Snap-Shot Blaster Pistol

About the Snap-Shot Blaster Pistol

Built around speed of engagement rather than raw punch, the snap-shot blaster pistol is tuned so its first bolt leaves the barrel the instant it clears leather. A lightened frame, a smooth draw, and a hair-fast actuating cycle make it the duelist's sidearm, the choice of gunslingers and cantina hotheads who know that the fight is often decided by who fires first. Its per-shot power runs a touch below a standard blaster, a deliberate trade to keep recoil flat and follow-up shots on target. Fringe worlds with a tradition of the quick-draw prize the design, and more than one reputation has been built on it. Against armor it underperforms, and a patient rifleman outreaches it easily. But in the ugly, sudden violence of close-range confrontation, the snap-shot rewards the fastest hand in the room, which is exactly the crowd it was made for.