Revolving Rifle M52/85

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The M52/85 rifle was a Sediczjan rifle developed in the mid-19th century by Bojan Tumanowycz, a machinist from the Ljuwecky province of Sediczja. In its first incarnation as a single-action .56 calibre black powder rifle, the weapon was only adopted in limited numbers by the Sediczjan Imperial Army due to many factors, including both its unfamiliar layout and the then-common belief that having five rounds immediately available would lead to inaccurate and wasteful rapid fire by untrained troops.

However, the rifle enjoyed considerable success in the Corps of Border Protection and Customs; the weapon went on to become the standard issue rifle of border troops for many years due to its rapid fire rate, light weight and ease of use from horseback. In 1885, the weapon was updated to use new smokeless-powder .311 (7.92mm) cartridges and a double-action system. The most obvious external difference between the first and second models is the spurless hammer of the second model; the spur was removed and replaced with a protrusion on each side so that the weapon could still be half-cocked for loading and unloading.

The weapon was still in use by the time of the 1925 revolution and civil war, with most examples being destroyed or put in storage at war's end in 1927. A few dozen were deactivated and displayed as museum pieces, where they more recently saw use by various "urban guerrilla" anti-government groups after being stolen and reactivated to various effect.