Chapter 1209 The First Results Are Seen
When Danny held the gun, the first thing he felt was that its center of gravity had changed, and the whole thing had become a little heavier. If you don't look at the second extra tube next to the barrel, it is essentially A very ordinary bolt-action rifle, no different from what most soldiers in the musket battalion use. In terms of workmanship, it is obviously not as good as the precision rifle I am used to. The most eye-catching change is that the metal tube on the side extends all the way to the gun body and is connected to the pull bolt.
It seems that this should be the key to the weapon being able to fire continuously, Danny thought to himself.
He leaned over the target with ease and pulled the trigger. However, his eyes did not look directly at the direction of the gun as usual, but stared at the iron pipe on the side of the gun body.
Along with the tremor of the bullet coming out of the barrel, an incredible scene happened - although everything happened in the blink of an eye, Danny, as a marksman, still saw the entire process of the bolt change. Almost at the same time as the gunshot, the long rod hidden in the iron pipe seemed to be pushed out by something, driving the metal arc blades at the end to retreat together.
This arc piece is connected to the pull bolt. According to common sense, the pull bolt in the locked state cannot be pulled out. If it is forced, the result will either be aborted retreat or the long pole will be broken. However, the pull bolt bounced along the hollowed out trajectory in the center of the arc blade, released the locking state, and successfully exited the cartridge case.
After that, there is a complete reverse process. The long rod retracts into the tube and at the same time the pull bolt is reset. The head of the bolt falls to the bottom along the arc again, locking the barrel of the gun again.
What a... wonderful design!
Danny secretly sighed that this component was so clear that even a layman like him could understand its principle at a glance. To put it simply, the long pole in the second iron pipe is used to replace hand movements. The clever thing is that the long pole only relies on straight forward and backward movements to achieve four changes of lifting, pulling, pushing and pressing, and automatically completes the preparation for the next round of shooting without the need for user intervention.
On a whim, he fired out all the remaining bullets. Smelling the intoxicating smell of gun smoke, the long-lost sound reappeared in his ears.
"Nineteen are short of one, one shot missed." Malya chuckled, "Why, isn't the new weapon easy to use?"
"I'm just not used to it yet. If you don't believe me, I'll hit all the targets in the next round to show you."
"Uh...what don't you believe?" A surprised voice interrupted.
Danny suddenly came to his senses. He was not on the battlefield at the moment, but in a shooting training range where a group of people were watching. He stood up and looked at the artillery battalion commander who had a confused look on his face. He pretended to be nonchalant and shook his head, "No... I was just talking to myself."
"The score of 19 out of 20 shots is unsatisfactory. He is worthy of being the marksman of the First Army." Fanner patted the other party's shoulder and asked expectantly, "So... what do you think of this gun?"
Danny also knew a little about the "overt and covert struggle" between artillery battalions and muskets, but they were all for His Majesty, and he did not want to hide his appreciation for the new weapon. "Except for stability and weight, it has almost nothing." To be picky, if possible I would like to see similar modifications to the weapons of the Precision Fire Team.”
In terms of accuracy, at least on the 50-meter target and the 100-meter target, its performance is not much worse than that of ordinary rifles. The added weight is not conducive to standing shooting and charging with a gun, but that is not an issue that precision shooters need to consider. This should be the same for artillery battalions.
The ability to fire continuously is the biggest advantage of the new weapon - in the event of a missed hit, the action of pulling the bolt and loading the gun will cause the head to shift and the muzzle to rise, and it will take several breaths to re-lock the opponent through the sight. , it is also common to lose the original target, which makes the interval between each of their firings much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. But the musket in the test can significantly improve this point. He only needs to slightly adjust the muzzle to immediately add the corrected second bullet. Especially when enemies are swarming, he can almost imagine a quick point. The sight of killing a group target.
Hearing such comments, Fanner couldn't help but grin, "Currently this is just an immature design. If you can help us perfect this weapon, I will be more confident when I apply to Lord Iron Ax." "
His idea was simple. If the precision shooting team really used the repeating musket designed by the artillery battalion, then he would be able to surpass Brian.
Danny's idea is simpler - he loves weapons that can kill demons efficiently, and the smell of gunpowder smoke during test firing can also make malt reappear around him. "I am very happy to oblige, Mr. Battalion Commander."
The two smiled at each other and reached an agreement.
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When Roland learned the news, it was several days later.
More and more soldiers from the artillery battalion visited the No. 2 Machinery Factory, which attracted the attention of the person in charge of the factory. Since the army was involved, the former did not dare to stop it rashly. Instead, he reported the news to the Executive Office, and eventually to the Minister of Industry, Anna. in hand.
Looking at the sample that Anna had reproduced, Roland was quite dumbfounded for a moment. This kind of design with the entire retraction mechanism exposed can be described as simple and crude. Although it can meet the requirements of continuous firing, the complex environment in the wild is also very easy to cause malfunctions, and it requires more time. Spend more energy on maintenance.
In this way, it seems to be suitable for artillerymen who have few shooting opportunities.
"What do you think?" Anna asked with a smile.
"Well... although there are still many areas for improvement, it is a good sign." Roland said relaxedly. "This at least shows that they have begun to think about what weapons they really need. Not to mention this one The advantage of the gun is also very obvious, that is, it can be directly modified on the existing rifle, and it is affordable even if it uses existing resources.”
Of course, as long as the entire army does not change their equipment - otherwise the consumption of bullets will be an astonishing number. In addition, frontline soldiers with heavy machine gun support do not have as urgent a need for repeating weapons as artillery.
"In that case, then I'll help them," Anna nodded.
With the Queen's assistance, the new weapon was quickly finalized - the bolt and piston parts that were connected like a snap buckle were transformed into a smaller tenon structure, and a shell was added to the connection between the two. , while effectively slowing down stroke vibration, the jamming rate is also greatly reduced. After separating part of the air duct, the new weapon finally went from hand-made to officially modified. Under Roland's instruction, this repeating rifle was named after Vanner.
After the news spread, the number of renovation proposal letters suddenly received by the Engineering Department increased several times.
Roland is naturally happy to see this change.
In other words...the work of popularizing primary education has finally begun to take shape.
This is far more exciting than a new weapon.
But this is not the only surprise.
Celine, a high-level witch of Taquila, sent a report saying that there had been a key breakthrough in the research on the ritual magic cube.
During the trial production of the sixth batch of Rubik's Cubes, she found a way to significantly reduce the consumption of uranium sheets.