Guns, Guns, Guns Part II

Winchester Model 1894

One of the iconic lever-action rifles, the "Winchester '94" was produced for over a century, with the last gun coming off the assembly line in 2006. In 1894, it was a revolutionary design: a lever-action gun chambered not only for a true rifle caliber rather than a pistol caliber, but designed to use cartridges with the (at the time) new smokeless propellant. Like most lever-action designs, the rifle feeds from an integral tubular magazine under the barrel.

Over the course of the gun's history, about 7 million were produced in a variety of calibers and configurations. The majority of these were sold on the U.S. market, but enough were exported that the Model 94 was globally available (if not ubiquitous) at the time of the Collapse. Its original .30-30 cartridge quickly attained prominence as one of the most popular rounds in North America for hunting deer and other medium-sized game, and. Like the rifle that spawned it, it is still found throughout the world in 2013.

Type: Hunting Rifle
Caliber: .30-30
Capacity: 6 (in)

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Quirks:

Image: Like all lever-action rifles, this is an archaic design that offers few quantifiable advantages over more modern weapons. However, choosing to carry it is a statement in and of itself, an evocation of Old West imagery and the associated values. Use of a Model 1894 as a primary weapon grants a +2 bonus to all uses of the character's Luck reputation aspect - if and only if the observer shares the same cultural image of cowboys. This bonus becomes a penalty if the character demonstrates gross incompetence with the weapon. Adopting the Model 1894 as a character's primary weapon may also, at the GM's discretion, be worth a survival point.

Suppression: Although rapid fire with a lever-action gun is wastefully inaccurate, a skilled operator can put a good amount of lead in the air. This is beneficial in situations in which volume of fire is more important than accuracy. When performing suppressive fire, a lever-action weapon like the Model 1894 functions as a semi-automatic firearm.

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