Carbine Pistol

The **Carbine Pistol** is an obtainable weapon in post-invasion Kaesong.

## Background

The Carbine Pistol, official manufacture name the Double Eagle Model 304, was originally a complete AR-15 pattern carbine. In contrast to the better-known AR-15 platform in 5.56mm, the Model 304 is slightly smaller and is chambered for the .30 Carbine cartridge. This carbine fired in semi-automatic only (as was common in autoloading rifles intended for the civilian market) and was fed by proprietary 15-round magazines that could theoretically be interchangeable with those from the American M1 Carbine rifle used during World War II.

The DE Model 304 was owned in large amounts by the civilian population, up until months into the North Korean invasion of Kaesong, before being confiscated and stripped down for parts. As a result, surviving Carbine Pistols are often found with their stock, buffer tube assembly, gas tube, and iron sights removed, and barrel shortened. Because of a lack of both the buffer tube assembly and gas tube, the Carbine Pistol can only be cycled by manually working the charging handle, albeit with some difficulty. The name "Carbine Pistol" refers to such weapon's compact size, though it is still technically a rifle. One potential upside of the weapon in this configuration is that it can be easily concealed and drawn, somewhat mirroring the sawing down of Mosin Nagant bolt-action rifles during the Russian Revolution.

## Characteristics

With the Carbine Pistol missing most of its components to function as a self-loading rifle, it can only be fired between sliding back and forth the charging handle, which can prove rough to a shooter unfamiliar with such an operation.

The most commonplace post-seizure attachments for this gun is a rear aperture sight (or a detachable carry handle may be recovered) and barrel shroud, the latter of which allows the shooter to establish a sight picture and grip the rifle with their non-dominant hand. One may eventually stumble upon materials scrap to rebuild a buffer tube assembly, therefore making cycling an easier and smoother task. If one carries out further scavenging they may even acquire the correct parts to machine and assemble a makeshift gas tube and gas block for the rifle, granting it the ability to fire semi-automatically. The restoration of self-loading fire also allows for utilization of the bolt release catch when reloading, thanks to the bolt hold-open mechanic in the AR-15 design.

With those more experienced with the inner workings of an AR-15-style firearm, they may find a fully automatic conversion feasible in a semi-auto-only rifle. This can be achieved by modifying a certain length of a wire and inserting it into the rifle's receiver, which acts as an improvised secondary sear, permitting fully automatic fire for the rifle. While the Carbine Pistol in this configuration now assumes a compact automatic rifle role, it has a low ammunition capacity due to the magazine only holding a maximum of 15 rounds.

As the Carbine Pistol is chambered in .30 Carbine, well aimed shots from the straight-pull bolt-action version can deal high amounts of damage towards target, as long as they are not extremely far away due to range limits for both the .30 Carbine round and Carbine Pistol's short barrel causing a drop-off in damage at such distances. The weapon, once converted to semi-automatic or then fully automatic proves devastating to targets in closer ranges, although, trigger discipline and controlled bursts are recommended due to rather high recoil and a somewhat low ammo capacity.

## Modifications

The following modifications are available for the Carbine Pistol:

* Buffer tube - restores buffer tube and recoil spring on rifle, improving operation of charging handle.
* Full-auto conversion - (requires buffer tube and gas tube) - makeshift secondary sear applied to rifle internals, enables fully automatic fire.
* Makeshift gas tube - (requires buffer tube) restores semi-automatic operation.
* Makeshift iron sights - allows for easier aiming