M1591(R) marksman rifle (7.62×67mmB)

The M1591(R) marksman rifle (7.62×67mmB) is a bolt action rifle, chambered to the 7.62×67mmB cartridge with a six-round magazine clip, found in the armed forces of the Raspur Pact.

Of Shirerithian provenance, the M1591 rifle was a standard issue weapon for infantrymen of the Imperial Army for much of the late feudal period, leading into the Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation. Although largely supplanted by semi-automatic rifles in first line service by the time of the Auspicious Occasion and the War of Lost Brothers, the M1591 was still commonly encountered throughout the late 17th century as surplus rifles were distributed amongst affiliated militias or donated to developing-world allies such as Constancia, Raspur, Suren, and the Wechua Nation. Amongst the Wechua the rifle was appreciated for its robust qualities, excellent sighting, and good balance. As such it was widely copied by a myriad of small workshops distributed throughout the Keltian holdings of the Wechua. Vast quantities of the rifle began to accumulate in the Suren Confederacy during the early 18th century after Norton, as allied nations emptied their arsenals of obsolete equipment in order to rearm the Surenid Armed Forces during the Wars of the Disinherited.

Surviving stocks of these rifles held by the Benacian Union Defence Force were converted to become a marksman rifle by the addition of a telescopic sight and a redesigned stock. In the BUDF an infantry troop of forty men under arms may expect to include at least one designated marksman.