a weapon of war. (Do you even see a bayonet lug? Nope.) Furthermore, the 6x45mm intermediate cartridge has approximately only half the effective range (300m) of a traditional rifle round. How could a Great Power raise an eyebrow at that? (How could it use a volley sight, or shoot at a biplane with such an anemic cartridge?)

Casting off the baggage of the past, MdlM posits "The Game Master" is still superior to the battle-worn military surplus service rifles for the typical civil servant. At an even 1m total length, the carbine is easily back slung or stowed in carbine sheath on a horse or bicycle. The softer kick of the intermediate cartridge, makes the carbine easier to fire, especially for snap shots and rapid fire. A competent civilian shooter could easily use the semi-automatic 6 round internal magazine carbine to defend livestock from a pack of rabid wolves. (With ease of use in mind, Great War veterans will find the 6 round stripper clips familiar and reassuring.) Should the end user prefer a 6+1 (1 in the chamber) configuration, the carbine features a drop resistant safety switch. Unlike many competing products, a round can safely be kept chambered in a charged/cocked weapon without risk of misadventure. Easily acquirable notched iron sights are mechanically zero'd to a practical 200m. For routine user-level maintenance, the bolt carrier group can be removed without tools for inspection and cleaning.

$100 Spent purchasing new rifle design.

EDIT: Avoid over-committing to saturated market and generally wait for the dust to settle.

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evictedSaint · « **Reply #34 on:** October 18, 2022, 05:34:31 pm »

Quote from: Stirk on October 18, 2022, 02:55:13 pm

How strict are the categories? If I made a 20mm offering for the HMG would they be like "No this is an autocannon it doesn't count" or would that be in parameters? If I made a pistol design that functions closer to an SMG would it be refused as an SMG or would it count as a pistol?

Hm...well, the Nkm wz.38 FK exists, so I suppose there's precedent for a 20mm HMG - though you've begun to stray into "cannon" and "artillery" territory, which there will not be any contracts for this game.

You can call your weapons whatever you like, but if they don't fit what the customer is looking for you may have a hard time selling it. "Categories" like 'rifle' and 'pistol' are meant to help summarize what weapons match which requirements.

IronyOwl · « **Reply #35 on:** October 18, 2022, 05:59:22 pm »

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Massgraves Incorporated
Heavy Machinegun Design: A1 Holocaust
15x120mm ammunition

The A1 Holocaust is a heavyset, water-cooled machine gun built to rugged industrial standards. Grace, portability, and comfort have no relevance when there is work to be done, and the Holocaust resembles a piece of shop equipment more than a tube on a stock. Taking belt-fed rounds that can safely be described as "large," the Holocaust has little choice but to be built to withstand repeated heavy impacts, and relies on a pair of built-in water tanks at the rear to not only provide coolant, but help absorb recoil. These tanks are connected to the barrel's rather large water jacket via standard copper piping running over the top of the gun, improving ease of maintenance and replacement, and the tanks feature grates in the lids to allow for water to be added or boil off if necessary.

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Maximum Spin · « **Reply #36 on:** October 18, 2022, 06:02:19 pm »

Zazenten Group would like to enter into a commercial partnership with one of you western manufacturers, for greater justice.

Maxim_inc · « **Reply #37 on:** October 18, 2022, 06:39:19 pm »

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Módgrozy Heavy Fabrications
Rifle Contract: Lándzsa Önrakodó M.18
6.35x50mm Módgrozy Ammunition

The Lándzsa Önrakodó M.18 was designed by Lonlay Módgrozy himself after returning from volunteering in the French Army during the Great War while still the Heir to Módgrozy Heavy Fabrications before returning home in 1917 after the death of his father and him inheriting the company. Lonlay's experience in the war and more specifically the extremely dire supply situation of the French army during the war and the extremely shoddy construction standards late in the war. What made a lasting impact on him was the introduction of the RSC M1917 to the frontlines shortly before his departure, particularly is complex construction and loading system. The desire to provide a reliable and simple to function rifle that can be mass produced.

The 6.35x50mm round is a boat tailed and jacketed spitzer bullet seated in a rimless bottlenecked case 50mm in length and necked down from a total diameter of 9.5mm and very gradually necked down providing an over all bottle shaped look to the neck of the cartridge compared to the very sudden narrowing of other cartridges in use, this gradual shape is intended to provide a much smoother extraction process that is much less mechanically straining on the rifle. Curiously it also shares an asset to 303. British cartridges encountered by Lonlay in that the tip of the round is hollow but still jacketed, due to this it flies similarly to if it was solid but when impacting flesh the heavier rear end of the bullet causes it to yaw and tumble much more drastically than if it was solid. Thanks to the fact that the metal jacket of the round covers the hollow tip the round does not expand and thusly does not break the laws of war just as the 303. cartridge employed by the British does not.

A total of 45 inches long with an added 13 inches when equipped with the standard cruciform bayonet the Lándzsa Önrakodó M.18 comes with wooden furniture not unlike that of other rifles on the continent. The rifle itself holds 6 rounds of 6.35mm in a fixed double-stack magazine loaded via 6 round speed strips. The rifle is gas operated and the bolt is actuated by direct impingement of the bolt from the gas tube located under the barrel inside the wooden furniture of the rifle, instead of a complex gas piston system the gas blows directly onto the bolt forcing it backwards to eject the spent casing and then returning forward to chamber a new one. When all 6 shots are fired the rifle locks open allowing for the shooter to load 6 more round of ammunition, the empty speed strip is then discarded and the bolt of the rifle pulled back to unlocked it and then let go allowing the bolt to return forward and chambering the first round, a half fired magazine can be topped up via loose rounds or a speed strip returning the capacity to 6 rounds. One can load 6+1 by manually loading a round into the chamber and then doing the previously stated loading procedure but instead of releasing the bolt to load a new round the user holds down the 6 rounds in the magazine with the thumb of their off hand and slowly releases the bolt allowing it to ride over the depressed cartridges and closing the bolt with the 7th round chambered and the other 6 shots in reserve. Alongside this a simple safety is included that disconnects the trigger from the seer, the sights of the rifle is ranged out to 1,200 meters on a tangent sight, flipping the sight all the way forward puts the rifle at a pre-set 50 meter range for close range fighting.

Disassembling the rifle in the field is simple with the first step being the removal of the magazine plate to access the magazine well by depressing a small button on the plate with the tip of a 6.35mm round and removing the plate to release pressure off the bolt hold open and allowing cleaning of the magazine well. At the rear of the boltstop is a knurled cap that is unscrewed allowing for the recoil spring to be removed after the bolt has been put in the closed position before unscrewing the cap, the bolt is then removed by holding down the trigger and pulling the bolt all the way back, the pulled trigger allowing it to ride over the seer and exit from the rear of the gun in the same manner as the recoil spring. Here the bolt can be further disassembled for cleaning, the spring can be replaced if damaged and the bore cleaned with no obstruction from the bolt. Further disassembly for any deeper cleaning needing to be done with a set of tools stored in a package meant to be no larger than a standard ration tin allowing it to be easily stowed in a soldiers rucksack. The construction of the breech of the rifle itself is primarily out of steel parts with the main metal housing of the rifle itself being a single cast piece of steel that the bolt and magazine is seated into with the bolt and some finer surfaces of the breech being the only milled surfaces on the rifle.

The State of the Company

Módgrozy Heavy Fabrications has a short if well reputed history as a manufacturing of finished mechanical parts ranging from springs to the great pistons of industrial hammers used in the steel mills of Occasio. Managed by founded by Ignaz Módgrozy a shrewd businessman who had hoped to leave his company in his only son Lonlay that despite his father's hopes was more interested in adventure than running a business traveling the world for many years off the back of his father's fortune before ending up in the trenches of Western France during the Great War and experiencing the grinding horrors of the Battle of Verdun. After his father's death from tuberculosis in early 1917 Lonlay was allowed to return home to Occasio to take up the mantle of his father and run the family company. When actually present in the affairs of the company Lonlay learned the true cost of his rampant adventurism on his father's company. Nearly destitute after years of paying for his son's wild adventures Ignaz left Lonlay with a paltry $150 capital left for investment after all regular expenses are paid to the workers and material suppliers to the company. In what Lonlay calls a stroke of genius and the stockholders of the company madness he decided to completely re-shape the structure of the company to the production of arms after his personal experiences in the Great War. With the thread of being shut out from his own company by stockholders weighing over his head and a desire to build up enough of a fortune to continue his previous lifestyle of adventure Lonlay is prepared to sell to anyone and everyone willing to pay for his products, no matter if he served by their side or shot at them during the Great War.

$100 Spent purchasing new rifle design.

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Stirk · « **Reply #38 on:** October 18, 2022, 06:46:43 pm »

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Company Name: Krupp-Allen Family
Heavy Machinegun Design: KAM (Krupp-Allen Machinegun)
20mmX70 ammunition

In a survey of over 100 machine gun teams, "The ability to cut through tanks like butter" and "The ability to knock airplanes out of the sky" where the top two most wished for features in the next generation of machine guns. The Krupp-Allen family has set forth to make those dreams come true with the wonderful KAM design. Utilizing hefty 20mm ammunition, the KAM will be capable of engaging all currently existing armor* and engage aircraft either from the ground or air. Thanks to its high caliber it is adept at this job compared to smaller weapons offered by competitors.

Utalizes API blowback and an air-cooled design. Current models are equipped with a 200 round belt. Rate of fire is aimed at 325 rounds a minute (practical). Spent cartridges are ejected below the breach. This model is easy to distinguish between competitive products thanks to the visible API blowback mechanism around the outside of the barrel.

*assuming the weakest point is targeted at short range

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Taricus · « **Reply #39 on:** October 18, 2022, 07:45:01 pm »

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Rohnmohal Armoury
Rifle Design: Rohnmohal G18
6.5x48mm Ammunition

The Rohnmohal G18 is intended to be at the forefront of modern firearm design. Utilising an "intermediate" 6.5x48mm cartridge and an internal magazine that can hold ten rounds and reloaded by stripper clips, the G18 is a semi-automatic rifle, with a long-stroke, gas-operated system to ensure reliability in even the worst conditions. With thought given to make field-stripping simple and able to reach the vital components for cleaning, the G18 is a relatively simple affair to clean and maintain. Coming stock with a set of aperture sights, set for 150m and it's 650mm floating barrel ensures the rifle is accurate and simple to use.

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Khang36 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 18, 2022, 08:51:51 pm »

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Vaux and leander Manufacturing
Rifle design: VL M18
7x50mm Ammunition

the VL M18 is bolt action rifle designed to be simple reliable and accurate. The rifle uses a 7x50mm cartridge, while not as powerful compared to the rifle cartridges used by the great powers during the war it should still be adequate at dropping a man at most ranges infantry can be expected engage in. the M18 has a 10 round internal magazine which can be loaded using stripper clips and uses a straight pull bolt action. care has been taken to ensure that the rifle can be easily field stripped. The M18 comes with adjustable aperture sights starting a 50m and increments by 50m up to 400m. the rifle has a barrel length of 64cm and an overall length of about 1m.

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EuchreJack · « **Reply #41 on:** October 18, 2022, 10:23:43 pm »

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Sandblaster Inc.
Pistol Design: Commie Crusher '18
.38 caliber Ammunition
The Commie Crusher '18 is a a six-shot, .38 caliber, double-action revolver with fixed sights. Its 6 in (150 mm) barrel ensures the maximum accuracy and respect.
As everyone knows revolvers are the most reliable of firearms.
It is chambered in the highly respected .38 caliber, known for its stopping power. The .38 caliber smokeless power cartridge has a .38-inch bullet diameter. With its Stainless Steel blued body and Maple Wood handle with waterproof finish, The Commie Crusher is ideal to put down any revolt!

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Light forger · « **Reply #42 on:** October 18, 2022, 10:33:35 pm »

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Singular Design
Exemplar Semi-Auto Pistol
The exemplar is a semi-automatic, open barrel, blow forward pistol designed for simplicity and elegance. Chambered in the 7.5mmx20mm shortstop cartridge the exemplar operates by having it's barrel push a cartridge onto a fixed firing pin and using the resulting recoil to push the barrel forward and re-cock the action. The barrel is fitted within a shroud and is pushed backwards by a spring contained within the shroud. The weapon is fed by a detachable 8 round single stack magazine with a heel release, contained within the handle. Both the handle and the magazine are angled backwards slightly to aid with ergonomics and feeding. A tab sticking upwards which is located near the back of the barrel acts as a sight via a notch. It also provides both a way cock the firearm and 'safety catch' in conjuncture with a matched reinforcement on the barrel shroud hopefully preventing the barrel from flying out of the gun in case of an accident.
The back of the barrel is fitted with a slight overhang this both acts as a feeding ramp for the cartridge and it has a pair of gas rings milled into it helping to moderate the cycling speed of the pistol. The trigger works by a simple sear which locks into a notch on the bottom of the barrel, the barrel moving forwards trips a dis-connector which should prevent automatic fire. As an added bonus the trigger is located directly below the sear which should give it an excellent trigger pull. A crossbar safety is located just in front of the trigger this works by lifting up the sear above it's normal position both locking the barrel forward and disconnecting the trigger. It can also lock the barrel in it's backwards position thanks to a matching barrel cut so the gun can be carried loaded but still safe and un-cocked.
Both the breach block and firing pin are screwed into the frame and breach block respectively allowing easy replacement of damaged firing pins. Arguably the least elegant part of the design is a small free floating extractor pin in the barrel overhang which helps to improve reliability. Otherwise the remaining features are fairly stock, the front sight is welded to the barrel shroud and the gun uses a normal two piece grip design.
7.5mmx20mm Shortstop Cartridge
A totally not derivative pistol cartridge roughly in between .32 ACP and 7.63×25mm Mauser.

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Sensei · « **Reply #43 on:** October 18, 2022, 10:47:52 pm »

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Cancer Felicitus
Pistol Design: Cancer Adreptus
8.5mm Margaritae

The Cancer Adreptus is delayed blowback handgun with a novel toggle-lock whose lever extends below the barrel. A rounded housing for the toggle extends from the trigger guard to the end of the barrel, somewhat resembling the profile of a crab's claw, and the downward motion of the toggle arm is intended to balance vertical recoil. The barrel moves a very short distance inside the frame, to which the unmoving front and rear sight posts are mounted. The grip is angled, covered with patterned wooden pads, and conceals a removable single-stack magazine which holds 8 rounds (for a total of 8+1 in the weapon). Spent casings are ejected from the right side. There is a magazine release reachable with the thumb, and a safety switch which can be reached with the fore finger. The delayed blowback design may be relatively complicated, but its primary goal is to produce a weapon which is both accurate and low in recoil. Except for the case ejection port, the moving parts are all contained within the frame and arm housing, preventing exposure to the elements. If possible the weapon is to be offered with optional ceremonial silver, gold, or Bolshevik Red Enamel finishes, but this is a low priority. The standard finish is a silvery nickel plating.

The 8.5mm Margaritae are round-nosed bullets with a 20mm casing. It is jacketed with nickel which gives a silver "pearl" appearance. These are moderate powered rounds, which are rimless and have a small bottleneck for headspacing, their primary design goal is to feed as reliably as possible above all else.

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Quarque · « **Reply #44 on:** October 18, 2022, 10:52:51 pm »

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