Kalthoff Rifle

==Description==
Object 30, universally known as Kalthoff repeater rifles, are a very popular model of firearm that can be found in the Backrooms, often used by many experienced wanderers or established groups and colonies. 
Kalthoff rifles are not naturally occurring items in the Backrooms, but rather are man-made, manufactured by gunsmiths across a wide range of settlements. The vast majority of these rifles are produced in Level 774 and Level 813, the latter of which being the source of much of the materials used in production, most important of which being blackfire powder (see below). Due to the absence of materials necessary to make priming powder - needed for the production of modern cartridges - any firearms production in practically all known levels is restricted to flintlock technology at best. As a result, the Kalthoff rifle has for years been the ideal model for manufacturing, nowadays used as the standard weapon of most major groups and settlements. 
The distinctive trait of the Kalthoff rifle is that it's able to house several rounds of ammunition at once, rather than relying on the slow to reload single-shot models of most other flintlock weapons. The rifles are reloaded via the trigger guard - doubling as a lever - with a chamber storing bullets to the left of the gun's barrel and a compartment for powder in the stock. Turning the lever after firing the rifle deposits powder into the barrel and frizzen pan as the lever fully extends, and deposits a ball bullet into the barrel as the lever resets. 
This mechanism means that the firearm can be made ready to fire again within just 1-2 seconds, rather than the potential minute-long reload times of other flintlocks. The most common model of Kalthoff in the Backrooms can hold 13 rounds worth of ammo and powder at a time, but more uncommon and unwieldy variations exist that can hold up to 30 rounds. 
== Blackfire Powder ==
While little to no reliable sources of proper gunpowder have been found in the Backrooms, Level 813 is home to a well-known and better alternative in the form of blackfire powder. 
Found abundantly in waterbeds within many pools and rivers of the level's Fuar Covert region, the material is capable of being ignited even when soaking wet, emitting a bizarre black flame that gives off a pale blue light and producing a large quantity of pitch black smoke. When used in firearms, the powder has been noted for leaving little to no fouling behind in the weapon after burning, and remains effective regardless of weather conditions.
While blackfire powder is highly valued for its use, trade of the material is almost entirely controlled by independent settlements in Level 813, most notable of which being the city of Dún Emne. These settlements fiercely guard the material from being acquired by outside groups and colonies without first going through them, giving the people of 813 a monopoly over firearms production. The exact source of blackfire powder remains unknown as a result, the most that outside groups know being where it can be found, but not how it is created.
== Origins ==
While it's not exactly known when Kalthoff rifles truly started being made in the Backrooms, the first recorded use of one would be in 1823, documented in an unknown wanderer's journal where they describe encountering a Penumbra wielding "a rifle unlike any I have yet bore eyes on, letting loose round after deafening round without pause." The most popular theory behind this account claims that some form of Kalthoff rifle had been present well beforehand, with the one used by the Penumbra described either being taken directly from a human wanderer, or engineered using a pre-existing flintlock rifle as a basis. Kalthoff rifles would not see large-scale production, however, until roughly the late 1890s, becoming a widespread weapon in the Backrooms by the mid-20th century.
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