Chapter 195 (2/2)

Seven kilos doesn't seem to weigh much, but if you carry it for a long time, it's not so heavy for a Musketeer.

For a more appropriate example, a box of six bottles of Baijiu is about seven kilograms.

A long time long time a gunman carried the Saint altini rifle, which was like a long time carrying a box of Baijiu.

Ten minutes and eight minutes may be OK, but if you carry it for an hour or two, you will know what the seven kilos mean.

The weight of the gun made by Ferguson is estimated by stone bear to be more than seven Jin. Although there is a slight error, stone bear believes that the error is not big.

Seven kilos and seven kilos are totally different things. At least for a rifleman on the battlefield, carrying a seven kilo rifle for a long time can save energy more than carrying a seven kilo rifle.

In the age when the traffic is basically on legs, physical strength is undoubtedly a very precious thing.

(PS: the weight of the gun that Lao Mo wrote here is similar to that of the Ferguson rifle in the original history. The Ferguson rifle in the history is between 1.22 meters and 1.52 meters long, and the weight is about 7.5 pounds, which is about 3.5 kg. This is well documented.)

The barrel of this gun was cast by Ferguson together with several of his men. Because it is made of steel, the wall thickness of the barrel of this gun is much thinner than that of St. Etienne's rifle, and the weight of the barrel alone is much lighter.

The gun body is made of tough walnut wood. Using this kind of wood to make the gun body can well slow down the recoil force on the human body when shooting.

Behind the barrel, the stone bear saw the familiar rotary locking mechanism.

The mechanism of opening and closing the powder chamber by rotating the trigger retainer is the core of the gun. It is with this rotary locking mechanism that this rifle can be loaded after.

The stone bear tried to turn the trigger retainer, and sure enough, through the thread above the powder chamber, the cover above the powder chamber was opened. If it is filled in this way, just insert the bullet into the gun chamber from here, then pour the fixed powder into the powder chamber, and then turn the trigger retainer back, then the cover above the powder chamber will rotate to completely seal the powder chamber.

When shooting, pour a small amount of powder into the ignition hole next to the powder chamber, then you can aim and pull the trigger.

”Boss, I've tried. If I'm proficient in operation, this gun can be loaded seven times in one minute! That's twice as fast as the San Etienne rifle and the brown Beth rifle. ” Ferguson explained excitedly.

”Oh, can you really achieve such a fast loading speed?” This makes the stone bear happy.

Ferguson nodded heavily, ”as long as more training, a minute to reach seven filling speed or no problem, even if it is slow, a minute can also fill six.”

Now that Ferguson is so sure, it's clear that's true.

Most of the muskets used in this era are front loaded muskets. Let's not mention other aspects of this kind of rifle. Just the loading speed is enough to worry people to death.

This kind of loading method of front loading gun is very complicated. Firstly, the gun should be set up with the muzzle upward, and the gunpowder should be poured into the barrel from the muzzle. Then, the bullet should be inserted from the muzzle, and the bullet and gunpowder should be compacted. Finally, the gun should be placed horizontally, and a small amount of gunpowder should be poured into the side of the ignition hole in the gunpowder chamber for ignition.

This is the loading procedure of the front loading gun. It's really cumbersome. Therefore, in this era, even the fastest loading veterans can reach the top loading speed of three rounds a minute, while ordinary riflemen can only reach the loading speed of two rounds a minute.

Loading speed is very important. You can only shoot three shots a minute. What can you do with a firearm that can shoot six or even seven shots a minute?

There are 100 riflemen on both sides. You can only shoot 300 bullets a minute on your side, and you can shoot 600 or more bullets a minute on the other side, which is equivalent to twice as many people as you.

What do you use to fight people?

The most important thing is that when loading the front loading gun, the Musketeer must be standing, otherwise you can't load it.

And in the battlefield of bullets flying, you poke there like a stick. If the enemy doesn't hit you, it's strange.

It's a very dangerous and deadly thing to load the front loading gun on the battlefield.

After loading the gun is not the same. The loading speed should be put aside first. When loading the gun, people can load it on their stomach.

On the battlefield, if one soldier is standing and the other soldier is lying on the ground, it is unnecessary to say who has higher security.