It was now time for final assembly. Nirra laid out all of the parts on the crafting station so she could get to work.
She first attached the two parts of the frame via hinges. She used a wooden mallet to slowly hammer a small rod with a cap on one end into the hole between the two hinges. Next, she inserted the ejector along the sides of the frame that will house the barrels. She also placed two small, high-tension screws so that when she opens the breech, the spent casings will pop out. She then inserted the long cocking rod along the bottom of the frame and connected it to the hammer, which was up next. This will make sure that the hammer is cocked once the breech is closed. She pinned the hammer to the frame, along with the sear beneath it. Like in her Model 1873, the sear will hold back the hammer once the cocking lever is pulled inward due to the motion of the breech closing.
She then placed a small doomslime core on the tip of the firing pins, along with its respective high-tension spring. She then hammered them into position, one directly aiming at the top barrel while the other was placed to the left and slightly aimed downward to strike the lower barrel. She then placed the bolt release pin above the top firing pin along with its own small high-tension screw so it could push back once a force was applied to it. She then placed the bolt directly behind the bolt release pin. Again, like in her rifle, the bolt will push the hammer back down, but this time due to the recoil of the firearm rather than a lever system. She then hammered the top lever, which would lock the breech closed and unlock it to be reloaded.
She then inserted a small rod down the center of the mainspring and attached one end to the back of the frame, where the buttstock will be placed, and the other end was connected to the hammer via a small notch. The mainspring will consistently want to push that notch backward. The hammer is connected to that notch only on the opposite end; the motion will make the hammer slam towards the firing pins because the hammer, along with the sear, was mounted using a pin.
Next, while the sear and hammer were under tension, she wrestled the trigger into its slot attached to the sear. When the trigger is pulled, it will cause the sear to move downward with the trigger, disengaging the hammer. The hammer, with nothing holding it back, will slam into one of the firing pins because it is under tension from the mainspring.
Then, she screwed the trigger guard to the frame, which surrounded the trigger, so it wouldn't fire if she accidentally bumped it. The last parts to install were the barrel selector, which she just mounted on a hole at the back of the frame and connected using a thin rod to the sear. She also placed the inertia weight between the mainspring and the hammer so that once the weapon fires, it will automatically switch the selected barrel to the one that was unfired. The barrel selector, once turned to either left or right, will change the selected barrel that is to be shot.
Once she believed everything to be in working order, she closed the breech by pushing the bottom of the front frame. She noticed that the cocking rod moved backward, cocking the hammer dowards and locking it in place by the sear. She tried to pry the breech open to test the locking feature of the top lever. Try as she might, the lock wouldn't budge, and only when she pulled the lever sideways was she able to easily open the breech. Now that she knew the lock was working, she closed the breech opening again to see that the hammer was already in its downward position. Next, she wanted to test the barrel selector, so she switched it sideways towards the left. She saw the hammer switch firing pins and was now aiming at the firing pin that would be aimed at the bottom barrel. Now was the time to see if it would actually work. She applied pressure to the trigger, and a bit of pressure was able to make the sear disengage with the hammer, and she saw it slam forward, hitting the left firing pin, which would have fired off the 12-gauge shotgun shell that would have been waiting inside the breech.
'So far, so good,' she thought.
She switched it to the right firing pin. Which made her heart stop. Because even though the switch was turned to the right, the hammer didn't move towards the right firing pin. So to check, she disassembled the mainspring, hammer, and sear to see what was going on.
She eventually found out that a small piece of metal was lodged where the hammer would have been. It was blocking the way and therefore could not move right to the firing pin. She shook the whole weapon in order to get that piece of metal out. With enough shaking, she managed to dislodge the metal piece and was able to reinstall the sear, hammer, and firing pin. This just goes to show that even a small metal bit, such as that metal piece, would have ruined the whole firearm and possibly gotten Nirra's arm blown off.
Now that she had done one final check to make sure everything was in order, she again turned the barrel selector rightward. She managed to see that the hammer moved right in line with the firing pin, ready to hit it with everything it had. She sighed in relief as she started installing the two smoothbore barrels, that were 18 inches long in a sawed off configuration, into their respective housings. She then covered the whole mechanism inside a temporary frame using a metal plate pinned to the frame.
She let out an exhausted sigh as she cleaned it up using a piece of cloth. After she was done, a whistle went off inside the room, notifying her that her time was up. The furnaces that were on a few seconds ago were immediately extinguished as the door opened for her. Of course, she cleaned up her mess and swept the floor from the metal shavings caused by her electric motor. She also returned the tools to their original positions, along with packing the electric motor nearly inside her bag. She also wrapped a long cloth around her soon-to-be shotgun and placed it inside her bag. After it was all set and done, she took one more look at the room she worked in, and finding not a dust in sight, she exited the room with her belongings and closed the door that was behind her.
SpoilerHere are the parts she crafted and assembled for those who are a bit confused
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It was now time for final assembly. Nirra laid out all of the parts on the crafting station so she could get to work.
She first attached the two parts of the frame via hinges. She used a wooden mallet to slowly hammer a small rod with a cap on one end into the hole between the two hinges. Next, she inserted the ejector along the sides of the frame that will house the barrels. She also placed two small, high-tension screws so that when she opens the breech, the spent casings will pop out. She then inserted the long cocking rod along the bottom of the frame and connected it to the hammer, which was up next. This will make sure that the hammer is cocked once the breech is closed. She pinned the hammer to the frame, along with the sear beneath it. Like in her Model 1873, the sear will hold back the hammer once the cocking lever is pulled inward due to the motion of the breech closing.
She then placed a small doomslime core on the tip of the firing pins, along with its respective high-tension spring. She then hammered them into position, one directly aiming at the top barrel while the other was placed to the left and slightly aimed downward to strike the lower barrel. She then placed the bolt release pin above the top firing pin along with its own small high-tension screw so it could push back once a force was applied to it. She then placed the bolt directly behind the bolt release pin. Again, like in her rifle, the bolt will push the hammer back down, but this time due to the recoil of the firearm rather than a lever system. She then hammered the top lever, which would lock the breech closed and unlock it to be reloaded.
She then inserted a small rod down the center of the mainspring and attached one end to the back of the frame, where the buttstock will be placed, and the other end was connected to the hammer via a small notch. The mainspring will consistently want to push that notch backward. The hammer is connected to that notch only on the opposite end; the motion will make the hammer slam towards the firing pins because the hammer, along with the sear, was mounted using a pin.
Next, while the sear and hammer were under tension, she wrestled the trigger into its slot attached to the sear. When the trigger is pulled, it will cause the sear to move downward with the trigger, disengaging the hammer. The hammer, with nothing holding it back, will slam into one of the firing pins because it is under tension from the mainspring.
Then, she screwed the trigger guard to the frame, which surrounded the trigger, so it wouldn't fire if she accidentally bumped it. The last parts to install were the barrel selector, which she just mounted on a hole at the back of the frame and connected using a thin rod to the sear. She also placed the inertia weight between the mainspring and the hammer so that once the weapon fires, it will automatically switch the selected barrel to the one that was unfired. The barrel selector, once turned to either left or right, will change the selected barrel that is to be shot.
Once she believed everything to be in working order, she closed the breech by pushing the bottom of the front frame. She noticed that the cocking rod moved backward, cocking the hammer dowards and locking it in place by the sear. She tried to pry the breech open to test the locking feature of the top lever. Try as she might, the lock wouldn't budge, and only when she pulled the lever sideways was she able to easily open the breech. Now that she knew the lock was working, she closed the breech opening again to see that the hammer was already in its downward position. Next, she wanted to test the barrel selector, so she switched it sideways towards the left. She saw the hammer switch firing pins and was now aiming at the firing pin that would be aimed at the bottom barrel. Now was the time to see if it would actually work. She applied pressure to the trigger, and a bit of pressure was able to make the sear disengage with the hammer, and she saw it slam forward, hitting the left firing pin, which would have fired off the 12-gauge shotgun shell that would have been waiting inside the breech.
'So far, so good,' she thought.
She switched it to the right firing pin. Which made her heart stop. Because even though the switch was turned to the right, the hammer didn't move towards the right firing pin. So to check, she disassembled the mainspring, hammer, and sear to see what was going on.
She eventually found out that a small piece of metal was lodged where the hammer would have been. It was blocking the way and therefore could not move right to the firing pin. She shook the whole weapon in order to get that piece of metal out. With enough shaking, she managed to dislodge the metal piece and was able to reinstall the sear, hammer, and firing pin. This just goes to show that even a small metal bit, such as that metal piece, would have ruined the whole firearm and possibly gotten Nirra's arm blown off.
Now that she had done one final check to make sure everything was in order, she again turned the barrel selector rightward. She managed to see that the hammer moved right in line with the firing pin, ready to hit it with everything it had. She sighed in relief as she started installing the two smoothbore barrels, that were 18 inches long in a sawed off configuration, into their respective housings. She then covered the whole mechanism inside a temporary frame using a metal plate pinned to the frame.
She let out an exhausted sigh as she cleaned it up using a piece of cloth. After she was done, a whistle went off inside the room, notifying her that her time was up. The furnaces that were on a few seconds ago were immediately extinguished as the door opened for her. Of course, she cleaned up her mess and swept the floor from the metal shavings caused by her electric motor. She also returned the tools to their original positions, along with packing the electric motor nearly inside her bag. She also wrapped a long cloth around her soon-to-be shotgun and placed it inside her bag. After it was all set and done, she took one more look at the room she worked in, and finding not a dust in sight, she exited the room with her belongings and closed the door that was behind her.
SpoilerHere are the parts she crafted and assembled for those who are a bit confused
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