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The Allergonian Pattern-1405 Rifle was developed by Defecting Infrastructural Engineer Malnov Yorigsov in the 1405th Year of the Order (26 IA Infrastructural Calender) was intended to be the main rifle of the Allergonian Military. Largely based off the Infrastructural Type-2R Cavalry Rifle, Yorgisov replaced the flintlock mechanism with a caplock one and adjusted the caliber to the 0.6 Inch Imperial, with a few minor tweaks here and there that mostly relate to manufacturing. It fires a conical-cylindrical musket ball, having a maximum range 800 meters and an effective range of 300 meters. It uses a screw breach (opened by turning a handle attached to a trigger guard), opening the top mounted hole so that powder and shot can be quickly loaded in. A good soldier fire get up to eight rounds a minute with this rifle. Not as fast a rate of fire as the Infrastructural Type-3R, but still a considerable improvement over muzzle loading. The precussion cap system is easier to load and more rain resistant, even if cap production took some time to get going. The main function of the Ramrod is for cleaning, as the weapon does have issues with fouling and usually needs cleaning after about fifty shots. An abbreviated variant exists, serving as a cavalry carbine.

The Yorigsov Rifle is also notable in that it's introduction represents a transition for the military of Allergon. For much of the Empire's history the mililitary was mostly the domain of the various vassal kingdoms, with the Imperial Army being an elite but in the end small corps of 4-5,000 Imperial Knights and Infantry, supplemented by mercenaries when needed. In the last two centuries there has been a steady change, starting with the creation of a professional navy followed soon after by a professional marine corps modeled on that of Venoa. This was followed about a hundred years latter by a siege corps operating artillery, "armed camp followers" and finally the recruitment of a standing army of some 25,000 regular soldiers, mostly light cavalry, swordsmen, pikemen and arqebusiers. As the importance of firearms increased substantially after the advent of quick loading rifles made conscript armies more viable and increased the scale, especially after the advent of interchangeable parts was discerned and manufacturing equipment was improved thanks to defectors, which saw a further increase from 25,000 to 50,000 regulars in the Imperial army. As such, despite considerable grumblings from the Enperisburg Guild of Gunsmiths and Associated Trades, an Arsenal had been set up to mass produce these weapons with considerable funding from the Imperial Throne, which has its eyes on centralizing the state and exerting more control. By 28IA it was producing some 3,000 of these rifles a month, a rate of production comparable to that of Dalatyr, with rates continuing to rise. While these rifles would be sold to the Empire's seven vassal kings for their own forces, the main user of this would be the New Imperial Army, which is to be composed of volunteers and conscripts and is to have a force totaling at 250,000 soldiers by 33 IA.

Description
The Allergonian Pattern-1405 Rifle was developed by Defecting Infrastructural Engineer Malnov Yorigsov in the 1405th Year of the Order (26 IA Infrastructural Calender) was intended to be the main rifle of the Allergonian Military. Largely based off the Infrastructural Type-2R Cavalry Rifle, Yorgisov replaced the flintlock mechanism with a caplock one and adjusted the caliber to the 0.6 Inch Imperial, with a few minor tweaks here and there that mostly relate to manufacturing. It fires a conical-cylindrical musket ball, having a maximum range 800 meters and an effective range of 300 meters. It uses a screw breach (opened by turning a handle attached to a trigger guard), opening the top mounted hole so that powder and shot can be quickly loaded in. A good soldier fire get up to eight rounds a minute with this rifle. Not as fast a rate of fire as the Infrastructural Type-3R, but still a considerable improvement over muzzle loading. The precussion cap system is easier to load and more rain resistant, even if cap production took some time to get going. The main function of the Ramrod is for cleaning, as the weapon does have issues with fouling and usually needs cleaning after about fifty shots. An abbreviated variant exists, serving as a cavalry carbine.

The Yorigsov Rifle is also notable in that it's introduction represents a transition for the military of Allergon. For much of the Empire's history the mililitary was mostly the domain of the various vassal kingdoms, with the Imperial Army being an elite but in the end small corps of 4-5,000 Imperial Knights and Infantry, supplemented by mercenaries when needed. In the last two centuries there has been a steady change, starting with the creation of a professional navy followed soon after by a professional marine corps modeled on that of Venoa. This was followed about a hundred years latter by a siege corps operating artillery, "armed camp followers" and finally the recruitment of a standing army of some 25,000 regular soldiers, mostly light cavalry, swordsmen, pikemen and arqebusiers. As the importance of firearms increased substantially after the advent of quick loading rifles made conscript armies more viable and increased the scale, especially after the advent of interchangeable parts was discerned and manufacturing equipment was improved thanks to defectors, which saw a further increase from 25,000 to 50,000 regulars in the Imperial army. As such, despite considerable grumblings from the Enperisburg Guild of Gunsmiths and Associated Trades, an Arsenal had been set up to mass produce these weapons with considerable funding from the Imperial Throne, which has its eyes on centralizing the state and exerting more control. By 28IA it was producing some 3,000 of these rifles a month, a rate of production comparable to that of Dalatyr, with rates continuing to rise. While these rifles would be sold to the Empire's seven vassal kings for their own forces, the main user of this would be the New Imperial Army, which is to be composed of volunteers and conscripts and is to have a force totaling at 250,000 soldiers by 33 IA.