Sawn-Off SMLE Rifle
(Obrez "Trench" variant, SMLE Mk III)
Devastating: Short Range, Loud, Inaccurate, Mobile, Conspicuous (High Visibility: Muzzle Flash), Scattershot
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.303 Mk VII Ball / 7.7x56mmR
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>>5704628 A drawback of the sawn-off rifle in addition to its inaccuracy is that a certain barrel length is required to fully burn the powder that propels the bullet; with the loss of the spiral rifling stabilising its trajectory, it is not uncommon for the jacket of the bullet to shatter into two or more pieces upon exiting the muzzle, creating devastating multiple piercing wounds at very short range.
QM: The Asabiyyah warriors appear to possess some salvaged and cut down Lee Enfield rifles, for firing at close quarters or on horseback. One of them hands you 1d3 clips of .303 ammunition (x5 rounds each). If you wish, you can exchange your longer SMLE rifle for one of these.
>roll 1d3>Switch SMLE to Sawn-Off Rifle>Er... do any of you have any supplies? I think I am wounded.The Veiled Girl In Green, Mariamne, rolls her eyes suspiciously as you approach her. She leans purposefully against the machine gun:
- Why are you coming over towards me? I am not some nurse, I am certainly NOT kissing that (gesturing at your gunshot wound) to make it better! And I did not "rescue" you! I did not even see you, with all the mist and smoke and vapours - I saw two distracted marksmen, those wicked and cruel barbed wire cultists, and I gunned them down on instinct. War provides the perfect opportunity for men to vent their contempt of women. Like in this vent chamber. I think it is all the maleness, bravado and all the guns - the brute power of weaponry. (Mariamne's delicate fingers caress the gunmetal of her machine gun innocently). You are fortunate I did not cut you down as well! Though your strange hat and silly gas mask disguise did not fool anyone. If you must know, Madame Blackwood recognised you. She has apparently seen visions and premonitions of all of this! Madame Blackwood warned me, and so you are still alive. If you are to thank anyone, you should perhaps thank her...
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>rant against Madame Blackwood to Mariamne: She played a trick on me, after I saved her life! And she is a charlatan! I do not think she knows any magic at all, she is jealous of all those that possess abilities of which she has none. If I had followed her instructions... she... wanted to send me to some maniac gunsmith... what was his name? Ezsekael Tranter! An insane conspiracy-obsessed gun fanatic, her adversary! He would have shot me. I think Madame Blackwood is very wicked! You should stay away from her!>Reply: Madame "Khora" or Cora Blackwood? Is she like that website, Quora.com ? As in, some sort of strange oracle of memories and experiences that answers questions? But I don't think she ever conducted the seance?>(Stay silent) 