When Danny held the gun, the first impression was that its center of gravity had changed, and the whole thing had sunk a bit—if you didn't look at the second extra tube next to the barrel, it was essentially a A very ordinary bolt-action rifle, the same as that used by most soldiers in the Musket Battalion. From the point of view of workmanship, it is obviously not as good as the precision rifle that he is used to. The most striking change is that the metal tube on the side extends all the way to the gun body and is connected with the pull bolt.
It seems that this should be the key to the weapon's ability to fire, Danny thought.
He leaned over to the target with ease and pulled the trigger, but instead of looking directly at the muzzle of the gun as usual, he stared at the iron pipe on the side of the gun body.
With the tremor of the bullet popping out of the chamber, an incredible scene happened - although everything happened in the blink of an eye, Danny, the marksman, still saw the whole process of the change of the pull bolt. Almost at the same time as the gunshot, the long rod hidden in the iron pipe seemed to be pushed out by something, driving the metal arcs at the end to retreat together.
And this arc piece is connected with the pull bolt. According to common sense, the pull bolt in the locked state cannot be pulled out. If it comes hard, the result is either an aborted retreat or a broken pole. However, the pull bolt bounced along the trajectory hollowed out in the center of the arc, released the locked state, and successfully exited the cartridge case.
After that, it is a completely reverse process. The long rod is retracted into the tube again, and the pull bolt is reset at the same time. The bolt head falls into the bottom end along the arc again, and the barrel is locked again.
Really... Fabulous design!
Danny secretly sighed that this part is so clear at a glance that even a layman like him can understand its principle at a glance. To put it simply, the long rod in the second iron tube is used to replace the hand movement. The ingenious part is that the long rod can achieve four changes of lifting, pulling, pushing and pressing by simply advancing and retreating in a straight line, and automatically completes the next round of shooting preparations without the user's intervention.
On a whim, he shot out all the remaining bullets, smelling the intoxicating smell of gunpowder, and the long-lost voice reappeared in his ears.
"Nineteen is missing one, and one misses." Malt chuckled, "Why, isn't the new weapon easy to use?"
"I haven't gotten used to it yet. If you don't believe me, I'll show you all the shots in the next round."
"Uh... don't believe what?" A surprised voice interjected.
Danny suddenly came to his senses. He was not on the battlefield at the moment, but in the shooting training ground surrounded by a group of people. Getting up and looking at the inexplicable artillery battalion commander, he shook his head as if nothing had happened and said, "No... I'm just talking to myself."
"The results of Twenty Guns and Nineteen Middle Schools are still unsatisfactory. As expected of the marksman of the First Army." Fanner patted the other party's shoulder and asked expectantly, "So... what do you think of this gun?"
Danny also has a little understanding of the "open and dark battle" between the artillery battalion and the musket, but it is all for His Majesty, and he does not want to hide his appreciation for the new weapon, "Except for stability and weight, it has almost no effect. Picky, if I could, I would like to see similar modifications to the weapons of the Precision Fire Squad."
In terms of accuracy, at least on the 50-meter and 100-meter targets, its performance is not much worse than that of ordinary rifles. The added weight is not good for standing fire and charging with a gun, but that's not a problem for precision shooters, and it should be the same for artillery battalions.
The ability to shoot continuously is the biggest advantage of the new weapon - in the event of a missed shot, the action of pulling the bolt and loading the chamber will cause the head to shift and the muzzle to rise. It takes a few breaths to re-lock the opponent through the scope. Losing the original target is also common, which makes the interval between each fire far higher than that of ordinary soldiers. But the musket in the test shot can obviously improve this point. He only needs to adjust the muzzle slightly, and he can immediately make up for the second bullet after the correction. Especially when the enemy is swarming, he can almost imagine the speed. The sight of killing a group target.
Hearing this comment, Fanner couldn't help but grinned, "Currently this is just an immature design, if you can help us improve this weapon together, I will be more confident when I apply to Lord Iron Axe. "
His idea was very simple. If the precision shooting team really used the repeating musket designed by the artillery battalion, then he would be sitting on the head of Brian.
Danny's idea is even simpler - he himself is very fond of weapons that can kill demons efficiently, and the smell of gunpowder smoke during the test shooting can also bring malt back to his side. "Very happy to serve, battalion commander."
The two smiled at each other and reached an agreement.
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When Roland learned the news, it was several days later.
More and more soldiers from the artillery battalion visited the Second Machinery Factory, which attracted the attention of the person in charge of the factory. Due to the involvement of the army, the former did not dare to stop it rashly, but reported the news to the Executive Office, and finally to the Minister of Industry, Anna. hands.
Looking at the samples that Anna had re-engraved, Roland was dumbfounded for a while. The design of the fully exposed re-entry mechanism can be described as simple and crude. Although it can meet the requirements of continuous shooting, the complex environment in the wild is also very easy to cause failures. More energy to maintain.
In this way, it seems that it is also suitable for artillerymen who have few opportunities to shoot.
"What do you think?" Anna asked with a smile.
"Well... Although there is still a lot of room for improvement, it's a good sign." Roland said lightly, "This at least shows that they have begun to learn to think about what weapons they really need. Not to mention this gun. The advantage is also very obvious, that is, it can be retrofitted directly on existing rifles, even with existing resources."
Of course, just don't change the whole army - otherwise the ammo consumption will be a staggering figure. In addition, front-line soldiers with heavy machine gun support have less urgent needs for burst weapons than artillery.
"If that's the case, then I'll help them," Anna nodded.
With the assistance of the queen, the new weapon was quickly finalized - the pull bolt and piston parts that were put together like a live buckle became a more compact tenon structure, and a layer of shell was added at the connection between the two. While effectively slowing down the stroke vibration, the jam rate is also greatly reduced. After a part of the airway was separated, the new weapon was finally changed from hand-made to a formal modification. At Roland's behest, this repeating rifle was given the name of Vanner.
After the news spread, the engineering department suddenly received several times more letters of proposals for renovation.
For this change, Roland is naturally happy to see it happen.
In other words... The popularization of primary education has finally begun to see the bud.
This is far more exciting than a new weapon.
But the surprise didn't stop there.
Celine, the high-ranking witch of Taquila, sent a report saying that a key breakthrough had been made in the research on the ritual cube.
During the trial production of the sixth batch of Rubik's Cubes, she found a way to greatly reduce the consumption of uranium chips.