Sei'do Rifle

= Sei'do 'Breech' Rifle = The Sei'do was a internal magazine bolt action rifle, made for testing with Gold rings vigilance commitee but was ultimately rejected from service for many reasons including cost, comlplexity, and doctrine. The Rifle is being reworked half by the creator and the GRVC to create a universal rifle.

Origins and creation
The Creator of the Sei'do was Sei Ido, a 23 year old Agunder living in Gold ring. when one of the final commercial contracts for a weapon for the GRVC, the young blacksmith wanted to create a firearm, which the GRVC seemed o be lack once one of the bigger fire arms company was forced out of gold ring due to the new laws beginning to take shape. Sei'do wanted to try and copy the Ido hammer rifle, and by early RC98 he had the idea for the Sei'do

Creation
At first, the Sei'do was taking shape at a fast pace, with the newest confiscated Hammer rifle, model 87, being showed to the public shortly before going into storage. The rifle had influenced the Sei'do rifle heavily, giving the idea of a magazine and new cartridge. By the end of the year, the Sei'do had gone through 4 revisions, although the same body had been kept, the name changed from 'Gate' then finally to 'Breech, to signify its new bolt breech action. the bullet was a small but long 7.61x70mm bullet, using a compacted blackpowder charge. With the deadline fast approching, Sei'do couldn't finalize the biggest change he had wanted, the scoping system.

Specifications and Testing
The rifle was noted to be 121cm long, and weighing in at around 3.9 kg. it used a bolt action system and a 6 round magazine with v spring, similar to the modle 87 but with a firing pin instead of a exposed hammer. the stock was smaller, but with a significant weight reduction as a result, the body of the gun was also lighter as the amount of wood was reduced by slimming it down. A scope was also intended, but the cost and technology needed wasnt present at the time of creation. using the gun was almost as identical as the Model 87. The gun was considered very modern by rifle standards, even though it hadn't harboured the fast burning grey powder seen in the ammo of the 87, it still had a considerable punch to it. Tests with the rifle were considered very successful, although with the unusual loading and rifle in general, documenting it was a confusing task. the rifle had performed well in its written role of 'support', with Sergals easily handling it once they had gotten used to the mechanics and firing process so much it was considered to be used in its own division in one of the last tests done to see how durable the rifle was, Sei asked the officials in charge, as well as the tester to "Use it as a club" against a standing target. While first confused The testing body turned the gun backwards, then repeatedly hit the reinforced target with the metal back of the stock, this did prove useful as the stock had done considerable blunt trauma(if one could call it that) to said target.

Unfortunate timing
While the rifle was nowhere far from a mechanical wonder in terms of rifles, and even from the promising Test results, the GRVC did not go through with the rifle, at least not in its current state for a multitude of reasons. the glaring faults were the Weight and intended design, While 3.9 kg was light for a rifle of this size, its size still meant that only sergals and some agunders could easily carry and fire the rifle from a standing position, Nevreans and Agudners on the lighter side would have not only difficulty carrying the rifle, but the long compacted powder charged bullet would be almost uncontrollable in the hands of Nevreans. That, combined with the added complexity of the trigger, cases, and magazine systems meant that in its current form, the Sei'do Rifle wasn't suitable for the GRVC or its doctrine.

WIP