This is the first time that 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. After comparing it secretly, it seemed that there was no big difference between the matchlock guns in this world and the matchlock guns in the pictures I had seen 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 III standard matchlock gun, which can be regarded as an early old-fashioned musket. Now the King's team has used the Obash II standard muskets, and all the old Galli III muskets have 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 town to ask someone to re-make two shotguns for hunting. The matchlock gun was thrown at home as a souvenir. Then Vericro grew up and 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 military can receive preferential prices."
"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 this aspect. In his opinion, weren't they both matchlock guns? They were all used to shoot guns. The gun is plugged with gunpowder to ignite the match rope, and when it is finished, the gun chamber has to be cleaned with a purge. It takes a long time to fire a shot, which is extremely 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 be fine, and it will chase you to the sky and into the earth like crazy. Not to mention the leopards and other ferocious beasts in the mountains. If this gun fails to hit the vital part of the beast, just wait until you draw your sword and prepare for a melee fight. There is no chance for you to fire a second shot. When you pour the medicine The beast is already close.
So my father customized two shotguns. One was specially designed to deal with thick-skinned animals. Even wild boars can be brought down with one shot. The other is for shooting shotguns, used to guard against those who move quickly. One shot will cover an entire area, and 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 bulky. 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 up. In addition, it consumes a lot of gunpowder. 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, and we have to pay for gunpowder guns ourselves this time. "
Claude carefully looked at the Galli Type III 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 thirty centimeters from the butt. The muzzle was slightly curved. It has a trumpet shape, and silver-plated copper nails are used under the long and narrow gun body 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 It has been worn away, leaving only a dull, densely scratched copper surface.
Under Vericro's guidance, Claude finally knew what a matchlock hammer was, a matchlock clamping handle, a matchlock sleeve, a hammer spring, a primer door, a medicine box, a plate cover, and he recognized the trigger. Only after Vericro simulated the launch process, Claude discovered a very important problem.
"Why does the matchlock have no sights"
"What is a sight?" Viricero asked rhetorically.
"Uh." Claude didn't know how to explain it for a while. 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.