Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 52—Targets and Sights

The next afternoon, I went to the suburbs to practice shooting. But Borkal complained when I drove Claude in a carriage. He didn't expect Claude to ask him to find a target for the carpentry. The square wooden slats were nailed below. Stick, it’s over.

"You made them do a few?"Claude asked.

"I asked them to do two. The result was too simple. They made four more. There are a total of six, I have moved to the car. ”Borkal replied.

Welikro said next to it: "Claude, the target you made is simple but not useful. Those mimic targets mimic the image and size of animals, can be placed in the woods and in the bushes, used to train the hunter's shooting accuracy and estimation ability, and can quickly understand the damage each gun can cause to the prey… …"

Claude smiled: "Nothing, these targets are just semi-finished products, and you will understand when you get to the place."

In the place where I practiced yesterday, after selecting two targets from Borkal, Crowder took out a roll of papyrus and took one and handed it to Welikro: "There is a batter, put this paper on wood. Stick it on the card."

This is the target paper, cut into the same size specifications of the square wooden card, with a red circle in the middle and a black circle with a magnified circle on the outside. In order to draw such a target paper, Claude spent a night yesterday painting twenty.

Welikro looked at the affixed target paper and immediately understood its usefulness. She couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Claude: "This is the best target. How did you come up with it, Claude?"

Claude just shook his head with a smile: "Try it first. If you can't use it, you have to try it."

This time Welikro tried to grab it. He took the shot with only two shots and shot three more shots to hit the red heart. Then call Borkal to the side, tell him the distance error between aiming and shooting, and how to pre-adjust the aiming target to achieve the accuracy of shooting.

Borkal began to practice shooting with great interest. Although the first few shots were not shot, but they were also shot on the target, which made him very happy. He continued to practice shooting under Welikro's guidance, instead of just a little over yesterday. I didn't feel like I went to the dock to find Eriksson.

To be honest, the target paper drawn by Claude greatly improved the firing rate of the musket. As Welikro praised, the red dot at the center of the target made it much less difficult to adjust the estimated aiming and shooting distance errors, rather than the graphical targets of the two antelopes and wild boars that Borkal took yesterday, because there is no center. The red dot can be aimed at, so that every gun is actually relying on Mongolia.

The reason is actually very simple. The two emission points on the musket and the red dot at the center of the target are emitted in a straight line. The actual error can be calculated according to the black circle on the target. When the second gun is aimed at this error, it can be shot. The center of the target is red.

But Claude is still not satisfied. The two launch points of the Aubass Mark 2s arquebus are the same as those of the old-fashioned arquebus, one at the front of the muzzle and one at the back of the lid of the kit. The road markings are also coated with a white phosphor to facilitate the aiming of the shooter.

When the launch point of the front end and the launch point of the back end are not on a central axis, the simplest aiming point of three points becomes a useless theory. The distance error of the shooting target must be estimated and adjusted before each shot. This is to delay the frequency of firearms launches, and the second is to increase the difficulty of hitting targets, especially those of activities…

While Claude is thinking about whether he wants to find a blacksmith to build a muzzle sight, Borkal has completed his practice today, and after 30 rounds, his shooting percentage is around 58%. The target paper on the target is already a hole.

Such grades made Borkal very proud and thought he was very talented in shooting. So I took the target paper off the target and took it to Eriksson to see it. By the way, I blew the cow. But at the moment, he wants to talk to Claude about the issue of business cooperation. That is, everyone will spend some money to cooperate in the production of this target and target paper, and then put it on the sales floor of their home, and the profits will be divided according to the proportion.

"This is a genius design."Borkal boasted to Claude: "Not to mention the convenience of shooting at the gun, it is also a very big improvement in the durability of the target. I think this will be a good business opportunity. It is worth investing. A little money goes in, maybe you can't make big money, but it's okay to earn back the money and get some pocket money."

Borkal is right, like the kind of target of their business, they can't sell seven or eight a year, and the profit is very low. Usually, the children of the upper class in the town will buy one when they are going to do shooting training. Like the hunters and mountain people in the town, although they have to practice the shooting skills of the firearms, most of them just do something to be a target, and they will not spend money to buy those target targets, even if they are a little money, they I also prefer to buy wine and drink, a little woodworking skills will also be a target.

The durability of the other type of target is not so good. Most of them are made up of various pieces of residual wood and wood. The shots of the guns are easily broken at close range. In addition, even if there is no break, the bullet holes left on it will bring trouble to the accuracy of the shooting behind, even if the bullet marks of each gun were painted with ink.

The wooden sign designed by Claude can be made with stronger and thicker wood. No matter how many bullet marks are left on it, the new target paper is a new target. As for the target paper, there is no need to draw a picture like Claude last night. It is more convenient and faster to print, and the quantity is much cheaper. So Borkal is fascinated by this. He is right. He may not make big money, but it is perfectly fine to get some pocket money.

"Well, how much do you want to invest? Just when we are a small business partnered by four people."Claude didn't care much about this target, and it was a good idea to hand it over to Borkal.

Borkal calculated for a long time: "I want to have a silver thale for each person. I will spend two silver thales to make twenty targets. Each target has 30 target papers, and the rest is reserved. The price of selling three riya cable should have a market. I can also let my father sell to those who love shooting, or I can get the shooting range to sell…"

A target with thirty sheets of target paper, the cost of a riya cable, selling three riya cable is not expensive, a target can earn two riya cable, this is a good business, Borkal calculation is very smart. The only pity is that this is not a daily necessities. There are not many people in need, and the shipment volume will not be large. It is impossible to make any big money.

Welikro has no opinion. He thinks that the target designed by Claude is indeed a good thing. It doesn't matter if you invest a little money. So Borkal was very happy to go to the dock to find Eriksson, and he was sent a silver thale…

Borkal drove in a horse-drawn carriage. Claude continued to wonder how to install a sight on the muzzle. Welikro took a few shots from Borkal's arquebus and asked him what he was doing. Why didn't he practice shooting?

Claude said his vision, and Welikro didn't agree. He said that the musket has been around for nearly six hundred years. Everyone is used to such an aiming method. There is no need to install any sight at the muzzle. It is enough to have a launching point. He thinks that Claude thinks that the main reason for the inconvenience is that the practice is not enough. As long as he practiced shooting hundreds of times, he would naturally get used to it.

Summer insects can't speak ice, Claude can't convince Welikro with his previous examples. He asked the town of Welikro where there was a blacksmith shop for small objects. Welikro saw Claude's intention to engage in the sights and had to recommend him to a blacksmith shop in Zhennan. He said that the blacksmith shop was more affordable and of good quality. The trap accessories that his father took to hunt were ordered at the blacksmith shop.

So Claude began to design the sight, which is very simple. According to his own memory, he will draw the sight of the airgun that he used to play in the past. The width of the sleeve is one centimeter, the circle is hollow, and a aligning needle is placed in the middle. The height is the same as the height of the cartridge on the barrel. The underside of the sight is also an iron sleeve that is a little larger than the barrel. It is used to fit over the muzzle. It should be noted that the iron sleeve must be fixed on the muzzle, not easy to fall off or vibrate due to the launch. But also easy to disassemble…

In addition, Claude is also preparing to change the launch point on the lid of the cartridge to a U-shaped hole. It is a pity that the cover is active, and it is not suitable as a rear aiming hole. But Claude couldn't do anything. He remembered the video of the rifle that was seen on the computer in the past. The gun was finally equipped with a sight, and the door was connected. It was the sight.

There is also a related small video behind the video, which is the aiming and launching principle of the rifle. Claude casually looked at it, and many of the content was forgotten, but remember that the simplest principle of aiming is the eye, the door hole, the sight and the target are shot in a straight line, as long as the gun body is stable, it can hit the target.

In addition, the small video says that the installation and proofreading of the aiming device is also very simple. The front sight and the rear door are on a central axis and are parallel to the gun body. The principle of the proofreading sight is from the eye to the door hole, then to the target, and finally to the goal is an absolute straight line, but the bullet emitted from the barrel is a faint curve, so the active gauge is usually installed at the door to carry out the target adjustment, so that the aiming line and the trajectory curve at the target to achieve the goal.

Claude remembers to look at the door, and even the curved adjustment mechanism of the meter above is very clear. But the problem is that he has a hoist gun instead of a rifle in his hand. The biggest difference between the two is that there are pill boxes on the barrel of the arquebus, the cover, the fire rope clips, and there is no way to install a photo. Above. Therefore, Claude had to play the idea of the cover. Anyway, the launch point was engraved on the cover, and then it was used to cover the door.

When Borkal came back in the carriage, he unexpectedly found Eriksson on the top, but his face was not very beautiful. When asked, I realized that he didn’t see his father when he came home last night. It seems that he was a friend’s birthday party. Eriksson didn't come up in the morning, and when he came home from school in the afternoon, he knew that his father had gone to sea…Going to the sea…

The news was a bad news for Eriksson. He also planned to get some money from his father to return to the reconstruction of his small fishing boat. His father came back from the sea for at least ten days and a half, and the small fishing boat was rebuilt. It has a very serious impact.

Eriksson said that Uncle Peg's labor costs can be delayed, and most of the materials are also available in the warehouse of the terminal. However, some of the glues and accessories of the glue powder need to be purchased from the commercial banks in the town. Need three or four silver thale. If he waits for his father to come back, he will delay time.

Originally, Eriksson wanted to borrow some money from his partners and topped it up. As a result, Borkal ran over to talk about his target investment plan, and Eriksson cried.

Finally, Welikro said that he had four silver thales in Borkal, took a silver thale to invest in the target, and the remaining three were loaned to Eriksson for shipbuilding. Borkal also said that he would use two silver thales for Eriksson and help him to invest in the target investment of the silver thale.

As for Claude, it was ignored by three partners. Everyone knows that he has money to buy things. He just invited a guest last time, bought a book, and bought three broken things in Wakri’s store. Now he wants What kind of sight is tossed, ready to go to the blacksmith shop to customize what the star, so I don't ask him to borrow money…