Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 51—Shooting Practice

"Aiming, the two launch points are aligned in line with the middle of the target, and the hand is steady…Pay attention to the fire rope, close your eyes, put it! ”

The sound of Welikro came from the ear, and Claude closed his eyes and pulled the trigger hard.

"Hey…Oh…Boom!

The buttocks on the shoulders slammed backwards, and beyond Claude’s surprise, the recoil of the Aubass Mark 2s was not as big as it was supposed to be, compared to Welikro’s Gali three-type vintage rope. The recoil of the gun is much less. The recoil force when the arquebus was fired was like a heavy punch. If you didn't get ready, it would be good to go back a few steps. The body might almost come back and fall down…

Welikro didn't go to see the target. Instead, she came over and took the arquebus gun in Borkal's hand. She looked at it with great care. She admired it with envy: "It's a good gun. In fact, I should try the gun first. Just watch you shoot. I discovered that this gun can be fired without closing your eyes."

Eh?

Looking at the skeptical expressions of Claude and Borkal, Welikro raised his gun and explained: "I was still wondering why the Aubass Mark 2s arquebus kit would be as far away as the wooden butt. You see, this gun is particularly long, from the back end of the barrel is a foot and a half, this is to lengthen the medicine box and aim when the eyes of the distance, to ensure that the fire rope into the medicine box after splashing sparks will not hurt the eyes, the second is to make the gun butt more comfortable to stand up to the shoulder, keep the body stable, Third, such a length of distance can make it easier for gunmen to aim between two launch points and targets …

You have seen my Gali three-type old-fashioned arquebus, and you should find that the position of the pill box is particularly backward. This is because the distance from the pill box is easily blurred when aiming, it is too close. The reason. In addition, I found that the seals on the two new guns were very good. The trigger fire rope entered the pill box and there was almost no spark. So I think you don't need to close your eyes when you use this gun to launch. ”

Welikro raised her gun on the shoulder and made a standing aiming action: "Look, the distance between the pill box and my eyes is widened, and it is not necessary to close the eyes when shooting, so as to better maintain the accuracy of the shooting. There is also this wooden buttstock, which is very comfortable and can better maintain the stability of the gun body when it is launched. By the way, I forgot to ask you, did you feel that the recoil was strong when you shot? ”

Claude and Borkal shook their heads together, and both felt that the recoil was not strong.

As for Welikro's question about the distance between the kits and the wooden butt, Claude didn't think there was any fuss. As long as it was studied according to human mechanics, the arquebus was improved from the appearance and resembled those of the modern rifles in memory. Although its launch method is still very very primitive and backward…

Welikro licked the arquebus in his hand and set it up to compare himself to himself: "The weight is lighter than my old-fashioned arquebus, and the length of the gun seems to be reduced by twenty. The cents are more convenient for long-distance marching carrying and launch operations. I remember my father said that the Aubass Mark 2s arquebus can be equipped with a bayonet as a spear to directly assassinate the battle on the battlefield. Do you have a gun with a bayonet? ”

Claude recalled all the matching items in the wooden box and shook his head. "No, I didn't find a bayonet. If there is, I won't buy the fish bone dagger from Wakri."

Borkal said that he did not find any bayonet in the wooden box to make accessories.

"I originally wanted to see how the bayonet fits over the barrel," Welikro said, touching the barrel. "You have a straight barrel. The muzzle and the barrel are the same size, unlike my one." A little bell mouth. My father said that my old-fashioned arquebus was directly inserted into the barrel of the bayonet. Your new one is said to be buckled outside the barrel and does not affect the launch of the musket. ”

Claude saw the bayonet of Welikro's house, and last time she went to Welikro in Egret. It looks almost as long as a short sword, but one is a single-sided blade and the other is a double-sided blade. But the handle was bare and it was very uncomfortable to hold. No way, Welikro explained that it was meant to be tucked inside the barrel.

"In fact, it is very simple. The iron ring with the same casing in front of the handle of the bayonet and the tail can be placed outside the barrel without affecting the firing of the gun."Although there is no physical object for the bayonet, I think Claude knows what it is.

"Let's go and see the target. I just hit the shot I played with Claude."Borkal is very impatient and everyone is standing here nonsense, he can't wait to see his shooting grades.

So the three went to the target 50 meters away. This distance is determined by Welikro. He believes that the standard dry powder No. 1 is used to launch gunpowder, so the error in aiming and shooting distance is preferably about 50 meters. This is to see the target accurately, and it is easy to adjust the aiming gap according to the position of the hit. Second, the guns that are fired at this distance can only be straight lines, without having to consider the impact of external factors such as the wind on the guns that are emitted…

It was only when the three people reached the target that the target was clean and there was no unexpected bullet hole. It was obvious that neither Claude nor Borkal had hit their target.

The two targets are not the rounded target around the central red dot that Claude is familiar with, but two mimetic wooden signs, one for the antelope and one for the wild boar.

The targets of this world are all shaped, such as the archer's practice of shooting humanoid grass targets. In the era of the guns, the military camp was to change the grass target to the adult-shaped wood target. They do not pursue the firing accuracy of a musket. When training, they also stand in a horizontal queue and fire, and then count how many bullet holes are on the wood target as the coverage success rate of the shot.

Welikro once heard his father say that a hundred soldiers were fired in a queue, and all the ten wooden targets on the opposite side had excellent bullet holes. Eight targets had good bullet holes and six targets had bullet holes. To be qualified. The following will be punished.

Borkal's two antelopes and wild boar graphics from the warehouse of their own stores are actually commodities. They only buy a lot of people, and they have one or two volumes over the years. So Borkal took the shot directly from the warehouse.

"Where did you just aim?"Welikro asked.

"I am aiming at the body center of the wild boar."Borkal said he shot a wild boar target.

"I am aiming here."Claude pointed his finger at the heart of the antelope target.

Both targets are each resting on a large tree.

Welikro is very experienced looking down for bullet marks around the target.

"This should be shot by Claude."Soon Welikro found a bullet hole on the underside of the antelope target.

Claude looked at the bullet hole on the ground and looked at the target part that he was aiming at. The heart said that it was too exaggerated. The difference between the upper and lower sides was more than 30 cm, and the distance deviation was nearly one foot.

It was good to find the bullet hole that Claude shot, but the gun that Borkal shot could not be found. After spending a long time, Welikro could only help but think that Borkal is likely to close his eyes and shake his hand at the moment of launch. The guns don’t know where to shoot. Fortunately, there is no one's woods, otherwise it is very likely to cause accidental injuries.

Borkal was very unconvinced, so he and Claude again pour the medicine, tamping with the slats, refilling the gun, tamping again, then charging the medicine box, cutting the fire rope, clamping the fire rope, and arranging the arque gun on the bracket. , ignite the fire rope, start aiming…

This time, Claude didn't close his eyes. When he saw that the fire rope burned almost, he pulled the trigger. "Boom", the fire on the gun box flashed a gray smoke.

Borkal fired a few seconds later than Claude, but after the shooting he complained that he was shocked by Claude's gunshots. This time it may not be possible.

Going back to the target again, the target is still bare. But this time, under the target, less than a finger distance found bullet holes and trunks that were shot on the trunk.

Crowder estimated that this time the position of the aiming is about 20 centimeters.

Borkal's bullet holes were also found, but about half a meter away from the target, this deviation is too big.

The third launch of Claude was self-adjusting, and the two launch points were moved in a straight line to the top of the target by one finger and fired.

This time, the bullet marks were finally left on the target, but Claude estimated that the bullet marks on the head of the antelope appeared on the back. Welikro laughed and said that if it is a real hunting, this antelope can still escape in the mountains.

Borkal is still shooting.

Welikro took out a small brush and dipped a little ink on the bullet that Claude had left on the antelope's target. This was to avoid mixing the bullet marks of the next shot. After viewing it, the ink on the target's bullet marks was also used to make it more Make great use of this target.

Claude continues to shoot.

Borkal felt boring after shooting ten shots. He threw the arquebus to Welikro and asked him to adjust the shooting deviation. He drove to the dock to find Eriksson. He also found an excuse to go and see him put it. The ship broke back and did not.

Claude and Welikro look at each other's smiles. Borkal is such a temper. He is not unwise, but has little patience with these weapons, just as he learns swordsmanship. If you give him a book, Claude and Welikro will have no interest in looking at it, but Borkal can look at it for a long time, and finally tell the partners what the account book remembers, whether there is a false account. Being ruined by someone…

Compared with Borkal, Welikro is much more professional, this aubass Mark 2s fire rope gun In his hand, only shot 10 times to estimate the deviation value, two launch point and Target in a straight shot after the bullet hole in the target position to the left of the lower finger around the distance, The next 10 launches adjusted the deviation and basically shot the target, 10 of which had eight rounds.

Claude is still shooting and self-measurement deviation distance, he always feel how to adjust the target and shooting bullet holes are not in a position, perhaps this should be the cause of the antelope target, this thing is really not good to aim, can only estimate an outline, can shoot in its body parts has been very good, Instead of what Claude thinks is, where to hit …

Borkal came back in a carriage. He said that Eriksson had dragged the broken sea shovel back, and now he was on fire with the uncle Peg on the pier.

"What about baking?"Claude doesn't understand.

Welikro smiled: "That is to dismantle the board. You don't know if the board is glued on both sides."The glue is made of fish gelatin, and the horns and beef tendons are mixed and boiled to paste the board. To dismantle the board, the fire must be used to raise the temperature so that the glue can be melted before the board can be separated. Otherwise, the board is The cracked place where the glue solidified is still very strong…"

So, Claude remembered her own thing: "Right, Boa, first send me to the bookstore, I buy some papyrus back to make the target paper. You don't have to bring these two shaped targets tomorrow. I will give you a size. You asked the carpenter of your business to give me two simple targets. I will use it to practice shooting tomorrow to ensure better use than these two targets. ”

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