The next afternoon, he went to the countryside to practice shooting as usual, but when Bockar drove the carriage to pick up Claude, he complained that he did not expect that the target that Claude asked him to find a carpenter to make was so crude, with a square wooden target on it. Row, a stick is nailed underneath, that's it.
"How many did you let them make?" Claude asked.
"I asked them to make two, but because it was too simple, they made four more. There were six in total, and I moved them all to the car." Bockaar replied.
Verricro said from the side: "Claude, although the targets you made are simple, they are of no use. Those simulated targets imitate the image and size of animals and can be placed in woods and bushes for training. The hunter’s shooting accuracy and estimation ability, and his ability to quickly understand the damage that each shot can cause to the prey.”
Claude smiled: "It's okay, these targets are only semi-finished products. You will understand when you get to the place."
When we arrived at the place where we practiced yesterday, we selected two of the targets Bockard brought and inserted them into the target. Claude took out a roll of papyrus, took out one and handed it to Viricero: "There is batter there, put this Stick a piece of paper on the wooden sign."
This is target paper, cut into the same size as a square wooden sign. There is a red circle in the middle, and outside it is a black line that enlarges the circle in ten steps. In order to draw such target papers, Claude spent an entire night yesterday drawing about twenty pieces.
Vericro looked at the target paper and immediately understood its use. He couldn't help but give Claude a thumbs up: "This is simply the best target. How did you come up with it, Claude?" "
Claude just smiled and shook his head: "Let's try it first. You have to try it before you know whether it works or not."
This time, Verricro was the first to try. It only took him two shots to get the hang of shooting, and he fired three more shots, all of which hit the red heart. Then he called Bockal to his side and told him about the distance error between aiming and shooting, and how to adjust the aiming target in advance to achieve shooting accuracy.
Bockar started practicing shooting with great interest. Although the first few shots did not hit the red heart, they also hit the target. This made him very happy. He continued shooting practice under the guidance of Viricero, not like yesterday. After a while, it would be boring to run to the dock to find Ericson.
To be honest, the target paper painted by Claude greatly improved the shooting accuracy of the musket. As Viricero praised, the red dot in the center of the target makes it much less difficult to adjust the estimated aiming and shooting distance errors, unlike the two graphic targets of antelope and wild boar that Bokhar brought yesterday. , because there is no central red dot to aim at, so every shot is actually relying on the blind.
The reason is actually very simple. When the two firing points on the gun are fired in a straight line with the central red dot of the target, the actual error can be calculated based on the black edge of the circle on the target. Subtract this error when aiming the second gun, and you can shoot. The center of the target is red.
But Claude is still not satisfied. The two firing points of the Obash II standard matchlock gun in his hand are still the same as those of the old matchlock guns. One is engraved on the front of the muzzle, and the other is engraved on the plate cover of the medicine box. On the rear end, the two notches are also coated with white fluorescent powder to facilitate the shooter's aiming.
When the firing point of the front end and the firing point of the rear end are not on the same central axis, the simplest aiming trick of three points in a line becomes a useless theory. Before each shooting, the distance error of the shooting target must be estimated and adjusted in advance. , one is to delay the frequency of musket firing, and the other is to increase the difficulty of hitting targets, especially those moving targets.
While Claude was considering whether to find a blacksmith to build a muzzle sight, Bockar had completed his practice today. He had fired more than thirty rounds, with a hit rate of about 58%. He fired. The target paper was already full of holes.
Such achievements make Boker very proud, thinking that he is very talented in shooting. So I took the target paper off the target and prepared to take it to Erikson to see and brag about it. But at this moment, he wanted to talk to Claude about business cooperation, that is, everyone would contribute some capital to jointly produce the target and target paper, and then sell them in their own business, and the profits obtained would be divided proportionally.
"This is a genius design." Bock Al said