Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 547 Revolver

There are also some different voices expressing opposition: Will the widespread distribution of weapons to indigenous peoples cause the dispersal of weapons?In particular, equipping indigenous cadres with pistols is the most controversial: the army is under centralized management and is strictly controlled from top to bottom by the crossing people.The possibility of scattered weapons is minimized. Once the weapons are in the hands of extremely scattered indigenous cadres, it will be difficult to manage them.

But the real threat made the planning institute finally propose to make a pistol exclusively for indigenous personnel as a standard self-defense weapon.

So this question was handed over to the first weapon design team-the first team specialized in designing "modern weapons" and the second design team with retro style as the main body was different.The main force of the first weapon team is Li Yiluo.

This chubby man, who seldom speaks on weekdays, is an expert in machining. Not only can he work as a fitter, he is also very skilled in the application of other machine tools.This kind of craftsmanship contributed to Li Yiluo's sideline business.He used to make guns secretly and illegally. It was a piece of cake for him to imitate a small free-action pistol like the Type 64. According to him, he made pistols, shotguns and rifles.In order to show that he is not bragging, he brought two of his own works in his carry-on luggage, a 9mm Makarov/59 and an M1911.

Li Yiluo donated his own complete set of gun-making tools and many special equipment he had saved to the organization.With this set of gadgets, as long as you can find roughly suitable steel, it is not too difficult to make an AK-of course, it cannot be compared with the AK from a regular factory.The only problem is that bullets are hard to make, he said very modestly that he can only reload.

Li Yiluo started this business not so much for making money, but as a kind of hobby-a person who likes weapons and has hands-on ability can often do things, but once the interest is supported by profits, his interest in technology The research became more and more vigorous.The things produced are also becoming more and more bold, from simple imitation of simple small smashing cannons to decent imitations of various famous pistols.If there is no wormhole, Li Yiluo's fate can be imagined.His wife Li Yuanyuan said: Most of them participated in the time-traveling out of necessity.

The couple had a good time in Lingao, his wife was working as a clerk on the executive committee, and he was finally able to make guns in a fair manner——to be able to make guns in the sun and discuss his works with others in a grand manner, this kind of happiness It was Li Yiluo who had never enjoyed it before.

But Li Yiluo did not find many opportunities to play.The traverser's arsenal is quite substantial, including rifles, pistols, and shotguns, and there is no need for his self-made firearms yet.Everyone praised his craftsmanship, but no one wanted to use the guns made of substandard local steel with their own hands.As for the miniature rifles manufactured for the natives, they were produced in industrialized batches and did not require any effort from him - Zhan Wuya and others had prepared a complete set of tooling and equipment for the production of miniature rifles in another time and space.

So Li Yiluo was in charge of the manufacture of light weapons ammunition in the machinery factory—mainly reloading the 7.62*54mm ammunition of the SKS rifle—the ammunition consumed a lot in several battles.Li Yiluo often reloaded this kind of bullet in the past, and he was very familiar with it and specially built a small set of special equipment, including bullet molds and special presses.

He can't make it with armored bullets—fortunately, lead is abundant here, so we directly use pure lead to make it. The gunpowder is the best high-grade fine-grained black powder—no matter how hard the chemical department works, nitrocellulose has always remained in the manufacturing industry. paint level.

But the current situation is not the past when reinstalling a few rounds at a time, a dozen rounds or at most a hundred rounds.Even the daily shooting training conducted by the time traveler in order to maintain the feel of the weapon, at least two thousand bullet casings were brought after the end.He had to reload these shells one by one, which was simply hard labor.

With the support of Zhan Wuya, Li Yiluo improved the equipment, turning the small equipment that was originally suitable for him to use secretly into an assembly line that multiple workers could operate.Only in this way can he have the time and energy to engage in his main business - the manufacture of light weapons.

He did not participate in the manufacture of the Delinger pistol-he despised such a crude weapon.He focused his efforts on imitating the military 12-gauge shotgun, which has low bullet requirements and does not use metal casings.The Navy and Special Reconnaissance Team are very interested in this weapon.

The task of imitating the pistol temporarily interrupted his research and development work on the shotgun.The weapons design team gathered from their posts to the office of the machinery factory to discuss the project on this "indigenous special pistol".

The soul of the first weapon design team is Bai Yu. He is not only an officer of the armored force, but also an upright professional in weapon design and engineering design.Although Li Yiluo has rich experience in making guns, he has very little experience in how to design weapons and make them suitable for mass production-he has always been a hand-crafted workshop.

After receiving the task letter, several members of the design team thought about the weapon requirements issued by the Planning Institute:
This kind of weapon must be cheap enough, consume less materials, be easy to manufacture, and be able to form a large-scale production capacity in a short period of time.

In terms of the ammunition used with the pistol, it is best that the indigenous people cannot imitate or find substitutes, so as to prevent the pistol from being used by hostile elements after it is lost.

The pistol should be easy to use and operate, safe and reliable, and the performance does not need to be very high. The effective range is 25 meters.

"To meet these requirements, there is only a revolver." After reading it, Li Yiluo said, "Or simply mass-produce the 13mm 'Single One', even the barrel and ammunition are the same as the Mini rifle."

"'Single hit one' is fine, one shot is pretended to be one shot, and it is either used for murder or suicide." Bai Yu has always been disgusted with this simple and ugly weapon.Those in the first group felt the same way.

Revolvers have low requirements on materials and are fired with hammers, so they do not require springs and firing pins that have high requirements on materials and production technology.The bomb feeding method is simple and reliable, and can provide a certain amount of continuous firepower.

"Which one should we imitate? Webley or Smith & Wesson?" Li Yiluo knew most of the pistol line diagrams and structural diagrams in the world by heart. Of course, the performance is not the same. "In terms of performance, the Webley revolver is better."

"Smith & Wesson." Wang Ruixiang liked this kind of pistol very much, although he had never seen a S&W pistol in another time and space—even a dog.But he still fell in love with this romantic weapon.

Among the self-defense pistols purchased by the traveler through the North American branch, there are many S&W revolvers using 9mm ammunition, most of which are 4-inch barrels.Wang Ruixiang made one, paired it with the imitation American police revolver holster and bullet belt he got from the military store, and hung it on his ass all the time.

"The Webley revolver reloads quickly." Li Yiluo said.The Webley revolver is loaded by lowering the grip by pushing forward the lug pin on the left rear of the revolver block.The slide seat and barrel are then closed ready to fire.The gun is opened again for ejection, and a star extractor automatically clears the casing from the drum.This is a faster and more advanced device than the swing-out spinner, and is better suited for use with quickloaders.

"I'm afraid I can't make the material." Bai Yu said.The structure of this kind of gun is complex and the weight is too large, so the requirements for material strength are relatively high. "Besides, we don't have metal shells available, and its advantages cannot be reflected."

"Like Smith & Wesson." Wang Ruixiang insisted.

"I think it's still too complicated. The gun-making instructions given to us by the Planning Institute are to simplify—simplify again." Bai Yu said, "save all unnecessary parts, and minimize the process and processing requirements."

"Smith & Wesson would have to simplify and make a western version of the revolver."

The final decision was to use the Western version of the revolver. Its runner could not be swung out, and the chamber had to be turned manually to load one round at a time.The loading speed is slower, but the device for swinging out the rotor is omitted, and the tolerance requirements for production assembly can be further reduced.

Originally, in order to further reduce production difficulty and unify production standards, Wang Ruixiang proposed that this revolver and the Mini rifle use the same 13mm diameter seamless steel pipe, so that they can use the same size seamless steel pipe without separate material preparation.It is even possible to use scraps from cuttings from the production of Minie rifles.

However, Baiyu believes that this improvement is not worth the candle: the use of 13mm caliber is too large, which will inevitably cause too much ammunition to be loaded, resulting in excess power.

The revolver does not have any anti-recoil components - such as the recoil mechanism, so the recoil is completely borne by the shooter itself, so it cannot fire ammunition with a large charge.

The result of too much recoil is that it is difficult for the shooter to grasp the gun when shooting, which affects accuracy.Moreover, the unique structure of the revolver makes gunpowder gas leak out from the gap of the runner.If the bullet is too large, the gunpowder loaded must be more, and the gunpowder gas is too much and the combustion is not complete, which may injure the shooter.

When more gunpowder is fired, more gas will expand, and the requirements for the material and processing level of the barrel and chamber are also high.If small-caliber ammunition is used, the material requirements for the barrel can be greatly reduced, and the structural and process requirements can also be reduced.

The last problem is that 13mm bullets, whether they are metal bullets or paper shell bullets, are too large in size and weight, and the size of the manufactured pistol will also increase accordingly. In order to reduce the size, it is necessary to reduce the capacity of the magazine.

"In my opinion, the current 13mm Mini rifles are too large in caliber and too powerful. But this is a fait accompli, and it will not change for a while."

(End of this chapter)