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I live in a town that was one of the end of the trails...I know a lot cause Kansas.
@manapool1Imma teach you buddy. The wouldnt have extended mags, extendied barrles or even custom grips. The mauser was called the broom handle for a reason. Its also not cheap, they were expensive. Way above a barmans pay grade. The mauser was a rare gun, not that it was rare in that area. It wasnt a wide spread gun as you would be paying 1000+ there money for it. Given that they diddnt have inflation that was much, much more than 1000 your money. As you said, german gun. They wernt built in the US so would be transported. Rounds are more expensie given they fire smaller rounds as they have to go further. For a barman you could of just taken the volcanic pistole (Like a repeating pistol), A derenger or a lemonsqueezer (The derenger is a small pocket gun that fires two rounds from the chamber. The lemon squeezr fires 8, derenger was a popular gun for bartenders, dancers and gamblers. Lemon squeezer was rare.)
So, when is this going to be set? Turn of the century or earlier?
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I had a feeling customization, other than grips, would be impossible at the time, and I knew they were rare. The rest was unknown to me. Seeing as he was a decent outlaw and a constant gambler in his younger ages, it would be possible to get one, but chances are he would have something like the above stated weapons. If you'd like, I can get rid of it.
With my other character, my main issue is some weapons I gave him as well. The Bolas are often associated with Aborigines. Still, I feel like they would work here.
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Looking back, there are grips you could have but they are such things like bounding it in leather or enamel. Its down to you, but during fire-fights you will have a good gun, but like many of the first machine guns (Gats and browning. Both unmovable without a horse and cart) and many SMG's of today, the luger sprays like hell. It also has a terrible recoil.
Personally I would recommend you take a derringer, A Winchester Repeater (A normal rifle), Colt peace maker (Most wide spread revolver) or a bunch of throwing knives (If you wanna be all awesome, plus, unlimited ammo), (Im leave in the lemon squeezer out as it is only accurate at 1 to 2 meters. Any further and its crap)
On a side note, @manapool1 A scatter gun. This will fall into the catorgary 'Stupidly rare it doesnt matter how long you have been riding you would never have found an elephant gun' I am feeling nice however. So! I will just point out flaws. 1. Like the luger it isnt american made so would be an import. 2. It is hard to make, they were made for the rich in africa to shoot elephants (hence the name elephant gun). 3. It isnt loaded like a revolver nor a pistole, it is however loaded like a... musket, a minimusket in your poctet. 4. Given the inate lack of big, scary elephants in the US or even anything bigger than a elephant, VERY few people used it, I mean around 100 in the country. You may have one and I wont fight for that as unlike the luger the scatter gun has some surprises like... how the ammo isnt the same as anything sold or how you need lots of black powder.
@booksmusicanime May I ask if by small pistole you mean a derenger? A ornate dagger is actuly not unseen.
On the whole. I love weapons, I do know what is what and all its flaws. @manapool1 PM me if you wnat help with weapons.
Hey no more arguing. Weapons will be weapons. Got it?
I have enough on my mind with Drivers Ed and trying to learn to drive and you guys arguing about weapons doesn't help me. So hush and be friendly.
Also throwing knives weren't common back then either. This is late 1800s. Guns are still fairly advanced for that time.
I'm not a weapons person so I don't know what types of guns were common, so RESEARCH IT.