What is C&Rsenal?
For most of you viewing this campaign, you already know who we are and what we do. But just in case you've wandered in fresh: C&Rsenal is a small organization centered on historical firearms. Our flag project is Primer, which is winding its way through the small arms of World War I in a series of long format video documentaries and demonstrations.
We dig deep into the research and present the clearest picture possible with the help of live fire, period images and videos, and animations to show the operation of these machines. It's a laborious and expensive process and so we consume a healthy monthly budget.
Most of our funding has come from Patreon donations, but twice a year we try to produce some merchandise for our viewers to actually own a piece of the work we've been doing, and provide a boost to our special projects budget.
Why does C&Rsenal need this money?
Right now our generous patrons have kicked in plenty, so why do we need a cash grab mid year? Well we get into a rhythm with our funding and naturally, to make the best show, we tend to spend it to the penny on improvements or acquiring more research material, manufacturing obsolete cartridges, paying shipping and insurance on loaners, and local travel.
But for our overall mission of including as many of these guns on video as possible and ALL of the weapons of the war in our final book project, we'll need to make a number of trips. These range from hitting major museum collections for photos to visiting machine gun collectors in their own states (dang federal laws) for filming. Additionally, developing 1,000 rounds of an antique and long unused cartridge is pretty dang expensive.
So when you buy your shirt you'll be contributing to our endeavor to be the first to bundle every single firearm of the war into one major virtual collection.
OK, but what do I get?
You get a shirt. Pay money, get shirt. I hope that much is clear!
The $20 price tag reflects a bulk order, so we will start production AFTER the 30 day campaign. We can't spend money we don't have folks and they won't give it to us until the very end. From there we order the necessary cotton shirts and begin the quality screen printing and shipments.
Additionally, your funding provides a show that details in depth firearm history. One made free for everyone to enjoy!
What about this color, that size, ladies shirts?
Since this is a bulk order we need at least 25 of each color and size combo to even make an order, 150 for each to be profitable. To simplify, each shirt is offered in one color, as featured in the photos. The larger shirts are priced to match our extra costs, as they rarely exceed the 150 unit order size. Ladies shirts have been attempted but have always cost us financially, and so are not being produced for sale. We're sorry!
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