"Claude, why do you use copper sheets to make bullet casings?"
"Why is the bullet casing larger than the bullet head?"
"Why is the bullet head not round? You want to make it conical?"
"Why can the bullet shoot so far without putting the entire bullet in the barrel?"
"How did you come up with the concept for the revolver?"
"Also, Claude, your design of the continuous fire wheel is really a genius idea. How did you come up with it? Can you tell me?"
"By the way, Claude, if I lengthen the barrel of this revolver and add a butt to the back, can I make a long revolver rifle?"
...
Mrs. Sonia will now turn into a hundred thousand why babies, holding a revolver in one hand and looking at it lovingly, and grabbing Claude's arm with the other hand and constantly raising her own questions.
Claude had already rolled his eyes and said to himself: How do I know the reason why the bullet casing is larger than the bullet head? Anyway, the success of this revolver is just based on the structure of the model pistol of the boss in the previous life and the impression left by western movies.
If Claude was really asked to explain, he could only make up some specious concepts. After all, there was Master Bird next to him with his ears pricked up and ready to listen to his answer. This was related to the question of whether the recruitment could be successful.
Lorde was more careless.
"Let me go first, Sonia. In fact, many of the questions you just asked are connected and repeated." Claude coughed twice and replied seriously. After Sonia let go of his arm, he invited:
"Uncle, Sonia, please come back to the laboratory with me first. There is paper and pen there. I can tell you my thoughts and ideas when designing this revolver."
The only people who returned to the laboratory were Claude, his sister Anna, Sonia and Master Bird. Little Mark wanted to learn to ride a horse, so Claude asked Michael to take good care of his first godson. As for the big man, Germi,
Still standing guard outside the laboratory door.
"When I was very young, I didn't like short guns. Compared with long muskets, their power was too small, and loading was equally cumbersome." Claude started like this: "I often couldn't think of it at that time.
Do you understand why the length of a short gun is half or one-third of that of a standard musket, but the range and power are so different?"
Claude looked at Sonia and gave her a smile: "During the war in the eastern region ten years ago, I was still a lieutenant-level officer and needed to lead troops into battle in person. According to the weapons and equipment of a lieutenant-level officer, I needed to carry a short
A sword, a standard musket, and a blunderbuss strapped to the side of his thigh.
In fact, this short blunderbuss was useless on the battlefield, but became a liability. My colleagues often fired at random places and then threw away the short blunderbuss. They went into battle lightly and rushed in with a long sword or a musket with a bayonet.
From then on, I wanted to design a reliable short firearm that would allow us to protect ourselves on the battlefield.
The biggest weakness of the short gun is the trouble of loading. Although the current short gun uses fixed paper tube bullets, you still need to clean the barrel after firing, and then insert the fixed paper tube bullet through the muzzle and use the set rod.
Put the bullet firmly in place, then open the tinder box, use a fire needle to break the paper tube to expose the gunpowder inside, and then pour the tinder powder into the fire box, make contact with the gunpowder exposed in the paper tube, and then clamp the lit match rope to the fire
box, so that you can prepare to aim and shoot...
This series of operations is really too troublesome and cumbersome. There is not much time on the battlefield for a lieutenant-level officer to use short muskets to defend himself or destroy the enemy. I was thinking at that time whether this process could be simplified.
After some thought, I decided on custom-loading paper tube bullets.
My initial idea was to directly ignite the gunpowder in the fixed paper tube bullet. There was no need for a fire box, fire needle, match rope or other things. At that time, my idea was very simple, which was to put the flint behind the fixed paper tube bullet, and then use a short
A hammer is attached to the back of the gun and the flint is struck, igniting the gunpowder in the paper tube and firing the gun."
"I was in Squirrel Village at that time, and that's when I met you." Claude nodded to Sonia, who blushed.
Claude continued: "We discussed the possibility of breech loading at that time, and the first short gun I designed at that time was like this..."
Claude drew a short blunderbuss on the paper. It had only one barrel. Behind the barrel was a large hammer device, a wooden stock, a gun body and a trigger. There was no mess like a fire box and a matchcord on the barrel.
The thing looked very simple, and then Claude drew a bendable curve under the barrel.
"At that time, I wanted to design such a short gun. The barrel could be bent down, a bullet inserted from the back, and then fired with the hammer. This would be much easier on the battlefield. If possible, I would also like to use it on the battlefield.
Add one or two barrels to the butt, so that you can fire three bullets at once or three times in a row." Claude shrugged and made a helpless expression: "But my design failed, I think.
It’s very beautiful, but the result is unachievable.”
Sonia interjected at this time: "Claude, the first breech-loading musket I designed was actually similar to yours. It was also bent down to load the ammunition. Later, when gunpowder became available, I tried it again.
Looking at this loading mode, it turns out that its range is only about two hundred and sixty meters..."
Claude nodded: "You came up with the result from the actual operation test. I am not as convenient as you in the army, but I also did some tests with several damaged muskets on the battlefield, and found that the biggest problem lies in the bullets."
, instead of the barrel. Paper tube fixed bullets are not suitable for breech loading mode. For example, if flint is installed at the bottom of the paper tube fixed bullet, and then used to hit the fire with a hammer, sometimes the hammer will break the paper
The fixed bullet is pushed forward into the barrel without causing sparks.
Or the bullets loaded in paper tubes will shrink into a ball due to impact. These are the reasons why the misfire rate of flint is too high. Not every hammer blow can cause the flint to spark and ignite the bullets loaded in paper tubes.
The gunpowder inside. After discovering this problem, I thought about what I should use to replace this paper tube as a bullet casing...
While stationed in Squirrel Village, I discovered a reclusive magician in the back mountains. With her help, I did a lot of experiments, and finally found that the most suitable material for making bullet casings was brass, because brass has very good properties.
Ductility. If iron sheets are used to make bullet cases, the iron bullet cases will split every time the bullet is fired, and cannot be reused like copper bullet cases. In addition, gold and silver are too expensive, lead and zinc are too soft and easy to deform, and steel cases are too hard.
It's too brittle and doesn't have as good a performance as brass bullet casings.
After using brass sheets instead of paper tubes for fixing, another problem arose, that is, the cartridge case easily got stuck in the barrel after the bullet was fired, and it took a lot of effort to take it out. This problem puzzled me for a long time.
Only later during an actual artillery exercise did I understand the truth."
Claude picked up a piece of paper again and drew a very simple cannon shape on it: "Have you noticed that all cannons are thick at the bottom, but the barrels at the top are thinner? I was also curious at the time, so I asked
Old artilleryman, why is the bottom of the cannon made so thick?
The old artilleryman replied that if it were not made thick, so much gunpowder would explode inside and it would easily explode the cannon. Because of the thick casting, after the gunpowder exploded at the bottom, it would be bound by the bottom and the barrels on both sides.
The huge power generated can only impact along the direction of the gun barrel, thereby pushing the heavy solid projectile out...
The words of this old artilleryman gave me a revelation. Since cannons are fired in this way, isn't it the same as firing muskets? The two are actually the same situation, except that one is bigger and the other is smaller. I summarized it,
To fire a musket, you also need a space that is open in only one direction and the rest of the perimeter is sealed, so that the power generated by the explosion after the gunpowder is ignited will shoot the bullet in the direction of the opening.
If my assumption is correct, then my brass bullet case has actually replaced the role of the barrel. The gunpowder ignites and explodes in the bullet case, just like it does in the barrel. Next, I only need to point the bullet head at
Just match the barrel. This is why I made the bullet casing slightly larger than the bullet head, so that the bullet casing will no longer get stuck in the barrel.
The rest I just need to find something to hold the bullet case in place and prevent it from loosening. It can also prevent the bullet case from exploding and deforming when the bullet is fired. So I don't need a better barrel to withstand more shots.
The explosion of gunpowder, filling the barrel with more gunpowder to increase the range of the bullet like Sonia did is actually a detour..."
Sonia burst into tears. Claude's statement made her feel a little embarrassed. As a firearms manufacturing expert, she now only hated herself for being stubborn. She only knew how to increase the gunpowder and barrel of the bullet. As a result,
I wasted more than 800 gun barrels and wasted half a year on research but couldn't find anything. Why can't I just change my thinking and start with bullets like Claude did.
"With this copper-cased bullet, you can make a short blunderbuss pistol. But the problem is that the misfire rate is too high. As I just said, installing flint at the bottom of the bullet does not guarantee that the hammer will hit every time.
Hitting sparks. No one on the battlefield can guarantee that you will always be there to hit the hammer or change bullets without the enemy turning a blind eye to you, so the short blunderbuss pistol I designed is still not very practical.
For a long time, because I couldn't find the powder to make a fire with one hit, I could only draw the short gun pistol on the drawing. Later I saw a waterwheel, which is the kind with a bamboo tube that scoops water from the canal and then transfers it to the water wheel.
I believe you have an impression of the water wheel above that pours water from bamboo tubes into the fields. It gave me an inspiration. If a bullet misfires, then immediately move to the next bullet. After a round, there will always be
Two or three bullets will be fired, which is better than staring at a misfiring bullet and hitting it with the hammer...
So I started to design a revolver, which is what we have in front of us. Through calculations, I found that a revolver loaded with five to six bullets is the most suitable. Too many bullets will appear complicated, error-prone, and even the hammer cannot be fired correctly.
The flint struck the bottom of the bullet, so I designed this six-bullet runner, and then continued to design the barrel and gun body. The final result is the three revolvers in front of you."
Claude picked up a revolver, opened it, took off the wheel, and put it back on again: "When I was designing this wheel, I also thought about how to load bullets quickly on the battlefield. Then I thought of it.
After shooting the bullets, there is no need to reload bullets one by one. It is more convenient and faster to directly take a rotating wheel filled with bullets...
But I have to thank Sonia here. If you hadn't invented the gunpowder, in fact, the revolver I designed would still be stuffed in a box and never see the light of day. It misfires when struck with a flint hammer to start a fire.
The rate is really too high. My sister Anna did an experiment. She hit the wheel twice and couldn't fire a single bullet, so I could only stuff them in the box..."
Master Bird clapped his hands gently: "I have to congratulate you, Claude, you make us so-called gun masters really ashamed. You have successfully designed a new type of firearm that is completely different from the matchlock type.
, it is already very perfect and excellent, with almost no room for improvement. But I still have a question, why do you call it a revolver instead of a revolver?"
Claude Khan has come down. Yes, why is it called a revolver instead of a revolver? Where can I ask? I have finally been able to confuse the process of how I designed and manufactured this kind of revolver. I am most worried.
The only thing the old man suspected was that he was just an amateur in firearms design. How could he possibly design and manufacture such a perfect and mature firearm...
Fortunately, Master Bird did not question the design process, but instead struggled with the name. Claude wiped the sweat from his forehead and unconsciously took apart the revolver of the revolver in his hand. Suddenly an idea came to him: "This is it.
Yes, uncle, didn't you notice that every time I dismantle this revolver, I take it off from the left side, so I habitually call it a revolver. In fact, a revolver can also be used, but it doesn't sound as pleasant as a revolver.
So cool..."
"By the way, uncle, can you and Sonia stay here and help me?" Claude asked.
"Help you?" Master Bird looked at Claude with some confusion: "The design of this revolver has been successful. How can I help you?"
"That's it, uncle, you also know that these three revolvers were refined by my sister in the alchemy magic array. If you want to carry out large-scale production, you must carry out standardized design of each component to achieve
Requirements for mechanized production and manual assembly.
In addition, a standard bullet production line needs to be designed and manufactured to specialize in the production of bullets with brass bullet cases. If my sister were to assemble it in the alchemical magic array, I believe she would not be able to install hundreds of bullets in a day, and
You'll get bored quickly.
When it comes to standardized design and mass production, my sister and I are both laymen and have no idea where to start. In addition, I also want to design a long gun that also fires bullets with this kind of brass shell, but
Designing a revolver has made me rack my brains, and I can't figure out the firing structure of a long gun...
So I hope you and Sonia can stay and help me. If you are willing, I can build a firearms laboratory for you alone to meet all your requirements..."
A firearms laboratory costs a lot of money. It requires a lot of machinery and materials for testing. Especially since Master Bird and Sonia are both rune magicians, the consumption of some magic materials is a huge expense.
Claude went to the gun repair workshop where Master Bird built his own laboratory. It can only be said to be very crude and cannot be compared with the conditions of his sister's laboratory. So Sonia could only use Master Bird's firearms.
In the name of the repair shop supervisor, those good barrels were used for testing, but too many barrels were wasted, which attracted protests from the inspector.
Sonia beamed and agreed to her lover's request: "I can stay and help you..."
However, Master Bird pondered for a while and said with a wry smile: "Claude, it's not that I don't want to help you, but there are no external conditions here, because a good firearms manufacturing workshop or a production line must have enough
water resources power..."
Claude laughed: "Uncle, we don't need water resources because we have fire engines."