>>35510019Oh nyo... not the steel timeloops...
Early 19th cen. rifles don't really need steel. You would see steel in some of the components of the locks but steel barrels and stuff wouldn't really catch on until later in mid 19th cen.
And a decently large amount of rifles would've already been exported to the Principality I recon, but again it depends on how you write your army. Maybe they are less ardently prideful and like the guns made in the Republic a lot so they aren't opposed to sourcing them directly from the Republic or letting them set up an arsenal in Hoshiyomia.