Tyranny of Steel

Now that Berengar had successfully created metallic cartridges, his first order of business was to produce a sidearm for the cavalry, officers, and rear-echelon personnel to use. For starters, the flintlock pistols that they were currently issued were beyond obsolete compared to the other weapons being given to the Austrian Royal Army.

Frankly, Berengar did not trust his current issue flintlock pistol to protect his life anymore; even if he was going to be taking less of a frontline role from now on, he still wanted a multi-shot weapon to defend himself should the need arise.

As such, Berengar quickly got to work designing the weapon. Considering he had already designed the .38 Special cartridge and had even begun production of it, now was the perfect time to introduce a proper Service Revolver.

In truth, the revolver Berengar had in mind was one that he had purchased in his previous life. He did not come from a wealthy family during that time, nor was he particularly affluent in his adulthood. As such, he mostly relied on purchasing obscure, surplus weapons. One of these weapons was a revolver that he was quite intimate with.

The revolver design that he had in mind was based upon the Swiss 1929 Ordnance Revolver from his past life, which itself was an improvement on the original 1882 Design. The primary difference between this and the ones used by the Swiss during Berengar ’s previous life was that this version was scaled up to use the .38 Spc cartridge. Berengar used this impressive double-action revolver design as the basis for what he would refer to as the 1422 Service Revolver.

After designing this Service Revolver, Berengar realized it would not be suited to concealed carry. Thus, he developed a snub nose J-Frame Revolver based on the Smith and Wesson Model 36 for covert operatives such as his field agents. He designated this small revolver as the 1422 Agency Revolver.

After designing two different revolvers, Berengar sent the blueprints off to Ludwig to manufacture a few weapons for military and police trials. He wanted these revolvers fielded as quickly as possible so that if he ever found himself cornered on the battlefield, he would have an efficient means to defend himself other than his sword, that is.

After sending these blueprints off to the necessary departments, Berengar decided to rest from his work. As such, he began drifting through the royal palace, searching for someone to entertain himself with.

After a while, he found Adela playing a new instrument he had already invented in this timeline. Berengar was far from a musician, and as such, it took some severe trial and error to recreate the string instruments from his past life.