Chapter 225 (1/2)

The fifth month of 1765 came unconsciously.

In the Cherokee calendar, the fifth month of the year is called ”flower month.”. In this month, you can see flowers in full bloom everywhere, and flowers are the most prominent symbol of this month.

At this time, the temperature has been very warm. At this time in previous years, all the people in the tribe have taken off their skins and clothes.

Thanks to the cotton cloth seized from the French, blackmailed from Fort okron, and brought by major hank, the whole gaoshu tribe has now put on clothes made of cotton cloth.

Compared with the animal skin clothes, the clothes made of cotton are far more breathable and comfortable than those made of animal skin clothes, and the people also like this kind of cotton clothes.

As a 17-year-old boy, Shi Xiong's body was the period when he was strong enough to sleep on the cool Kang, so he changed into a sleeveless vest early. Although it's still a little cold in May, he doesn't care about it because of the enough firepower.

Of course, the stone bear, who had taken off his animal skin clothes, finally showed his arm, which was as thick as an adult man's thigh, in front of the people of quangaoshu tribe, attracting countless hot eyes

Stone bear himself is very puzzled, this pair of body is clearly a yellow, but why even have stronger muscles than most black people? Most importantly, the stone bear found that this body seems to be still developing

Helplessly shook his head, accelerated the pace of walking, and soon came to the south side of the tribe on the hillside.

It's about a mile away from the tribe. Thanks to the popularity of double saws in gaoshu tribe, the originally dense forest has been cut into a large area of open space, with several mu of land. After being cut down, those trees will either be used for paper making or for fuel. If they are cut down on such a large scale in future generations, they will definitely be in prison.

However, in this era, no one is in charge at all, which makes Shi Xiong secretly sigh that ancient times are really much better than modern times in some aspects.

The clearing was roughly rectangular. As a result, Ferguson took a fancy to the place and cleaned it up, turning it into a shooting range.

The first ten Ferguson rifles made by Lieutenant Ferguson will be tested at this range.

In fact, the so-called gun testing is mainly to test the strength of the barrel.

After all, it's a cast barrel, and its strength can't be compared with that of later drilled or cold forged barrel, let alone precision forged barrel.

However, the material used for casting gun barrel can be regarded as low carbon steel. The toughness and strength of the material itself are much higher than that of the wrought iron used in various countries. In addition, the current guns use black powder, and the gas pressure generated when the powder deflagration is far less than that of smokeless powder, so this kind of casting gun barrel can also be used.

And according to Ferguson's analysis, the quality of the cast barrel is even better than that of the brown Beth rifle used by the British today.

Although Ferguson has confirmed the quality of the barrel, stone bear still needs further inspection.

For example, according to the loading speed of six rounds per minute, 60 guns can be fired continuously with normal fixed charge to see if the barrel will explode.

For example, the maximum tolerance of the barrel can be tested by the limit charge which is twice or even twice as large as the fixed charge.