Asp

"Careful, it has a light trigger."

- Dusty Smith, travelling merchant, after selling an Asp to a Russian mercenary.

Background
The Asp is a modern firearm based on the state-of-art pistol created by Seven Oaks Firearms. Though it never went into mass production, and the original design was later on sold to Wesmith Holdings Corp., the son of the creator went on to create a second design, seemingly unchanged from the exterior, but massively improved in it's inner parts.

The Asp uses a modified trigger and recoil system that allows a really fast trigger action without a toll on the shooter's accuracy. The gutter ironsight makes it an ideal sidearm for survivors in the zombie apocalypse, due to not requiring a precise shot per se, but just enough for a well-placed headshot. Finally, all of the parts in an Asp are reinforced and carefully measured to improve recoil and at the same time increase it's sturdiness.

The success of the Asp after the zombie apocalypse even made Wesmith Corp. mercenaries attempt to track the Seven Oaks factories for sabotage missions, to no avail. Today, one of the most common compact pistols out in Navezgane is the Asp, though gunsmiths still try to mimick the original design.

Overview
With an incredible DPS, thanks to a decent damage rating and the fastest semi-auto rate of fire out of all pistols, the Asp can deal so much damage in a short span it rivals with 10mm caliber handguns in this regard. It's main asset being it's amazing damage, it also sports a decent durability rating.

Out of all pros, the main problem with the Asp is it's diminutive magazine, holding meager seven 9mm rounds. This makes the Asp the worst 9mm pistol in regards to potential damage per magazine, so reloading will be very frequent. This being said, the Asp has a 10% faster reload than normal, which mitigates this problem somewhat.

Crafting
The Asp requires tungsten, iron and aluminum to be crafted. It is made by combining the following parts:
 * Reinforced Slide
 * Iron Barrel
 * Aluminum Frame
 * Asp Miscellaneous Parts

Trivia

 * The Asp is inspired on the real ASP pistol.
 * Though the real ASP never went into mass production, Smith and Wesson produced the Model 39, which was the original design where the ASP was derived from.