Manabolt weapons are guns that use bottled mana (your mana potion, basically) to allow the enhancing of rounds with fire/ice/air/energy. The standard Manabolt guns will simply add a basic effect to bullets depending on the element. Fire makes the bullet burn the contact area, ice will freeze the area around contact, air increases penetration, energy simply makes a small explosion on contact. The bottled mana isn't necessary to fire the gun, only for the effects. Standard Manabolt pistols and rifles are usable by anyone trained in how to use normal pistols and rifles and can generally found in most weapon stores, commanding a higher price tag compared to usual pistols and rifles due to a more expensive construction and being Mekhanism products, which denotes a quality build. Now, if you want a custom Manabolt weapon, these have to be custom requested at an Institution campus directly and command a much higher price tag. Mira Ackov, for example, has a pair of pistols which can combine the Ice and Energy settings to create bursts of ice on impact, to give you an idea.