Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-5277710-20130725074855/@comment-10390252-20130726113702

I'm guessing that HCSSs are a production weapon but, due to the hellish difficulty of using them safely, are rare sights.

What I think Signal Academy does is train the kids to assemble, balance and customise their weapons to their body size, strength and preferred fighting style. That way, they are intimately familiar with their equipment and can effectively maintain them in the field.

From what Ruby said to Jaune, she built Crescent Rose and it has some unique customisations. Maybe she changed the barrel calibre so it could use multiple ammo types. She might have also dressed it up in her personal colours and adjusted the length of the various elements to fit her body size.