Carl Stolzer 2-Bore Rifle
Country: US
Found in: A
Limited-Production Weapon by Carl Stolzer and his mad imagination.
Notes: This
massive rifle was at first designed by custom gunsmith Carl Stolzer as a whim;
soon, however, several select buyers expressed an interest in it.
It is essentially a wooden-stocked rifle, with a Monte Carlo comb, a
checkered pistol grip wrist, and a checkered fore-end.
It has a color-case hardened finish receiver, and a rust blued upper
receiver, trigger guard, hammer, and barrel.
The receiver is engraved in a pattern of broad acanthus leaves. The stock
is of sugar maple, finished in oil and wax, with the aforementioned checkering
very fine at 20 lpi. The rear sight is a folding leaf on a quarter-rib; the
front sight is a silver bead on a ramp. Rick Straker, the first customer of the
rifle, is a lefty, so the action is designed for left-handed shooters, but Mr
Stolzer intends to make the weapon for certain exclusive buyers and will make it
in a right-hand version. The rifle
is, at it’s base, a premium single-shot rifle.
OK, so it is a
standard single-shot rifle so far, right?
That’s where the similarity ends.
The rifle is chambered for 2-Bore (33.68mm) ammunition, which is also
custom made by handloaders working for Carl Stolzer.
The round fires a lead round ball; the entire round weighs almost half a
kilogram. The 2-Bore Rifle is designed for blackpowder, and is not stressed for
modern propellants. The barrel is
28 inches, and has a rather lazy twist for its rifling, perfect for stabilizing
balls or short conical bullets.
There is no muzzle brake or flash suppressor; the muzzle is bare. Stolzer’s
2-Bore includes a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad and three mercury recoil
reducers. Recoil is a slow (but not
gentle) push instead of a sudden sharp kick.
Note that the
cost below is for Twilight 2000.
The real-world cost could probably buy you a new luxury car.
Twilight 2000
Notes: These rifles are not available in the Twilight 2000 timeline.
Pity.
Weapon |
Ammunition |
Weight |
Magazines |
Price |
Carl Stolzer 2-Bore |
S&H Super Precision 2-Bore |
10.04 kg |
1 Internal |
$1642 |
Weapon |
ROF |
Damage* |
Pen |
Bulk |
SS |
Burst |
Range |
Carl Stolzer 2-Bore |
SS |
13 |
1-1-1 |
9 |
7 |
Nil |
123 |
*Damage against vehicles is 3/3/2/1.