Chapter 380 (2/2)
”Fast horse, go and set up a gun target over there. I'll show Colonel Jones the power of our muskets.”
The horse quickly ran to the position where the logistics soldiers were. After a while, he carried a thick board to the position about 200 yards away from the stone bear, which is 180 meters away. He found a tree, leaned the board on the tree, and then moved aside for a few steps to stand.
Colonel Jones opened his mouth wide in surprise. ”Guardian, don't say that your gun can hit that board at such a long distance!”
”What's the difficulty?” The stone bear smiles and raises his gun with one hand.
”Because the barrel of this rifle is made of new steel, the wall thickness of the barrel is much thinner than that of your brown Beth rifle, and the weight of the whole rifle is also reduced. Well, the total weight of this rifle won't exceed 7.5 pounds! ”
This figure once again surprised Colonel Jones.
The next moment, the stone bear just aimed a little, and then pulled the trigger, a bang suddenly rang up.
The recoil force of the musket is great, but the power of the stone bear is greater. Although he holds the gun with one hand, his arm does not move when shooting.
After shooting, Shi Xiong took out a paper shell filled with ammunition again, skillfully rotated the trigger retainer, opened the powder chamber, then filled the ammunition in, closed the powder chamber, steadily raised the gun with one hand again, and shot!
Colonel Jones's mouth opened wider. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind - how could this gun be loaded so fast!
Stone bear fired six shots in a row, and the total time did not exceed 50 seconds. This speed has stunned the nearby Colonel Jones. Well, there are many British soldiers with colonel Jones in a daze.
They have been completely stunned by the speed of loading this rifle. It is estimated that they never thought that a rifle would have such a fast loading speed. And if this rifle is in your own hands, what an obvious advantage it has in the battlefield.
Under a kind of gaping gaze of British soldiers and officers, the fast horse rode away the board that served as the target of the gun, then returned to the stone bear and handed it over.
Colonel Jones was staring at the board, because it was a bit thick, so the lead bullet did not penetrate it. There are six lead bullets embedded in the board, almost an inch deep into the board, and one of them is slightly smoking
”How could that be?” At last, Colonel Jones could not resist his inner shock and said out loud what he wanted to say in his heart.
”Ha ha, it's not impossible. This gun not only adopts the rear loading method, but also is a full-length rifled gun. There are six rifles in its barrel, so when the lead bullet moves in the barrel, the lead bullet will rotate violently because of the rifling. Even if the lead bullet flies out of the barrel, it will still rotate at a high speed in the air, In this way, the lead projectile will have a relatively stable trajectory, so the effective range of the lead projectile will be greatly increased. Well, as you can see, the effective range of this gun is about 200 yards, and its firing speed can reach about seven shots a minute if you are a good hand! ”
A series of data once again made Colonel Jones's face look incredible