(Discontinued) Rise of Umerica

Chapter 4 - Guns and the Internet

In his previous life, Tesla being in military, had experience with many weapon platforms. He made it a point to familiarize himself with all the weapons he came accross. He would disassemble and reassemble his weapon to point he knew every part within it. He wanted to start with something simple, namely a pistol. He had much experience with quite a few sidearms.

He had narrowed it down to 3, The M1911, Beretta M92FS, and Sig Sauer P320 also known as the M17.

The M1911 has amazing stopping power. With .45 caliber rounds but it's magazine capacity was 7 rounds with an extended option of 10 rounds. When faced with a large group having low round capacity may not be ideal despite it's stopping power.

The M92FS in service with US military for over 35 years. It has been battle tested and was very reliable but over time it has become outdated with many stating that it's stopping power is poor. It had a standard magazine size of 15 rounds with an extended option of 21 rounds. The high capacity makes it great for engaging multiple enemies but it's stopping power can be unreliable.

The final choice was the M17. The replacement of the aging M9. Tesla got very familiar with this gun. It was good for both left and right handed users. Easy to assemble and disassemble without the use of tools. This would make maintaining the weapon in the field easier. It has a standard 17 round capacity mag with an extended option of 21 rounds. Though it took the same 9mm round as the M9 it's modular capabilities made it possible to take different rounds by swapping out parts. So rather than making an entirely new gun he could simply swap parts to take the ammo he desired. It also allowed for him to add attachments as well.

Finally he decided to go with M17. It had versatility. So the next step was ammunition. Making it wasn't going to be too hard. What he didn't know if this world had gunpowder or more specifically smokeless powder. If it did he could make his own so he goes to ask his father.

"Father do you know what gunpowder is?" He asks.

"Gunpowder? I never heard of that but I have heard of Cannon powder. Only the military has access to it and some pirate groups."

So this world calls it cannon powder huh?

"Thank you father."

Tesla goes back to his room and thinks. I has almost all the information he needs. There was only one problem: He didn't know how to make smokeless powder.

He had no previous knowledge of how to make it.

That is when a voice came into his head.

"Answer" it said. Suddenly a bunch of information regarding smokeless powder rushed through his brain.

"Who are you?" He asks.

"I do not have a name" it replied.

"Have you been with me this whole time?" He asks it.

"Yes I have always been with you."

"Why haven't you appeared till now?"

"You haven't needed my assistance until now."

"Ah this must be that skill I asked for. Previous world knowledge."

"Yes."

"In that case I shall give you a name. From now on I'll call you Internet"

"Accepted. Internet has been registered."

With that out of the way he could now make his ammo without worry.

So over the next few days he stayed in his room only coming out to eat and relieve himself. His mother and father worried at first but he assured them everything was fine. Even Sophfina came but was told that he didn't wish to be bothered.

So he starts with the bigger parts first such as the barrel, grip module and the chamber slider. Since they were the biggest and easiest parts to visualize. Then he moved on to the smaller parts which required more concentration, mana and precision to make. Because of this he needed to rest multiple times.

"It seems I need more mana control practice."

But finally after 3 days he was able to finish the gun. And by the fourth he was able to make smokeless powder on his own.

All that was left was to test it.

So on the 5th day he found a quite spot within the forset in which wouldn't be disturbed.

"Alright time to test this weapon's performance" he says excitedly.

In truth Tesla missed the feel of a gun in his had. It was so familiar in a world that was still unfamiliar to him. It felt soothing. Choosing tree as target practice

Holstering his gun in his pants because he lacked a gun holster he puts his hands to his sides. On the count of 3 he draws and aims a few times to check his reflexes. No abnormalities. In fact he thought he was actually faster than he was in his previous life. Then came time for him to practice live firing. Drawing his gun he puts 3 into the tree and holsters his gun. Then walks up to the tree and examines it. He was able to hit the tree in same general area. There was some slight deviation from where he was aiming but that may just because it has been a while since he fired. One thing he could say is that he barely felt any recoil from firing. This was a good thing his accuracy would greatly benefit from it.

Returning to the spot he was in previously he continues to practice shooting. If possible he would like to try it out in actual combat to see how effective it was as soon as possible.

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After practicing he returns to the village and heads to the village craftsman shop. A middle aged human named Balto. He needed a battle belt and holster made.

"Hello Balto I want you to make something for me."

"Oh Tesla what can I do for you?" he asks.

"Can you make make a belt and pouch that has this shape?" He asks showing him the gun.

"Oh what a strange looking object you got there." He says getting a closer look. "Sure I can make do it for you. Do you have the measurements for it?"

"Yes"

Tesla takes out writes down the measurements needed and general design of the holster.

He takes out a magazine. "Can you also make a pouch for this as well?"

"Sure"

"I'll leave it here so you can do the measurements on your own."

With that Tesla leaves the shop.

When he leaves Balto looks at the object that the boy left him.

What is this? He thought to himself picking it up. This and strange object that Tesla had left him. In all his years he had never seen anything so...advanced. He wished Tesla had left the strange object with him so that he could study it but...oh well. He inspects the object that was left for him. It wasn't too big and it didn't look like was useful as a weapon. It was made of metal and of rectangular shape. He turns it over and finds that at the top of it was an opening as if it were made to hold something. Perhaps a part to the mysterious object the boy had? So mysterious.

He sighs putting it down. He didn't want to try to figure out something he didn't fully understand. He did understand one thing though. He had heard that Tesla wasn't very good a performing magic arts but his talent clearly laid elsewhere. If he was being honest he was even jealous of him. In all his years he could never create something on that level on his own. That boy may achieve something big one day. He puts the object away a gets to work on Tesla's order.