CV Rifles

Cortes-Vitali Rifle (drawings soon)
the Cortes-Vitali Rifle, or CVR for short, was originally a long barreled, bolt action, small bore rifle. produced by the newly founded CSA (Cortes Small Arms) in the Reono region of Tal, the rifle has seen a vast amount of changes throughout its lifetime. These changes include. but are not limited to: Caliber changes, variants, updates, and additional accessories available in every base order.

Past
The Cortes Vitali Rifle began its life in RC102 in the Reono region by the very small CSA, as way to update an existing rifle design created by a personal inventor, the Seido Rifle. However, it was clear from the beginning that the Seido was going to need a full rework of internal and external design to fit a consumer market. This wasn't just limited to the design problems pointed out in the trials of 98 for the GRVC, because the idea of a full scale military rifle was thrown out fairly quickly in testing, issues with the bolting system hadn't been found. The biggest would have to be the locking system, the locking system on the Seido was almost completely derived from the Ido rifle 2 decades earlier.

This A-symmetrical, far back locking lug system had worked for the earlier Blackpowder cartridges, where the heavy fouling and the less powerful powder meant that using rear lugs was more of a necessity rather than a design choice. However, with the introduction of compact Blackpowder and soon after smokeless or 'high burn' powders became available, the rear locking lugs only served to add more stress on the bolt by being so far back. Stress on the one part of the gun keeping your face from being blown apart was the last thing anybody wanted, it also didn't help that the rest of the gun was also pretty outdated. Yes from the stock to the barrel, almost every part of the gun could be considered outdated. The grip was too chunky for smaller hands, the magazine was stiff and small in capacity, the barrel was too heavy and long, and the fixed singular set sights were, inefficient at best, having to be swap out at every 100 paces using a pin and hammer. couple that with the new terrain and different audience compared to Gold Ring It was clear to the engineers, and co designer Sei'ido himself that the gun was going to need a full rework

Creation
While it was clear the original rifle design was not going to work, the inventing team and engineering team didn't really have a idea of what the new design was going to look like, which left a lot of interpretation to what the finished product was going to look like. Some said the rifle should be short, with more emphasis on firepower rather than accuracy, while others said the exact opposite, wanting a more traditional long rifle. The two extremes of these spectrums would eventually break off into their own sub groups very early on in the Cortes' life, with the former creating the straight pull Lorete' short rifle, and the latter creating To'sak marksmen's rifle. the remaining individuals would soon create a set of core ideals for the rifle. One, it was meant to use a new, stronger brass and high burn powder cartridge, with a bullet diameter of at least 7.10mm and a case length no shorter of 47mm in length. The rifle would also retain a long barrel (Although this would be changed soon after the introduction of the CVMR11) with a new lug for a "Bayonet" knife at the end of the barrel. The rifle would need to use a minimum of two front place lugs and use a straight bolt for ease of use, and have at least a semi covered barrel to keep the users hands away from the metal. Finally, the rifle must weigh no more than 4.7 kilograms, incorporate a slimmed, more angled grip for better cross species use and be able to load 10 rounds quickly. with these guidelines set in place, the core CSW team began work on multiple projects, each with the name Cortes Vitali-given prototype number-

CV-1/4
The first four prototypes all used a rotating, 10 slot cylinder place below the bolt and rotated with the cycling motion of the bolt, CV-1 and CV-2 loaded this cylinder using a stripper clip, while 3 and four reloaded the entire cylinder itself. The barrel cover reached to about half of the entire barrel, and the entire length was around 49.3 inches relative, CV-1 and CV-3 used a very large 7.40x58mm round headed bullet while 2 and 4 used a more modest 7.10X48mm round headed bullet. CV-1 and CV-2 had their Cylinders covered by a piece of wood which wrapped around the cylinder, while the latter models kept them exposed, normally having a thin metal jacket around the cylinder, making it a drum. These were considered too unwieldly and too heavy coming in at around 4.9 kilograms with the first two models, and 4.7 with the latter. they were eventually passed off as unmarketable and unwieldly.

CV-5/8
CV-5 to 8 were fairly similar in length and caliber to the previous 4 models, but used single stack and double stack box magazines instead of drums. CV-5 and 6 used 5 or 10 round magazines of the single stack variety, while CV-7 used a 20 round magazine in single stack, and CV-8 used a 10 round side feeding magazine. All of these were fed via 5 round stripper clips, with CV-8 having a swiveling magazine. This set of rifles were also rejected, but CV-6's 10 round magazine was kept.

Rushed Completion of the CVMR-10 SLIGHT REDO*
There was one thing that the CSW company had overlooked when setting out to create a new rifle, and that was cost. At this time CSW was a very, very small company, and funding for a project the scale of this was minimal at best, non existent at the worst. This meant, by the time RC104 rolled around the company was practically bleeding money. With a large chunk of their former staff now competing with them in the same field, CSW had to rush out a design extremely quickly to try and make at least a few sales, CV-9 was completely drop, with few surviving notes detailing its complexity, complexity which CSW couldn't afford. By mid RC104 CSW had unveiled the CV-10 to the Reono region, the CV-10 being a single shot, round nosed 7.20X55mm caliber Defense and Hunting rifle, the hunting rifle being marketed as a 'Marksmen's rifle" hence why the markings MR next to CV can be seen on some models. Its design was almost identical to the CV-11, and the main reason was the rifle was extremally well received. By Extremely I mean very extremely well received, The CV-10 was widely considered a 'Modern' Bolt action rifle, one that could be used in self defense roles by not just guards, but also the merchants and travelers who came and went, spreading news of the new Crackle stick. By the end of the 104th year, the CV-10(Or CVMR, both are the same with the CVMR being slightly longer) sales in Reono had allowed the CSW to climb out of debit and now back to making a profit, even guard units had stopped by to take a look at the weapon. Things seemed to only go up

Competition REDO*
Not everything was sunshine and Goldringers, soon after the rocketing sales of the CV-10, one of those fringe groups from earlier released their own gun, the To'sak Marksmen's rifle. This Competing rifle was marketed for long distance sharp shooters, and large game hunters with its very long barrel. With the beefy 7.30X54 round nose bullet, it held 5 of said rounds in a single stack magazine, and soon enough, the traffic that was supposed to go into CSW's sales were funneled into the To'sak. This was, surprisingly, not good for CSW who had just been turning a profit by early RC105, coupled with the new advancements from the AWC in the north, and the still prominent decline of the idea of a rifle in Goldring, CSW had no other option but to compete directly with the now called Tosak operations committee or TOC. while the CSW was bigger, and had been around for longer, the To'sak was a generally better rifle for the Reono region, so CSW had some catching up to do with their own design.

CV-11 REDO*
Weighing in at a relative 48.9 pounds at a length at 124 centimetres, the rifles barrel length was actually lengthened a inch from the previous design. Featuring a bayonet lug, 10 round magazine which could be fed by the Full block(En bloc) system. For a longest time after this rifles introduction, CSW had put into place a ‘Upgrade program’ where existing CV-10’s could be updated to the new format for half the price of the standard CV-11 This marketing practice persuaded early adopters to stick with this new platform, while the slightly higher price of the CV-11 seemed understandable to new buyers with all the new advancements compared to the competing To’sak. The CV-11 was one of the most used Cortes made by CSW, its 10 round 7.20C enbloc magazine and fairly quick cycling bolt made it very appealing to guard units, hunters, and sharp shooters of all kinds. Which is expected coming from the flat and level grounds of the Reono plains, but because of the Trade routes to and from gold ring, it’s not uncommon to find CV-11’s in the hands of recreational shooters and even some road guard units, with the same appeal found in with the Reono population.

CV-11 Carbines and CVM-11
Carbine variants were very much a accident on behalf of the exporting of this long rifle to other terrains and cities, CV-11’s were seen being cut down, with even the wood sticks and hand guards being sanded down to create these peausdo-Carbines. CSW had speculated that this was because of the Rifles inherent size making it hard to use when in the hands of Lighter species, and the length getting in the way of close range skirmishes. The length of the rifle made it difficult to use out of long range shooting. In response to this, CSW began to cut down rifles significantly, adding optional sword bayonet if the customer asked for it, and using a pointed bullet to help with the lack of rifling. This became the CVS-11 or Cortes Vitali Short, they also made a limited model Cortes Vitali Mini, using a shorter 39mm length cartridge in a much smaller rifle. This rifle was specifically made for Nevreans, but because the company was stationed in Reono, a entire desserts away from nevrea, it was dropped pretty quickly.

CV-11B and CV-12
By mid RC107, over a decade after starting, CSW had manufactured hundreds of small arms, most being of CV-11 origin, and they were doing great. However, CSW wasn’t finished just yet, Centri Vitali, son of Cortes Vitali, came up with the final upgrade package of the CV-11, the CV-11/B, which added extra finger grooves, an extra metal barrel band, and being re bored to the spritzer round. This was very much a stopgap to the next design however, the CV-12.

Weighing in at only 44.6 pounds, and being a collective 3.5 inches shorter, the CV-12 is the newest rifle from CSW, the rifle features a angled bolt arm for easier grasping, a hand guard mounted bayonet for better accuracy, similar pointed 7.20 round found in the CVS-11, all in a smaller package. This version of the rifle is still being made today, being CSW’s flagship.

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