Onotari Arms Borchardt-A Machine-Pistol
Written by: Ripshot
Someone in Saeder-Krupp's arms-making subsidiary must have a liking for oldschool firearms, 'cause I'm struggling to think of many modern guns with an older pedigree than this fella right here. The Borchardt-A takes its name and base-design from the Borchardt C-93, one of the first mass-produced automatic pistols made all the fuckin way back in the late 1800s. Now the C-93 was, as you'd expect, a pretty mediocre and overengineered gat compared to what would come next, but Onotari Arms are claiming they've improved on the design enough to make it a decent enough choice for the sixth-world gun enthusiast. Oh, and they made it a full-auto, because why not. The Borchardt-A (for Automatic I'd guess, the corp never said what it stood for) uses a streamlined version of the original Borchardt's action as a foundation for a rapid-firing pistol with much more pep than the original, with the bulk of the weight and mass situated behind the wrist for some kind of ergonomic experiment. On top of making a lot of smaller changes to the receiver to give it select-fire capabilities, the ergonomics and weight-distribution have been changed substantially from the original to deal with complaints from nearly two-hundred years ago, with the most visible change being an angled ergonomic grip and magwell, which alone is a pretty big improvement over those drek straight grips if y'ask me. The rate of fire is on the slower end of machine pistols and recoil is still a bitch to manage, but it's a hell of an accurate and hard-hitting shooter for its size.Gotta respect Onotari for not going maximum-bees with the cyclic rate. Actually means the 15-round mag can last longer than a sneeze...Only a couple of thousand models have been manufactured by Onotari and sold to select customers for that air of exclusiveness (including Raleigh's own Jean-Claude Daemonis), but a few stolen shipments and knock-offs have made their way into the black market. Ever since photos of socialites wearing them on their hip with matching pocketwatches hit the grids, every ganger with delusions of fanciness is looking to get one of their own, and since they're being made in a facility in North Carolina, they're a hot commodity in Raleigh. They eventually released a semi-auto version without all the fancy engravings too, so even us plebians can get one of 'em!
Also shows how rich and connected the Black Unicorn guys are for having the real deal at their sides. Not that they'd use them on commoners like us, mind you.
Rarity
15R
Weight
1.1 KG unloaded
Dimensions
7" barrel, 13.4" total length
Base Price
4,400¥
A semi-automatic pistol version can be purchased for 2,000¥ with an availability of 10R.
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