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"How about the power, range and accuracy of this gun?" Shi Xiong asked.

"It's pretty good. It's beyond my expectations." Ferguson was very excited. "The effective range of this gun can reach two hundred yards. At this distance, you can easily shoot a person slightly less than a real person with this gun. A smaller target. As for the power, it is also very good. Boss, you can try this gun."

Shi Xiong smiled and nodded, and then slapped his mouth at Ferguson. Ferguson immediately handed over a small cloth bag and a projectile.

The small cloth bag contained gunpowder, and the small cloth bag contained about eight grams of gunpowder. Before the new-style gunpowder was mass-produced, this French-made gunpowder required about eight grams for each shot.

The concept of fixed gunpowder has been implemented in the European continent for nearly a hundred years. Before the flintlock gun became popular, when European countries used matchlock guns, the matchlock shooters would have a leather strap hanging diagonally on their shoulders, and twelve wooden pre-installed gunpowder canisters hung on the belt. The charge for firing a gun, a bag of projectiles and a gunpowder canister with horns.

Because all the matchlock shooters at that time carried twelve pre-loaded gunpowder canisters, this type of musketeer was called the "Twelve Apostles."

However, between 1670 and 1690, as the number of flintlocks in the army increased, the leather harness gradually disappeared from the musketeer's equipment list. It was replaced by an ammunition box, which contained some pre-loaded gunpowder rolls wrapped in greased paper containing a precise amount of gunpowder and one projectile. When filling, the musketeer bites one end of the gunpowder roll with his teeth, bit the projectile in his mouth, pours the gunpowder into the muzzle of the inverted musket, and then stuffs the projectile into the muzzle. The packed grease paper is used as a filling plug. Finally, a pressure rod (first wooden bar, then iron bar) was used to compact the ammunition and gunpowder.

The gunpowder rolls that Ferguson brought before could not be used because of the caliber of this new rifle. I want to make this kind of gunpowder roll again. Shixiong hasn't slapped the paper out yet, and Ferguson didn't bring oiled paper when he came here, so the method of making this kind of fixed gunpowder roll with oiled paper is temporarily impossible.

But this can't help Ferguson. Although the Gaoshu tribe does not have oil paper, um, it cannot be said that there is no. The barrels containing gunpowder, sulfur and fire nitrate that Stone Bear seized from the French are lined with kraft paper and oil paper, but the thing cannot be moved. Ah, once the lined kraft paper and oiled paper are drawn out, whether it is gunpowder or fire sulphur, it is easy to get damp.

But there are a lot of cotton cloth in the Gaoshu tribe, so Ferguson commissioned the ingenious women in the tribe to sew a batch of these small cloth bags, which were specially used to hold gunpowder.

Although this kind of bag is not moisture-proof, the gunpowder in the bag is ready to use. As long as it doesn't rain, this method is fine for the time being.

The gunpowder in each small bag is fixed, and it can be regarded as fixed gunpowder. When filling, just open the mouth of the cloth bag and pour all the gunpowder into it.

Shixiong first stuffed the projectile from the hole above the opened gunpowder chamber, and then tilted the muzzle down a bit, so that the projectile would follow a shallow groove in the gunpowder chamber automatically after entering the gunpowder chamber Click into the barrel.

Then Shi Xiong opened the cloth bag and poured all the gunpowder inside into the gunpowder room at once. Then turn the trigger guard again, and the iron cover above the gunpowder chamber rotates with the help of the thread to seal the gunpowder chamber, and the small iron bar under the cover can also compact the gunpowder in the gunpowder chamber after the cover is screwed down. The compacted gunpowder will withstand the projectile in front, even if the gun is erected, the projectile will not leave the barrel.

Shi Xiong took out a small amount of gunpowder from another big cloth bag that Ferguson took out and put it in the cauldron next to the ignition hole in the gunpowder chamber, and then pulled down the fire sickle reed and placed it on top of the cauldron.

This small amount of gunpowder is specially used to start fire. When a gun is fired, the "cock" (PS: the firearm term for the firing hammer in the firing mechanism) will move down quickly under the drive of the reed, and the flint clamped by the flint clamp on the "cock" will move downwards. Friction with the reed of the fire sickle above the cauldron, and then will produce sparks, ignite the small amount of gunpowder in the cauldron.

Because the flint on the "rooster" is rubbing against the reed of the fire, the reed of the fire has sealed the cauldron and served as the lid of the cauldron, so the ignited gunpowder in the cauldron cannot erupt to other locations. The flame can be transmitted to the gunpowder chamber at the back of the barrel in a very short time through the pilot hole, and finally the gunpowder in the gunpowder chamber can be ignited. The ignited gunpowder in the gunpowder chamber will burst out a large amount of gas in an instant, and the gas will push the projectile out of the barrel to complete a firing.

After completing this set of actions, even if the loading is complete, the next moment is to raise the gun to aim and pull the trigger to complete the firing.

"Boss, there is a gun target outside. I stood up when I tried the gun. The straight-line distance from the door to the gun target is 200 yards. I measured it myself."

"Go, shoot a few shots outside!" Shi Xiong took the filled gun, strode out of the house, walked outside, and looked into the distance. You can vaguely see the human figure nailed to a big tree. Gun target.

Two hundred yards, which is a little over one hundred and eighty meters, at this distance, even a real person looks very small. The target was slightly smaller than a real person by two circles, so at this distance, the head and body of the target could only be vaguely distinguished.

Shi Xiong held up the rifle, the **** was pressed tightly against his right shoulder, his left arm stretched out, his left hand steadily supported the gun body under the barrel, and his right hand also supported the front of the butt, with the index finger of his right hand slowly. Slowly reached into the trigger guard and buckled on the trigger.

Separate his feet back and forth, hold his breath, tilt his head and cheeks against the butt, narrowing his left eye slightly, and aiming at the human-shaped target 200 yards away through the sight of the right eye through the front sight of the barrel.

When the front sight and the head of the target were in line, Shixiong pulled the trigger.

Along with the sparks that flint rubbed on the flint reed, the gunpowder in the cauldron was ignited. Then after a few tenths of a second, Shi Xiong felt the gun body shake, and a large amount of smoke came out from the ignition hole and muzzle , The round projectile was also ejected in an instant.

The recoil produced by the gunpowder that uses black powder as the firing powder is not very large, and the stone bear is strong and well prepared, so this recoil is not a big deal to him.

The most important thing is that Shi Xiong's arms are too powerful. The huge power can keep the muzzle stable during firing, so that the projectiles fired will not be too deviated due to the jitter of the muzzle.

The projectile flew over a distance of 200 yards in a few tenths of a second, and then accurately hit the humanoid gun target. What made Shi Xiong a little regretful was that when he saw the fresh bullet hole on the target, he couldn't help but shook his head slightly.

It was clearly aimed at the head, but the bullet hit the upper part of the chest. What this shows is very simple, that is, the effective range of this gun may be longer than two hundred yards, but it is not far away.

Two hundred yards is almost the farthest effective range of this gun.

Although the maximum range of this gun is very long, the effective range and maximum range are two completely different concepts. Generally speaking, the maximum range of a gun is usually five to seven times the effective range.

Just like this Ferguson rifle, its maximum range can exceed one kilometer, and the effective range is estimated to be up to 200 meters. No matter how far away, the projectile can indeed be shot, but there is a fart for not being able to hit it.

Seeing that the half-inch-thick plank of a gun target was almost pierced by a single shot, Shi Xiong was quite satisfied with this power.

This means that within two hundred yards, as long as the gun is aimed at, the enemy will hardly run away. Even if it fails to hit the point, as long as the projectile hits the arm or leg, it is definitely enough for the enemy to drink a pot.

The reloading speed of six rounds per minute, the effective range of 200 yards, the accuracy and power can also be justified, which is better than most current standard rifles, not a star and a half.

In terms of effective range and power, the only thing that can be compared with this rifle is the Kentucky rifle. It's just that the loading speed of the Kentucky rifle is far inferior to this rifle, and its accuracy should also be slightly inferior to this rifle.

In general, this rifle developed by Ferguson is absolutely ahead of all rifles in the world.

Seeing the satisfied look on his boss's face, Ferguson looked like a child praised by his teacher, and he was overjoyed.

Although this rifle was developed by himself, Ferguson knew very well that without the boss's guidance and the steel produced by the boss, this rifle would never have such excellent performance. Especially the kind of rotary locking mechanism pointed by the boss, it is simply a genius creativity.

Ferguson thought he couldn't think of such a genius idea.

It is not an exaggeration to say that at least 70% of the credit for this rifle is due to the boss.

Although the hard bones and the bunny mouth and the newly arrived Jack Williams also contributed a lot to the post-production of this gun, in Ferguson's mind, the boss is the real inventor of this rifle.

"This gun is very good, quite good. As far as I know, this gun is better than the current standard rifles in the armed forces of various countries. Patrick, you have worked hard." The praise ~www.readwn.com~ Ishikuma is I will never be stingy with the words I praise. As a superior, it is very necessary to properly express appreciation to your opponents, which can be a good way to win over your subordinates.

Naturally, Shi Xiong, who has worked in museums and institutions for more than ten years in his previous life, knows this very well.

Regardless of the curator or other leaders in the past life, praise your subordinates at the right time at the right time. Then no matter who it is, at least three days will have a smile on his face, and he must say "our leader" in his mouth.

What is this? This is actually a manifestation of homecoming.

The complimented Ferguson's face became more joyful, and he happily said: "Boss, you can name this rifle."

Shi Xiong glanced at this guy and felt that what he said was not against his will. He seemed to really want to name this gun.

So Shixiong smiled and said: "Well, you made this gun by yourself, and you have made great efforts and contributions in the development process, so this gun is called the Ferguson rifle!"

Mr. Patrick Ferguson was stunned immediately...