Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 30 Fire Rope Gun

This is the first time that Claude has seen a rifle in a different world. On the computer, he used to see pictures of the early hoist guns, but he did not take the arquebus in his hand to play. Contrasting it in the dark, it seems that there is no big difference between the arquebus in this world and the arquebus on the pictures seen in previous lives.

Welikro said that this was the gun that his father brought back from the army when he was discharged from the army. Gally mark 3 matchlock is an early vintage musket. The Kingdom Army has now used the Aubass Mark 2s musket, and the old-fashioned muskets of the Gary type have long since retired.

His father also said that this kind of musket is still a weapon for soldiers, but it is not very suitable for hunting. Later, with his money, his father went to the county town to ask people to rebuild two shotguns for hunting. This fire rope gun was thrown at home to make a memorial. Then Welikro grew up and took over the arquebus.

Claude is very curious: "Welikro, can the musket be built privately?"

"Of course."Welikro nodded: "The city of Baromiese has a public firearm workshop. It can produce more than 47,000 guns of various types every year. It is the largest industrial workshop in the three provinces of southwest China, with more than 3,000 workers. They also accept private custom muskets and give them official numbers. However, the requirement for private customization is that the identity must be above nationals, and the price relief can be obtained from the military retired. ”

"So what is the difference between the two shotguns that your father customized and the arquebus?"Claude really doesn't understand the difference in this respect. In his opinion, it's not all firearms. It's all shots. The gunpowder is ignited with guns. When you're done, you have to use a strip to clean the guns. It’s awful.

"The guns of my two custom-made shotguns are about twice as big as this one."Welikro stroked a circle with his fingers to show the size of the muzzle: "The range is not far, but the power has increased several times. This gun has no problem in injuring people. When you fight, you can make do with it. You can deal with the beasts in the mountains. The lethality is not enough, because people do not have the thick fur of the beast to protect.

For example, if you encounter a wild boar in the mountains, you can use this gun to put a four or five guns. Maybe the wild boar will only have some blood, and there will be no ass. You will also chase you to catch up with the sky. Not to mention the leopards and other beasts in the mountains. If you shoot a gun without hitting the beast, you will wait for the knife to prepare for the fight. There is no chance for you to put a second shot. When you pour the medicine, The beast is already close.

So my father re-customized two shotguns, one is designed to deal with the thick skin, even if the wild boar can be shot down. The other one is to fight the bullets. It is used to guard against those movements. A shot has been over, and even an agile animal has to hang it. As long as the action is slowed down, it will be better.

The only downside is that the two shotguns are big and heavy, and they are too tired to climb for less than half an hour. They must also be supported by a fork when aiming at the shot, otherwise they will not lift. In addition, the cost of gunpowder is also very large. I put 10 guns of gunpowder on the arquebus and less than three shots for a shotgun. So the gunpowder at home is almost gone. This time we have to pay for gunpowder. ”

Claude carefully looked at the hands of this gally Mark 3 matchlock, gun length about 1.8-meter or so, cherry wood rifle butt, black barrel from the butt of the gun out of 30 centimeters, muzzle a bit horn type, a long strip under the body with silver-plated copper nails to connect the butt and gun body together, The second half is also a silver-plated copper accessory, just because of the time, most of the accessories above the silver-plated layer has been killed, leaving only the dull thick scratches of the copper surface.

Under Welikro's guidance, Claude finally knew what the fire rope hammer, the fire rope clamping handle, the fire rope casing, the hammer spring, the bottom fire door, the medicine box, the disk cover, and the trigger were recognized. Just after Welikro simulated how it was launched, Claude found a very important issue.

“Why doesn’t the rifle have a sight?”

"What is a sight?"Welikro asked.

“Ewww.”Claude didn't know what to explain for a while, and it took a long time for Welikro to understand that the sight was aimed at the target when firing the musket.

"It turns out that you are talking about this, yes, you see."Welikro suddenly realized that he took the arquebus and pointed it to Claude. "We don't call the sight. We call the launching point." Look at this nick on the muzzle, and the nick on the pill box behind, this is the launch point. When we are ready to launch, we need to fix these two points to the straight target, stabilize it, then ignite the fire rope, close the eyes, and then pull the trigger, and the gun will shoot out…"

"No, I said why close your eyes and pull the trigger?"Claude can't understand.

Welikro laughed. "This is to protect the eyes, so that the lid on the pill box is not covered and the fire is coming out. In addition, the fire rope gun will emit a lot of smoke, and the eyes will not be soaked."

"Can you close your eyes and still hit the target?"Claude said that he was not sure at all, and he couldn’t stand in front of you.

"So, to exercise, the most important thing is to be steady, not to shake, so that the target is aimed at re-closing the eye, and it will hit the target in all likelihood."

Well said it makes sense, Claude is speechless. But he remembered the old problem of aiming: "Right, Welikro, you said that the two launch points and the target are in line, then if the launcher is steady, do you want to fight where to fight? In other words, hit the body parts of the target where the two launch points are aligned. ”

"It's not the case."Welikro shook his head and said: "I also want to estimate the amount of advance, up or down. Generally speaking, when the two launch points of the gun are in line with the target, the gun is basically half the distance of the middle finger. So I want to hit the head of the target. When aiming, I have to estimate the distance of one finger to launch. Otherwise, the target is the head, but the neck is hit. ”

"This broken gun is troublesome, and it is not easy to launch because it is not convenient to aim."Claude exclaimed: "Right, Eyke, let me see the ship-type fire rope that you brought."

The short arquebus gun that Eriksson brought was also replaced by his father. As a captain, the short arquebus is a necessary self-defense weapon. However, this short break was bought by his father. Later, there was a meeting of the captain. His father won a gilded silver commemorative version of the fire rope, so this short-cut plaque was lost by his father. At home, then it became Eriksson's toy.

"I don't have Welikro to play this short, the range is only 50 meters, the effective killing distance is 20 to 30 meters, can only be used for self-defense."Eriksson handed the short note over.

Welikro This Gali three-type fire rope grab is said to have a range of 280 meters, and the effective killing distance is about 150 meters. Of course, you can't play it. However, within a hundred meters, five centimeters thick planks can pass through, no wonder that in the early years will become the standard equipment of the Kingdom Army.

The short cymbal is curved and curved, about 60 cm long. Except for the short barrel, the brass fittings on the gun are smaller than the accessories of Welikro's arquebus. The other is no different, but the gun is short. These accessories are crowded together and look a bit bloated.

"Right, take your guns and gunpowder to me. When I bought it last time, I listened to Wakri and said that this short-lived is a marine-type egg white, which is half the price of Welikro. See what the difference is."

What Claude didn't expect was that the gunpowder that Eriksson handed him turned out to be a paper tube. Even the gun was attached to the paper tube. The paper tube was made of oil paper and was waterproof. There is also a small piece of cork between the gun and the paper tube, which seems to be a little larger than the paper tube.

"What is this small piece of wood used for?"Claude was curious as to why a small piece of wood was added between the gun and the gun.

"It can be used for fixing and holding the gun. Because it is a short squat, there is no such small piece of wood when it is shaken in the hand, and the gun and gunpowder are easy to slip out…"Welikro explained.

Oh, Claude understands, he is going to peel off the fixed gunpowder in his hand and look at the gunpowder inside.

"Don't tear it down."Eriksson said: "When you go back, if you have more, you can take a look at it. Now, if it is useful, we will lose one shot. Such a gun to seven fennie, I bought fifteen rounds, spent a riya cable. ”

Seven fennie is equivalent to seven cents, plus three hair is a sunar, and a riya is also ten dollars. Mr. Morssen said that his day's work is also a riya, which is equal to fifteen such guns, so it is quite expensive.

"That Welikro, is your gun used in your arquebus?"Claude lived in a good life.

Welikro shook her head. "No, I'm all separate. Gunpowder powder is in this horn, not as fixed as his gun."

"It's much easier to fix this than you can, but is it too expensive?"

"No, that doesn't apply to my arquebus."Knowing that Claude was a musket idiot, Welikro explained to him with patience and patience: "It is convenient to fix the gun, but the paper scraping left in the gun after launch is very troublesome. Eyke's short rifle is short, easy to see when cleaning, and easy to clean.

The gun body of my arquebus is very long. I can't clean it with the fixed gun. If the paper scraps are left inside, the second shot will affect the range and accuracy, and even the accumulation of paper scraps in the gun will affect the life of the barrel. ”

Claude some confused grasp his head, in his impression, the past look at those historical novel protagonist back to the ancient gun to build guns to dominate the world, basically put the fixed gunpowder as a battlefield to win the magic weapon, think it can effectively increase the number of fire gun launch, reduce the trouble of firing fire rope guns, How come it doesn't work when it got here?

Welikro stood up and took out a few rectangular pieces of leather: "Okay, we are ready to go. It is about seven o'clock. It is just a ambush to the creek to see if there are any prey to drink." Everyone picks up two pieces of leather, puts the calves around, and then tied them with tie ropes. Don't leak the gaps. ”

Borkal wondered: "No, Welikro, do you let us tie this leather?" Didn't everyone wear long pants and hiking boots…"

"This is a snake bite."Welikro said: "Without this skin, the light trousers will be bitten by the snake worm. Tied up the leather, they can't bite. Walking through the grass and the woods at night, the most important thing to watch out for is the poison of these snakes. Oh, tie the neckline, don't let the reptiles fall into the collar. ”

"Then, then we can't ignite it, and then hit the grass with a stick…"

“Ha!Welikro was laughed at: "We are going to ambush, we are going hunting, not going to the parade! You hit the stick with a torch and want to have animals close to the stream? ”

After a while, see everyone tied the skin on the calf, Welikro said: "We are ready when we are ready, I am in front, Claude and Boa in the middle, Eyke last. By the way, Boa has a stone shovel, Claude, you bring my hunting bow, and your bow and arrow are still good at school. My hunting bow is two more powerful than the school practice soft bow, you should be able to use it.

Also, everyone should be quiet when they walk, it is best not to make any big noise. When I get to the creek, I will choose the ambush point. At that time, try not to talk, lest the animals feel that they have escaped…are you done? Ok, let's go…"