After seeing Alexis' response to the new rifle, Dominic focused his efforts onto making more like it.
The design was a marvel of Magitech, simple and functional to the point of being nearly indestructible. He had even set the crystal in resin, so rough treatment and recoil wouldn't damage the mounting.
But it was not her raving about the functionality that made him want to make more of them. It was her raving about the design.
The compact size that would be better for smaller frames, but also for portability and usability on the caravan trails. It would fit much better under a seat like the shotguns did, and until the first shots were fired, prepared bandits wouldn't have too much fear of it.
The carriage guns were incredibly easy to aim, being loaded with small round shot. But they had an incredibly short range.
At first, these rifles would be mistaken for the usual carriage guns, but they were accurate to a much longer distance.
