This is the first time Claude has seen a matchlock gun from another world. In his previous life, he had seen pictures of early matchlock guns on the computer, but he was not able to hold the matchlock gun in his hand like now. He compared it secretly.
For a moment, it seems that there is no big difference between the matchlock guns in this world and the matchlock guns in the pictures I saw in my previous life.
Verricro said that this was the gun his father brought back from the army when he was discharged from the army. It is a Galli type 3 standard matchlock gun, which can be regarded as an early old-fashioned musket. Now the Kingdom's army has used the Obash type 2 standard musket.
All the old muskets of the Galli III type have long been retired.
His father also said that this kind of musket was okay as a soldier's weapon, but it was not very suitable for hunting. Later, when he had money, his father went to the county to ask someone to rebuild two shotguns for hunting. This matchlock gun
He left it at home as a souvenir. When Vericro grew up, he took possession of the matchlock gun.
Claude was very curious: "Vero, can the musket be made privately?"
"Of course." Viricero nodded: "There is a public musket workshop in Barromise County. It can produce more than 47,000 muskets of various types every year. It is the largest industrial workshop in the three southwestern provinces of our country.
, with more than 3,000 servants. They also accept privately customized muskets and give them official numbers. However, the requirement for private customization is that you must be a citizen or above, and those who have retired from the army can receive preferential price treatment."
"Then what's the difference between the two shotguns customized by your father and this matchlock gun?" Claude really didn't understand the difference. In his opinion, weren't they both matchlock guns?
After pouring the gunpowder into the gun and igniting the match rope, you have to clean the gun chamber with a purge. It takes half a day to fire the gun, which is very troublesome.
"The muzzles of the two shotguns customized by my father are about twice as big as this one." Verricro made a circle with his finger to show the size of the muzzle: "The range is not as far as this one, but the power is increased.
Several times. This gun has no problem hurting people, and it's okay in a fight, but it's not lethal enough to deal with wild beasts in the mountains, because humans don't have the thick fur of wild beasts for protection.
For example, if you encounter a wild boar in the mountains, if you fire four or five shots with this gun, the wild boar will only bleed a little, and it will be fine. It will also chase you madly and chase you to the sky and the earth. Not to mention the leopards and other animals in the mountains.
Fierce beast, if this gun fails to hit the vital part of the ferocious beast, just wait to draw your sword and prepare for melee combat. You will never have the chance to fire a second shot. The ferocious beast will be close by the time you pour the medicine.
So my father customized two shotguns, one is specially used to deal with thick-skinned animals, and can knock down even wild boars with one shot. The other is for shotguns, used to guard against those who move quickly, and can kill them with one shot.
It is so shrouded that even the most agile animals will suffer. As long as they slow down after being injured, it will be easier to deal with.
The only drawback is that these two shotguns are large and heavy. They will be very tired after carrying them up the mountain for less than half an hour. When aiming and shooting, they must be supported with forks, otherwise they will not be able to lift them. In addition, the gunpowder consumed is also very special.
"More. My matchlock gun holds ten shots of gunpowder, which is less than three shots for a shotgun, so we are almost out of gunpowder at home. We have to pay for the gunpowder guns ourselves this time."
Claude carefully looked at the Galli Type 3 standard matchlock gun in his hand. The total length of the gun was about 1.8 meters. The butt was made of cherry wood. The black barrel protruded 30 centimeters from the butt. The muzzle was slightly curved.
It has a trumpet shape and a long and narrow gun body. Silver-plated copper nails are used to connect the butt and the gun body together. The rear part is also made of silver-plated copper accessories. However, due to time constraints, the silver-plated layer on most accessories has been removed.
It has been worn away, leaving only a dull, densely scratched copper surface.
Under Vericro's guidance, Claude finally knew what a match hammer, match rope clamping handle, match rope sleeve, hammer spring, primer door, medicine box, plate cover, and trigger were all about. It was just maintenance.
After Rickero simulated the launch process, Claude discovered a very important problem.
"Why don't arquebuses have sights?"
"What is a sight?" Viricero asked rhetorically.
"Uh..." Claude didn't know how to explain it for a moment, and it took him a long time to make Vericro understand that the sight was used to aim at the target when firing the musket.
"So this is what you are talking about, yes, look." Vericro suddenly realized, and took the matchlock gun and pointed it to Claude: "We don't call it a sight, we call it a firing point. Look at this gun
This notch on the mouth, and the notch on the medicine box at the back, are the launching points. When preparing to launch, we need to align these two notches with the target, hold steady, then light the match, close our eyes, and then
Pull the trigger, bang, the gun shoots out..."
"No, I said why should I close my eyes before pulling the trigger?" Claude couldn't understand.
Verricro laughed: "This is to protect your eyes, lest the lid on the medicine box is not tightly closed and fire will spray out. In addition, firing the matchlock will produce a lot of smoke. If you don't close your eyes, you will be smoked to tears."
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"But if you close your eyes, can you still hit the target?" Claude thought to himself, it's not accurate at all, even if he's standing in front of you.
"So you need to exercise. The most important thing is to keep your hands steady and not shake. If you aim in advance and then shoot with your eyes closed, you will most likely hit the target."
It made sense, and Claude was speechless for a moment. But he remembered the old problem of aiming again: "By the way, Vero, you said that the two launching points are in a straight line with the target, so if the launching hand is steady
Do you want to hit wherever you want? In other words, hit the body part of the target where the two launch points are aligned in a straight line?"
"That's not the case." Viricero shook his head and said, "You also have to estimate the amount of advance, up or down. Generally speaking, when the two firing points of my gun are in a straight line with the target, the gun fired is basically
The distance between the upper and lower middle finger. So if I want to hit the target’s head, I have to estimate the distance of about one finger upward when aiming, otherwise I will aim at the head and hit the neck.”
"This broken gun is troublesome enough. It's not easy to shoot and aim." Claude sighed: "By the way, Ike, show me the marine-type matchlock blunderbuss you brought."
The short blunderbuss matchlock gun that Erikson carried was also used by his father. As a captain, the short blunderbuss matchlock gun is a necessary self-defense weapon. However, this short blunderbuss was bought by his father before.
At the captain's party, his father played cards and won a commemorative gold-plated and silver-plated matchlock blunderbuss. So this blunderbuss with no decoration was left at home by his father, and it became Erikson's toy.
"My short gun can't hit as far as Vero's. The range is only fifty meters, and the effective killing range is twenty to thirty meters. It can only be used for self-defense." Erikson handed over the short gun.
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Verricro's Galli Type III standard matchlock gun is said to have a range of 280 meters and an effective killing range of about 150 meters. Of course, whether it can hit accurately is another matter. It's only 100 meters.
Within 5 centimeters, a wooden board with a thickness of five centimeters can pass through it. No wonder it became the standard equipment of the kingdom's army in the early years.
The short blunderbuss is in the shape of a curved hook, about sixty centimeters long. Except for the barrel being shorter and the copper accessories on the gun body being smaller than those on Verricro's matchlock gun, there is no other difference. On the contrary, because
The gun body is short and these accessories are squeezed together, making it look a bit bloated.
"By the way, bring me your gun and gunpowder. The last time I went to buy it, I heard Vakuri say that your short gun is a marine type with egg white added. It's more expensive than the dry powder used in Vero's gun.
Half, let me see the difference."
What Claude didn't expect was that the gunpowder Erikson handed him was packed in a paper tube, and even the gun was connected to the paper tube. The paper tube was made of oil paper and was waterproof. Moreover, the gun and paper tube
There is also a small cork piece in between, which seems to be a little larger in diameter than a paper tube.
"What is this small piece of wood used for?" Claude was curious as to why a small piece of wood was added between the gun and the paper tube of gunpowder.
"It can play a fixed role and support the barrel of the gun. Because it is a short gun, there is no small piece of wood when shaking it in the hand, so the gun and gunpowder can easily slip out..." Viricero explained.
Oh, Claude understood. He was going to peel off the fixed gunpowder paper tube in his hand and look at the gunpowder inside.
"Don't take it apart." Erikson said, "When you get back, if you have more, you can take it apart and take a look. If you take it apart now, if it is useful, we will lose a gun. Such a gun costs seven pfennigs."
, I just bought fifteen rounds, which cost us a riaso.”
Seven pfennigs is equivalent to seventy cents, plus thirty cents to make one sunar, and one riyaso is only ten yuan. Mr. Morsant said that his day's wages are only one riyaso, which is equal to ten dollars.
With five rounds of this kind of gun, this gun is quite expensive.
"Navero, do you use this kind of gun for your matchlock?" Claude calmly stopped.
Vero shook his head: "No, these are all separate. The gunpowder powder is all packed in the horns. There is no fixed installation like his gun."
"It's much more convenient to customize it this way than pouring gunpowder powder. Is it because it's too expensive?"
"No, that doesn't apply to my matchlock gun." Knowing that Claude was an idiot with muskets, Viricault took the trouble to explain to him patiently: "Although it is convenient to fix the gun, it remains in the chamber after firing.
It is troublesome to clean up the paper scraps. The short barrel of Ike's short gun is easy to see when cleaning, and it is also convenient to clean.
The barrel of my matchlock gun is very long, and it is impossible for me to clean it cleanly with a fixed gun. If paper scraps are left inside, the range and accuracy will be affected when the gun is loaded for the second time.
Even if paper dust accumulates in the barrel of the gun, it will affect the life of the barrel."
Claude scratched his head in confusion. In his impression, the protagonists in the historical novels he read in his previous life went back to ancient times to build guns and cannons to fight for world supremacy. They basically regarded fixed gunpowder as a magic weapon for victory on the battlefield. He thought that
It can effectively increase the number of firings of the musket and reduce the troublesome steps of firing the matchlock. Why doesn't it work here?
Verricro stood up and took out a few rectangular pieces of leather: "Okay, we're ready to set off. It's about seven o'clock now. It's a good time to go to the creek to ambush and see if any prey is coming.
Drink water. Everyone, take two pieces of leather, wrap them around your calves, and tie them tightly with ropes to make sure there are no gaps."
Bokoal was puzzled: "No, Vero, why did you ask us to tie this leather? Aren't we all wearing trousers and hiking boots..."
"This is to prevent snake bites." Vero said: "Without this leather, the trousers will be bitten by snakes and insects. With this leather tied up, they will not be able to bite through. Walking through the grass and woods at night, in the end,
What you need to pay attention to and be careful about is the poison of these snakes and insects. By the way, tie the collar too, don't let those reptiles fall into the collar."
"Then, can't we light a torch, then use a stick to hit the grass or something..."
"Ha..." Verricro laughed angrily: "We are going for an ambush, hunting, not a parade! You are lighting a torch and banging a stick, do you still think that any animals will approach the stream?"
After a while, seeing that everyone had tied the leather on their calves, Verricro said: "We will set off when we are ready. I will be in the front, Claude and Boa will be in the middle, and Ike will be facing last. That's right.
, Boa has a stone crossbow, Claude, please bring my hunting bow. You shot a good bow and arrow in school. My hunting bow has two more forces than the soft bow used for practice in school. You should be able to
Use it.
Also, everyone should walk softly and don't make any loud noises. When we get to the creek, I will choose an ambush point. Try not to talk at that time, so as not to let the animals notice and run away... Okay? Okay, let's go