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One design, one right - a gun and all its revisions only belong to one person at a time.

Each revision creates a new gun with rights different from the original.

I have no opinion.

[evictedSaint]

are we ready for a turn this weekend? if so, turn in ~24 hours

[EuchreJack]

ACTACTACT: SPOKANE & Singular Design combine Bid 700.

[Kashyyk]

Actactact: KashKow/VLM/Aywen bids $705 for Rohnmohal

Spoiler: KashKow Industries (click to show/hide)

Company Name: KashKow Industries
Market Share: $1395
Cash: $202
+$250 - Parvus Militia #48
-$35 - 5x KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
-$15 - 5x 7.65×40mm
+$85 - Civilian Sale of 5x KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
-$30 - 3x Revisions
+$90 - Civilian Sale of 5x KashKow Lancer
= $547

Production Line #1: KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
Production Line #2: KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
Production Line #3: KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
Production Line #4: KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
Production Line #5: KashKow Kicker: Huntsman
Ammo Press #1: 7.65×40mm
Ammo Press #2: 7.65×40mm
Ammo Press #3: 7.65×40mm
Ammo Press #4: 7.65×40mm
Ammo Press #5: 7.65×40mm

Warehouse:
2x Occassio Company Charter – KashKow Industries (Gerhardt and Sons)
11x KashKow Lancer
10x 7.65x40mm Ammo

Spoiler: Weapon Designs (click to show/hide)

Type: Rifle
Ammo: 12 Gauge Shell

The KashKow Kicker is a durable and reliable piece of equipment. Built from milled, chromed steel with wooden furniture, it is somewhat weighty but solid, allowing one to reliably use it as a club, leave it in a muddy puddle three weeks and then still fire without fault. As a smoothbore and simple weapon it is not recommended for long ranged shooting, but with its smooth pump action and 6 shell box magazine it is quick to ready and use.
The KashKow Kicker is pump-action magazine with a box magazine and is quite popular with hate-groups in southern USA.  It features a simple close-bolt pump-action with wide internals, which makes it nearly impossible to jam.  The barrel is chromed (which is quite flashy) and the wooden furniture is hickory - which makes it quite solid as a club.  The double-stack box magazine foregoes the traditional tube-magazine design, and in the interest of simplicity simply detaches with a button on the left side.  There's no lock on the pump action, so it's possible to partially open the chamber by accident.  Luckily this doesn't cause any out-of-battery fires, but it can cause failure to fire.  This doesn't allow for slamfiring since the hammer is cocked by the action - if the round is unseated or not yet seated, then the hammer will "miss" the primer and need to be reset by another pump.

It's not accurate - which is fair, as a shotgun, but this means slug rounds aren't widely considered in the smooth-bore design.  The 12 gauge shell is a nice, hefty, common size, but since the KKK shotgun uses paper casings for the shells moisture is a concern (if found left in a muddy puddle for three weeks, it is recommended to replace whatever ammo was loaded).  The sights are, quite simply, the length of the barrel.  The pump action tends to wobble a bit from side to side since it slides around the single tube, further decreasing accuracy.  The pump is also quite small, and it's possible for errant fingers to touch the chrome barrel (though unless it's been used heavily, this isn't too bad).

It is remarkably cheap and remarkably reliable.

Cost: $7 per shipment
KK Kicker: Huntsman
The tighter tolerances stop the rattle from the pump action, though tighter tolerances aren't the sort of thing that would increase long-range performances.  For that, a longer barrel is required - or a choke for pellet rounds.  For now, the tighter tolerances give the weapon a more satisfying and cleaner action, and we put a simple set of iron sights on the top of the barrel.

No price change.

Type: Rifle
The KashKow Lancer is a bolt-action, repeating firearm, chambered for 7.65×40mm rounds. It includes an integrated magazine, fed from the top with either individual rounds or 4-round stripper clips. As an Infantry arm, it is intended to be of passable accuracy and stopping power at medium and long range, easy to maintain, easy to use, and most of all, easy to produce.

The only new design of the season, KashKow branches out from shotguns to rifles.  The KashKow Lancer is an extremely traditional bolt-action rifle; stupidly simple, and stupidly cheap.  The gun won't win any awards for accuracy or range, but it'll kill just as well as any other gun and the simple design makes maintenance and use easy.  The safety is a pin which locks the trigger in place (not a very safe design, but very simple) and the sights are a simple knife a "V" pair, requiring the user to gauge bullet drop manually.

The bolt can be a little sticky and requires some force to cycle rounds out of the 4+1 integrated magazine (fed by stripper clips or manual insertion), and if the wooden furniture gets wet accuracy takes a dip as the wood warps.  But other than that, it's a very passable, era-appropriate rifle.

At only $8 per batch, it is also the cheapest rifle produced so far.

Cost: $8 per shipment.

Type: Machinegun
The Hammer is a light Machinegun, firing 7.65×40mm rounds. It is a simple to use (and make), low profile weapon (for a fully automatic machinegun anyway), and thus is usable in close confines such as trenches, urban environments and emplaced in vehicles. Whilst not recommended, the low weight means an individual soldier could fire the weapon whilst standing without a brace and have better-than-abysmal accuracy. It comes with a bipod, a spare barrel (as this weapon is air-cooled), and is fed via a fabric belt, which can be carried in an open box that clips to the side of the weapon.

KashKow, a relatively new company, has continued their impressive expansion into varying weapon classes with the new light Machinegun "Hammer."  It fires slightly under-sized rifle cartridges at 7.65x40mm, which increases the rate of fire to an appreciable 500 rounds per minute.  It is low-profile with a distinctive low-dipped barrel and barrel cage, relying on air to cool the weapon during prolonged use.  The cage can unclasp on one side, which allows the barrel to be un-socketed with a lever and withdrawn and replaced.  This is best done sooner rather than later, as once the barrel gets too hot it becomes too snugly fit to be removed from the socket; indeed, attempting to force it out in this state can damage the heated barrel.  The fabric belts are relatively cheap, and the action pushes the round through the canvas loop and into the chamber.  This can result in the occasional jam if the round is slipped too far forward or back in the canvas sleeve, and the bundle of fabric can be a little cumbersome.  The box magazine hooks to the side and carries 200 rounds in a canvas belt.

Technically, one could use this while standing - much in the same way one could drive a car blindfolded.  There is no carry handle, and is often transported by holding the bipod and shoulder brace.  Accuracy is nothing to write home about, but with the rate of fire the Hammer provides it's a bit of an afterthought anyways.  Recoil is pleasant, considering the slightly below-average powder load and typical method of operation.

Cost is $31

7.92x55mm Ammunition

Nothing says “reliability” like a revolver – even if it’s a rifle.  The PARVUS PRESERVER ’18 (designed and built by Gerhardt and his boys) is a double-action revolving rifle chambered for seven rounds of 7.92x55mm ammo.  The ’18 (not to be confused with the G18 or M18) is simple to use and unfamiliar with the concept of “jamming”, and even novice shooters find themselves able to use the weapon quickly and easily.  A steel shield is affixed to the stock by a pair of screws.  Testers generally agree this is a poor choice, as the thin sheet provides little to no protection from return fire, increases the users profile, and adds unnecessary weight.  Gerhardt’s insistence on the shield unfortunately means a modest increase in rifle price.

The gap between the cylinder and the barrel provides an escape route for hot gasses and lead splinters, which testers complain about bitterly.  This gap also represents a non-negligible drop in muzzle velocity, but this isn’t a huge issue for most ranges the rifle is accurate at.  The wooden stock does not extend past the cylinder, and after repeated use the barrel can grow too hot to hold as a foregrip.  Seven rounds at 7.92mm means the cylinder is quite large, adding some weight back to the otherwise light-weight rifle.  The gun is without a safety, and the hammer resting above a loaded shell can result in potential misfires if dropped or jostled.  The concept of a swappable cylinder is certainly doable, but with design deadlines drawing near the Preserver uses the more common ejector-rod with fixed cylinder design.

The stencils for the Parvus coat of arms is widely approved during testing (most of the tester are, through sheer coincidence, Parvonians themselves).

Cost: $16 per Shipment

Spoiler: Contracts (click to show/hide)

Parvus Defense Force #41
   Seeking: 16 KashKow Lancer Shipments, 12 Matching Ammo Shipments
   Due: Spring 1931
Contract: Parvus Milita #48
   Seeking: 6 KashKow Kicker: Huntsman Shipments, 10 Matching Ammo Shipments
   Due: Spring 1933

[EuchreJack]

Kashyyk: You're the guy that would bid $1 more on Price is Right, aren't you?

[Kashyyk]

It is an unpleasantly good strategy.

[EuchreJack]

ACTACTACT: SPOKANE & Singular Design combine Bid 715.

[Khang36]

Actactact: KashKow/VLM/Aywen bids $725 for Rohnmohal

[evictedSaint]

Bids settled?

[Kashyyk]

Actactact: As per a quick discord bid session, KashKow/VLM/Aywen is currently leading the bid for Rohnmohal at $810

[Iris]

ACTACTACT: See R&D spoiler below.

SPOKANE manufactures and sells large quantities of arms and ammunition in order to fund its bidding conflict. After losing, it instead constructs two production lines (put to work on actually useful products) and begins several R&D Projects. The ammo press promised from Awyen Industries also arrives this turn.

Spoiler: SPOKANE R&D (click to show/hide)

TL;DR: Fully-powered automatic rifle doubling as a DMR. Convertible between belt and magazine feed, and comes with bipod, quick-change barrel, and other LMG amenities as well as a scope. Also, rifle grenades!

The Falcon is the admittedly-strange brainchild of a few unoccupied weapon designers at SPOKANE. After hearing many complaints about the underpowered nature of the Cuckoo’s 7.65×40mm “By Forty” cartridge, they took it upon themselves to create an alternative “universal support weapon” which could be used for sustained machine gun fire, long-ranged aimed shots, or even indirect fire support with rifle grenades. When management learned of the proposal, they sanctioned the project.

Instead of SPOKANE’s usual “By Forty”, the Falcon instead uses much longer and heavier 7.65×60mm “By Sixty” cartridges, roughly comparable to more recent versions of 8mm Mauser; it shoots the same 12.5g bullet as the 7.65×40mm at 800m/s. This cartridge, while being overkill for most infantry guns, is just right for heavier usage. The rifle itself is on the heavier side at 8 kg empty (yet still light enough to be fired from the shoulder), and is roughly 1100mm long with the standard stock (600mm being the barrel). Using the optional folding stock off the Cuckoo-F cuts this down to 760mm.

The Falcon is a select-fire weapon operating via lever-delayed blowback. It is convertible between feeding from belts and 20-round double-stack double-feed box magazines via a bolt and feed tray replacement (when belt-fed, the belt box clips to the bottom of the feed block). This conversion is relatively simple, and does not require anything more than partial field stripping, so it can be done in the field if the replacement parts are available. Other features of the Falcon include a detachable bipod (with two attachment points, one at either end of the barrel shroud), quick-swap barrels to aid sustained fire in the LMG role with integral compensation, bayonet lugs, an optional 4× optical scope (attached via dovetail rails on the upper receiver), and the ability to fire newly-developed 1kg bullet-trap rifle grenades (the same Gewehrgranaten 30 as for the Cuckoo Repeater).

The Falcon is primarily made of stamped steel, with the furniture (a pistol grip and shoulder stock) being directly lifted from the Cuckoo and thus made of wood, also permitting the use of the Cuckoo-F’s folding stock. The internal construction of the Falcon is also heavily inspired by the Cuckoo Repeater, being divided into subassemblies; these are the upper receiver, lower receiver, trigger group, barrel, and bolt carrier. This subassembly-based nature makes the Falcon very easy to take apart, which is useful for maintenance and for changing the feed method. The barrel is replaced by using an attached handle to twist it out of its lugs, move it forward, and then out via a slot in the perforated barrel shroud(crowned by the bayonet lug and front sight block).

SPOKANE Woodpecker Projects

This is the effort to fix the problems with the burst-fire mechanism found in all Woodpeckers. This is done by allowing the burst fire mechanism to automatically reset in the event of a failure to fire.

This is the effort to address the perhaps excessive muzzle climb in Woodpeckers by adding a muzzle brake to all barrels, directing a portion of the gasses from firing out and up.

This revision does exactly what it says on the tin. In addition to the standard 15-round magazines, SPOKANE now offers extended double-capacity 30-round magazines that extend rather an appreciable distance beyond the grip of the weapon.

The -U variant of the Woodpecker has a lengthened barrel up to 175mm. The extra length is partially taken up by a Bakelite handguard (part of a Repeater-style perforated barrel shroud), which lets the user hold the pistol in two different places and hopefully makes it far more controllable as a result. For this reason, the -U version is almost always used with the stock attached, where it can be fired from the shoulder and the handguard can be used to better manage full-auto.

This is the effort to ensure that all the preceding changes may be used together, resulting in the M29 Woodpecker with or without the 30-round magazines or the -U variant.

SPOKANE Cuckoo Projects

   Quick-change barrels.
By redesigning the trunnion of the Repeater, adding a slot in the heat shield, adding a gripping block to the barrel, and allowing the barrel to slide and pivot in the bayonet block, it is possible to make the barrel of the Repeater a “quick-change” system. Doing this on a -K model with a full-size 50cm barrel will result in the barrel sticking out past the front of the bayonet block by not an insignificant distance. Cuckoos with this feature have a -V suffix added.

This designs a bipod for the Cuckoo attached via a hinged clap secured by a wingnut. The bipod locks into three positions(aligned backward, aligned forwards, and deployed), and while in the deployed position it can pivot ~15° in any axis. The legs of the bipod are sprung and are spiked. Cuckoos with these bipods have a -S suffix added.

   Casket magazine
Because more ammunition is more better, the development of a 50-round magazine is a logical choice. This magazine looks superficially like two slightly-elongated 15-round magazines welded together with 5-round magazines welded on top, and internally… yeah, it's not much more than that. There is no designator in SPOKANE literature for weapons that use these magazines.

What is better than a rifle? Why, rifle grenades! Thus was the desire for the development of the Gewehrgranaten 30, a fragmentation grenade weighing some 1kg of the bullet-trap type, intended to fit to any form of Cuckoo barrel without modification to the weapon. That said, it is issued with a sheet-steel sight that mounts over the front sight of the Cuckoo, making it act as a rear sight when aligned with painted bands on the grenade itself. The grenade is designed to have a range up to 150m. The grenade is not intended to be used with any -F Cuckoo.

It has been noted with the Cuckoo that the manual of arms between the -F and standard versions are slightly different due to the difference in grip. It has also been noted that the -F’s pistol grip having been unified with the fire control mechanism into a distinct subassembly has greatly assisted in maintaining the weapon. Thus, henceforth the M20*** and the M25** models of the Cuckoo Repeater shall have a redesigned stock, with a separate pistol grip-trigger pack taken from the -F distinct from the stock itself. This also reduces the difference in parts between the -F and standard Cuckoos.
As for who asked for this, ah… that would be the team stealing parts for the Falcon.

This is the effort to ensure that any Cuckoo may be a -V or -S, may use casket magazines, and (with the exception of the -F) may use Gewehrgranaten 30 rifle grenades.

Spoiler: SPOKANE (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Sandblaster, Poels, Omloop, Korsgaard, and Neefs Engineering
Market Share: $1,450
Liquid Asset Flow: $22 - $685 + $779 → $116
Weapon Designs: Cuckoo Repeater M18, Vulture M24, Buzzard M18, Seagull Pro M21, Woodpecker M28

Production Line #1: Seagull Pro M21 ($5)
Production Line #2: Woodpecker M28 ($11)
Production Line #3: Woodpecker M28 ($11)
Production Line #4: Cuckoo M20** ($17)
Production Line #5: Cuckoo M25* ($17)
Production Line #6: Vulture M24 ($25)
Production Line #7: Vulture M24 ($25)
Ammo Press #A: .38 Sandblaster ($3)
Ammo Press #B: 9.8×20mm ($3)
Ammo Press #C: 9.8×20mm ($3)
Ammo Press #D: 7.65×40mm LR  ($3)
Ammo Press #E: 7.65×40mm LR ($3)
Ammo Press #F: 7.65×40mm LR ($3)
Ammo Press #G: 7.65×40mm LR ($3)
Ammo Press #H: 13.5×120mm AM ($3)

Warehouse: 3x Occassio Company Charters: 1 OCC for  NOPE LLC., 1 OCC for Sandblaster Inc., 1 OCC for Korsgaard Armory

Item Name	Shipments Stored	Shipments In	Shipments Out
Seagull Pro M21	0	+1	-1
Woodpecker M28	0	+2	-2
Cuckoo (M20** and M25*)	0	+2	-2
Vulture M24	0	+2	-0
.38 Sandblaster Ammunition	0	+1	-1
9.8×20mm Ammunition	0	+3	-3
7.65×40mm LR Ammunition	0	+4	-4
13.5×120mm AM Ammunition	0	+1	-1

Detailed Cashflow:
Design and Expansion:

• -$100 (Design: Falcon M29)
• -$75 (Revisions: Woodpecker M29)
• -$100 (Revisions: Cuckoo Repeater Variants)
• -$300 (Expansion: 2x Weapon Production Lines)

Manufacturing:

• -$85 (Guns&Ammo for civilian market sale)
• -$50 (2x Vulture M24 into storage)

Sales and Contracts:

• +$159 (Civilian Market Sales)
• +$310 (Singula Army Forces #51)
• +$150 (Unknown Buyer #52.1)

Other:

• +$110 (Loan Repayment from Awyen Industries)
• +$50 (Correction from Last Season: $90 bid for Krupp-Allen Family not spent; $40 sent to Awyen Industries)

= $101

Spoiler: Designs of SPOKANE (click to show/hide)

Current Models: M20** Repeater ($17 ea), M25* Repeater ($17 ea), Vulture M24 ($25 ea), Buzzard M18 ($39 ea), Buzzard M18-L ($37 ea), Seagull Pro M21 ($5 ea), Woodpecker M28 ($11 ea)
Ammunition Types: 13.5×120mm AM, 7.65×40mm LR, .38 Sandblaster, 9.8×20mm
The SPOKANE Cuckoo Repeater (often simply called the “Repeater”) is a ~5kg repeating carbine chambered for the custom 7.65x40mm "Light Rifle" round originally by NOPE LLC; designed to fire 12.5g projectiles at velocities of 600m/s. Its two in-production variants are the M20** and the M25*, with the M25* being a select-fire version.
   The Cuckoo is loaded via 5, 15, or 30-round detachable box magazines able to be reloaded in combat with stripper clips via the breach. With the 5-round magazine, this is almost mandatory as they are somewhat difficult to remove.
   In length, the weapon is approximately one meter in length with a 500mm barrel for the standard version, 880mm with a 380mm barrel for the -K, 660mm with a 500mm barrel for the -F, and the -FK is 480mm when folded with a 380mm barrel.
   The weapon is about 4.5kg when loaded due to lots of metal components, a long barrel, and a fairly wide housing.  A heat shield around the barrel prevents the user from obtaining accidental burns, while a bayonet lug for a sword bayonet enables close-quarters combat. The weapon uses a lever-delay operating system; the bolt and bolt carriage are linked via lever, resulting in an increased amount of force required to open the breech after firing, thus keeping the cartridge seated until the propellant is finished burning.  After significant fouling, the bolt can become stuck and require manual cycling, but this requires severe negligence on the user's part. High-level maintenance operates on the “don’t worry about it” principle, in which the gun (or at least the portions of it) is expected to be handed over to the armory for refurbishing and detail cleaning, while basic cleaning operations are done at the individual level with most of the mechanism being grouped into distinct groups removed and cleaned as a unit.  The weapon is relatively low-power compared to most existing rifles.  The weapon does however fire quickly, with shells ejected upwards through the user’s sightlines being a determent in the eyes of some.  The front barleycorn is mounted to the bayonet block, while the rear leaves are mounted just behind the ejection port.
   Testers report that the weapon is quite enjoyable to fire – the smaller powder load and a heavier frame mean recoil is not a significant issue.
   The 5-round magazine does not stick out quite far enough to be manipulated. The springs in all magazines also wear out if kept loaded, which can also cause jams.
   The Cuckoo now comes in shortened K, folding-stock F, and combined FK varieties for weight savings and compactness.

The SPOKANE Buzzard HMG M18 is a large water-cooled heavy machine gun operating on the Gast principle chambered for the 13.5x120mm Anti-Materiel round and originally developed by Korsgaard Armoury. The weapon has a low rate of fire for a gun using this system, at “only” 1500 rounds per minute. Two belts feed the weapon, with spent casings ejected below. The weapon is notable for its heavy vibrations, although these no longer cause actual damage to the weapon. Likewise, changing the barrels remains a painful task.
The Buzzard M18-L is an air-cooled version, capable of being deployed more flexibly than the water-cooled version.
The SPOKANE Vulture M24 is a large semi-automatic rifle chambered for the 13.5x120mm Anti-Materiel round and originally developed by Korsgaard Armoury. It is just under two meters in length, with a 1.2-meter-long barrel. Its furniture is made of Bakelite with a leather butt-pad and has an integral bipod. Its 8-round double-stack magazine is quite long, getting in the way when firing prone. A rail for optical sights is provided.
The weapon operates off of a modified form of direct impingement system, with an upper receiver containing the barrel moving to help avoid the transfer of felt recoil to the user, slowed by a very large spring running the length of the shoulder stock, necessitating the use of a crank to cock the weapon.
The Seagull Pro M21 (formerly known as the Sandman Pro M21) is a triple-action revolver in .38 Sandblaster, originally designed by Sandblaster Inc. The .38 round is quite heavy for a revolver, causing it to have a rather large frame and substantial recoil. The barrel is 6” long. Other features include a maple (or pine, if you’re unlucky) grip and a sexy blued finish.
   The Seagull Secret Service Special is a snubnosed version, exchanging accuracy for concealability.
The Woodpecker M28 is a select-fire optionally-stocked pistol chambered in 9.8x20mm. According to its users it is a joy to fire on full-auto, despite the recoil causing a tall shot pattern. The ratchet for the three-round burst is prone to jamming if it does not, in fact, fire a three round burst.

Spoiler: Weapon Contracts (click to show/hide)

Completed:
Socialas Party Police #2 ($85)
Mariti Naval Office #3 ($125)
Parvus Armory #15 ($325)
Unknown Buyer #27 ($100)
Mundo Border Patrol Office #30 - FAILED BY SANDBLASTER INC.
Martiti Naval Office #32 ($145)
Ditissimus Unification Advocates #39 ($460)
Paupertas Tank Hunters #42 ($210)
Ongoing:
Singula Army Forces #51 ($310) - Buzzard M18 - 6 machineguns, 6 matching ammo
Unknown Buyer #52.1 ($150) - Vulture M24 - 3 rifles, 3 matching ammo

[Light forger]

ACTACTACT

Spoiler: Design 1 (click to show/hide)

Century Universal Pistol
The Century Universal Pistol is a roller delay blowforward pistol. It chambers the 7.5x30mm from the honor in a 14 round magazine, making the grips slightly long instead of very wide. The delaying rollers are attached to the barrel. The main focus of the Century is quality and feel to the point where additional cost is acceptable. Otherwise the features are the same as the Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1928.

Spoiler: Design 2 (click to show/hide)

Scion Assault LMG
The Scion Assault LMG is more or less a very big Honor SMG, with a bullpup constant recoil API blowforward action. It chambers a 8.5x90mm straightwalled round (meant to be ballistically similar to .308) from a side mounted 60 round casket mag; ejecting from the bottom. An unique feature of the Scion is the barrel is attached to the recoil spring with interrupted lugs. The barrel can be unlocked from the spring by pushing in the charging handle and turning. Combined with the rear plug being easily removed for a crude quick-swap barrel(remember the asbestos gloves!). The weapon has an aperture sight adjusted by a side mount drum along with both a foregrip and bipod; it's very short even with a full length barrel. Both the charging handle and magazine are on the right side for easy loader access.

Spoiler: Revision (click to show/hide)

Honor Elite SMG 1929
Base: Honor SMG
The Honor Elite SMG 1929 adds a set of rollers below the barrel to improve reliability and smoothing recoil.

Spoiler: Singular Design (click to show/hide)

Company Name: Singular Design
Market Share: $835
Cash: $43 > 133
Weapon Designs: Exemplar Semi-Auto Pistol*,
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925,
Valor Compact Sidearm
Production Line #1: Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925
Production Line #2: Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925
Production Line #3: Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925
Ammo Press #1: 5.5x25mm
Ammo Press #2: 5.5x25mm
Ammo Press #3: 5.5x25mm
Ammo Press #4: 5.5x25mm
Ammo Press #5: 5.5x25mm
Ammo Press #6: 5.5x25mm

Spare Cash 43
Socialas Assault Teams #50 295
Unknown Buyer #52 150
2x Design -200
2x Ammo Press -100
Revision -15
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925 3x -24
5.5x25mm 6x -18
Spare Cash 133

Warehouse:
1 Occassio Company Charter – Singular Design.
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925 x5
5.5x25mm x9

Spoiler: Designs (click to show/hide)

Exemplar Semi-Auto Pistol
8 round 7.5x20mm (singlestack)
Blow-forward, shrouded
Cocked via back tab/sight/safety

The Exemplar is a blow-forward handgun with an eight-round 7.5x20mm detachable magazine.  The weapon’s barrel slides forward after firing to eject the spent brass before scooping a fresh round out of the magazine.  The tab on the back of the barrel pulls triple duty as both sights, cocking handle, and a forward stop for the barrel’s recoil.

The shroud covering the barrel helps to keep moving parts from catching on debris, but tends to redirect fouling from the brass ejection back into the slide.  The trigger disconnector can break or become faulty (especially if enough fouling is present) and multiple rounds can fire with one trigger pull - or even a catastrophic mag-dump could occur.  The locking pin for the shroud can come lose or be broken during use, and in one particular case the shroud was propelled off the gun by the recoil spring when broken.  The curved handle within which the magazine sits has very little wiggle room, and a sufficiently dirty weapon will see it stick in place.

The blow-forward design increases perceived recoil, which makes rapid fire difficult.  The barrel also has a tendency to “float” if tolerances are poor or the mechanisms become worn - which isn’t a terrible issue as the weapon isn’t meant for sniping to begin with, but is something to consider.  Testers report the trigger pull is nice and easy, but there’s a significant chance of an accidental discharge when attempting to cock the barrel with a round already chambered. 

Cost: $7 per Shipment
Revision: Exemplar Semi-Auto Pistol*
The Exemplar Pistol-star features a modified sear to protect as an additional safety against multiple-round fire.  The tail on the sear securely disconnects the trigger when the barrel is moved forward, requiring it to be reset by releasing the trigger.  The addition of a simple notch in the barrel will catch the barrel on the sear as an additional safety measure against misusing the tab.
The Valor High Capacity Sidearm is a blow-forward pistol with a fixed shroud and fires specialized steep-necked high-velocity ammunition.  The powder burn pushes the barrel itself forward to cycle the action, and a spring pushes the barrel back.  A gas vent between the barrel and the external shroud slows the blow-forward action until the bullet has left the muzzle - this isn't a particularly robust system, as venting gas into the weapon's own internals rapidly increases fouling.  It's not uncommon for the barrel to become stuck after running several magazines through it, resulting in cycle failure.  However, the relative lack of finer parts means there's fewer things to wear out or break, so...silver linings.

The barrel scoops up rounds from the magazine on the way back, then catches on the sear before reaching the fixed firing pin at the rear.  If this sear were ever to fail, it would result in the Valor immediately mag-dumping all remaining ammunition, but this has not occurred during testing - five years of development experience paying off!  The 14-round double-stack magazine is ejected via push-button near the trigger.  As the magazine is double-stacked this makes the grip quite wide, and individuals with smaller hands will find it quite uncomfortable to hold.

The Valor features a surprisingly short barrel, and if it weren't for the wide grip the weapon might be quite concealable.  The small caliber ammo and short barrel length gives the Valor low stopping power, which is made up for by the high magazine size.  The relatively high powder content of the ammunition gives it a reasonable muzzle velocity (and short-range accuracy, thanks to the linear travel of the barrel) despite these drawbacks.  The relatively simple action reduces costs slightly, but the ammo requirements increase it.
Ammo: 5.5x25mm
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1924
The milled grooves will accumulate fouling easily, though they can be a little difficult to clean.  However, with space for the fouling to deposit to, the mean time to jam failure has increased noticeably.  Whether or not the grooves improve felt recoil is up for debate, as some testers suggest it's merely a placebo effect.
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1925
The barrel extension is simple enough, and gives the 1925 variant a distinctive snouty-look.  The recoil goes up quite a bit, but the stopping power also increases to match.  The relatively simple change and small amount of metal required means this does not increase the price noticeably.
Valor High Capacity Sidearm-1928
The ball-bearing locking recess is a weird idea, but is implemented without any fingers being blown off.  This means a few more moving parts and the gun has a bit of a rattle, but is no longer venting gas into its own internals.  The gun can now reliably be referred to as "reliable" in the most reliable sense.
Valor Compact Sidearm (7 rounds)
The revision is simple enough.  The reduced magazine capacity and size makes it a much more popular design with women (who generally have smaller hands) and concealed-carry users.
Cost: $8 per Shipment
Honor SMG (7.5x30mm)
Ah, Singular Design and blowforwards - is there a pair more in love than those two?  The Honor SMG is another bullpup design, this time mixing in blowforward action making use of their extensive experience with blowforwards.  In order to make reloading a far and few-inbetween experience, the Honor uses a 60 round casket magazine; this is a wide, fat magazine which pushes four columns of ammunition up and into the action.  This is harder than you'd think, but performs its job admirably.  More difficult is the API - Advanced Primer Ignition, which means nearly constant recoil rather than the staccato of each round causing its own recoil.  The first round tends to hit lower than where aimed in each burst, but the subsequent rounds are easier to control.  The action is forward the magazine, which is a little tricky.  Feeding and cycling rounds is a mean feat with the API and a forward action, and after extended periods of fire the weapon will jam due to heat.  Thankfully explosions never occurred during testing (it would likely be lethal if it had), but even just normal use can result in the feed action failing or catching on something.  The weapon is not reasonably convenient for left-handed users, but they barely count as people anyways.

Despite this, the Honor is surprisingly accurate and fun to shoot, with manageable recoil and a compact package.  The bullpup design is ambitious, but it seems like SD managed to pull it off without any major issues rendering the weapon unusable.

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Singula Arms Club #12: ($200) Completed
Unknown Buyer #24: ($30) Completed
Imperiosa Weapons Enthusiast Club #33: ($575) Completed
Occassio Secret Service #35: ($330) DEFAULTED
Mundo Border Patrol Office #30: ($205) Spring 1931 Unfulfilled
Unknown Buyer #47: ($30) Winter 1929 Completed
Socialas Assault Teams #50 ($295) Spring 1932 Unfulfilled
Unknown Buyer #52 ($150) Winter 1932 Unfulfilled