'Peerless' Double Rifle

The Peerless Double rifle is typical of of heavy caliber hunting rifles designed for use against dangerous game in close cover. The two barrels each have a seperate firing mechanism and trigger, allowing for a fast second shot and redundancy in the event of a malfunction-both critical features when hunting multi-ton dangerous animals at close range.

This weapons fires at 32 gram solid projectile at over 700 m/s, producing well over 6000 Joules of muzzle energy, and capable of penetrating the meter thick skull of a large male tusker and delivering a killing blow. Recoil is pronounced, and the weapon is heavy, at over 5 Kg.

Notes:
Weapons of this type were used with deadly effectiveness against armored mercenaries by game officers of the Afrique hunting park during the recent coup attempt. The heavy hunting weapons were able to easily penetrate the off-world mercenries' combat armor, and also proved effective against thin skinned vehicles and aircraft.

STATS

TL Cartridge Length Width Barrel Magazine Muzzle Velocity Cyclic Rate

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