Chessex and Sons holds at any time a vast arsenal of weapons and ammunition, almost all of it customized to some degree. They accept any legal work, asking for permits for the devices and payment on completion (if payment is witheld, so is the weapon). They are willing to place special orders, and have the appropriate contacts with reputable dealers throughout the world. Occaisionally, they will also accept commissions from out-of-country, when a dealer or repeat client asks for a modification and is willing to send them the piece and the specs by mail. Chessex and Sons does not deal in illegal modifications or weaponry, nor will it handle high explosives beyond underbarrel grenade launchers or the like. They do a very limited amount of business in melee weapons, usually crafting specialized bayonets or reinforced weapons for armed combat. Chessex and Sons does not deal with enchanting such weapons, allthough they can do the preliminary work to prepare the telesma for enchantment and suggest a reputable elven magician in Salem (for which they expect a 1% commission). A selection of accessories are available for purchase, these are invariably up-scale and high quality models.
As a matter of course, every customer is given a full box of regular ammunition to try out their weapon on the shooting range out back before leaving. The range set-up varies from time-to-time with the brother's needs; most often it has pop-up targets at 10 meters, 20 meters and 30 meters, but in the past it has been reconfigured as an office building to practice urban assault. Specialty rounds may also be tested before purchase, in which case one of the brothers must whip up a batch of ballistic gelatin for proper targets.
The Chevaliers enjoy good connections to the local police, and have a security contract with Hard Corps to protect the building at night or when a shipment comes in. A gunsmithing facility and electronics shop is located in the basement, the upstairs holds a set of apartments should the brothers spend the night. The shooting range is on the ground floor.
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Personalized Colt Revolver
A Chessex and Sons standard 'gunfighter' modification, this pistol's stock has been replaced by reinforced solid oak grip personalized to the owner's hand, and the safety has been removed for an easier draw. Furthermore, it features a special seven-round cylinder-because of the limited space available, the thinner walls of the cylinder are made of tougher metal. Finally, the barrel has been replaced by a longer, heavier barrel for improved range and reduced recoil. The balance of the revolver is perfect despite the heft, and the knobby end of the grip makes an excellent improvised club.
Each Personalized Colt Revolver comes with a genuine cow leather quick-draw holster and a box of 10 hollow-point rounds.
Type: Light Pistol
Concealability: 4
Ammo: 7 (cy)
Mode: SA
Damage: 6L
Weight: 2
Availability: 3/12 hours
Cost: 1000
Dual Assault
A modern upgrade of an two-hundred year old French design, the Dual Assault is a heavy pistol that features a second barrel beneath the first. This larger underbarrel contains a single shotgun charge, and may be fired be means of a secondary trigger assembly. This model is much appreciated among dwarfs, who frequently end up facing larger foes than they intended. Naturally, it cannot accept any underbarrel mounts.
This weapon comes with a box of hollow point rounds and a special kevlar shotgun shell loader device, suitable for clipping onto a belt or web gear, that holds five shotgun shells. A shell may be removed from the shell loader with a free action. It comes loaded with five Big D temper shells.
Type: Heavy Pistol (Shotgun lower)
Concealability:3
Ammo: 10 © [pistol] / 1 (b) [shotgun]
Mode: SA [pistol]/ SA [shotgun]
Damage: 9M [pistol]/ 8S [shotgun]
Weight: 2
Availability: 8/1 month
Cost: 2000
Chessex and Sons' Bloodshot
This unusual weapon is a unique design by Adam Chevalier. An alternative to cybereye weapons, this prosthesis in every way resembles a high quality glass eye of the user's preference. In fact, this prosthetic replacement is a simple one-shot hold out made from advanced ceramic components. The eye is secured in an empty socket (no Essence is paid as this is not cyberware), and may be fired with a simple voice-command, and the eye fires in the direction the user is looking. Reloading the eye is complicated, and requires removing the eye and then taking a complex action. The eye is padded to prevent undue strain on the socket or accidental firing due to blows to the head, but it is not uncommon for users to suffer bloody "tears" leaking from the socket, hence the name. No barrel-mounts or optical systems may be incorporated, and smartgun systems are nearly useless.
The eyes comes wrapped in a silk handkerchief inside a box of thin, laquered teak and a box of 10 Hi-C platic rounds.
Type: Hold-out
Damage: 4L
Mode: SS
Concealability: 13 (Concealability 12 to note the eye is a prosthetic, undetectable by MAD systems)
Weight: .05
Ammo: 1 (b)
Price: 2100
Availability: (Only at Chessex and Sons) 8/96 hours
