Senriku

Senriku is the signature long gun used by Van Augur.

Appearance and Design
Senriku is a musket-style "rifle" (long gun) with a peculiar look that offers absurd shooting ability well beyond a normal rifle's. Its wooden forestock extends roughly halfway under barrel, which is extremely long, made of a yellowish-brown metal, and ends in a flaring, funnel-shaped muzzle like a blunderbuss (which does not seem to diminish its accuracy). Set upon the barrel is a double set of lensed crosshair scopes (the rear sight placed at the stock's forend and the front sight placed right before the muzzle, somehow unimpeded despite the muzzle's flare). The gunstock is gold-plated on each side, possesses a straight-grip style that proceeds smoothly from toe to trigger (without a proper grip), and has a similarly straight comb (no drop in front of it, though initially shown to be set slightly lower than the forestock in the anime). Most distinguishing about the stock is its oversized, golden flintlock mechanism that includes a massive hammer to hold the flint, as well as (for some reason) a four-spoked wheel below the frizzen. The trigger and its guard are also gold, and the long buttstock has a maroon band wrapped around it, plus a small crosshaired lense set into its right side for decoration. The butt's curved end is covered with a golden butt plate.

Capabilities
Senriku is shown to grant tremendous firing range and accuracy, allowing Van Augur (along with his apparently superhuman eyesight and/or sensing capabilities) to take shots with it over tremendous distances. In his debut scene, Augur was seen picking off several seagulls that were flying so far away from Jaya, his location, that the island itself could not be seen from the gulls' position.

Senriku can also be used effectively for shots at very close range, as Augur did so in a collaborative attack against Whitebeard, as well as be fired in rapid succession, as demonstrated with Portgas D. Ace as the target.

In the anime, Augur was accurate and precise enough to shoot through his opposition's bullets and gun barrels, which easily destroyed both ammunition and firearms per shot. In the ninth movie, Augur was seen firing explosive rounds with this weapon during the attack on Drum Island.

Trivia

 * In its design (especially with its funnel-shaped muzzle like that of a blunderbuss), Senriku resembles the gun wielded by Adolphus, a superhuman rifleman in the 1988 adventure fantasy film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (based on the 1785 book by Rudolf Erich Raspe). Van Augur's character as a whole seems inspired by said character.

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