America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 335 Browning’s Gizmo

Autumn in Roswell comes later than usual.

From the outside, there is not much difference except that the sun is not as strong as before.

The main background color of this world is still earthy yellow.

In the Roswell Council Hall, a quarterly Roswell Science and Technology Committee meeting is taking place.

This so-called Science and Technology Committee was proposed by Chen Jianqiu.

The original intention was to recruit scientific and technical talents from all fields.

But because the environment in Roswell was so harsh, no one responded to the invitations sent by Holmes.

So so far, apart from Holmes, the only members are three inventors from the gun factory.

Maxim Brothers, Browning.

Geronimo and others on the border have not yet completed their historical mission.

"Be gentle! Be gentle!" Browning complained as he went to remove the cloth from the package.

As for improvements, he is not worried at all.

The financing for the railway is considerable, but the railway from Lincolnshire to Roswell is under construction and requires a lot of funds.

Helena Maxim yawned. He stayed up late last night revising the drawings of his heavy machine gun.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the thing covered in this brie must be a gun.

"At the same time, I learned from the latest jacket technology and changed the bullets to copper jacket lead core bullets."

At this point, Browning had already opened the cloth bag in his hand.

"I'll draw a schematic diagram for you later."

"Have you tinkered with a new gun again?" Chen Jianqiu asked with a smile.

Although Chen Jianqiu told him that the test results were very good, he also said that there were some areas that could be improved.

"What does the cassette look like?" Browning was confused.

Chen Jianqiu went up to take a look and was very happy.

This is something Chen Jianqiu doesn't want to see at this stage.

"If you are too late, others will seize the opportunity, so the top priority is to develop bullets and firearms filled with smokeless powder."

"Ah, yes, tubular magazine, what's wrong? Is there any other way to feed ammunition?" Browning picked up the rifle in his hand and asked puzzledly while admiring his work.

"Then, continue to modify it. Believe me, after the modification, the performance of this gun will be much better than it is now."

If a few Maxims were stationed in the town where the federal army was stationed at this time, the U.S.-Mexico border would have long-term peace and stability.

"Coming! Coming!"

"Put it on the table, put it on the table." Browning gestured to Li Sifu.

After Hudson Maxim finished his report, Chen Jianqiu suddenly realized that there was one person missing from the meeting.

"Browning asked me to test this gun." Camilla walked in from outside the meeting hall. "The range and power are very good."

As a firearms inventor, he has a keen insight and perception of the development of firearms.

In addition to using Sanjiang Bank to finance himself, he decided to increase the sales volume of the ordnance factory.

Isn’t this Lebel 1886?

Although the details are different, the forced design ideas make the two surprisingly similar.

"Is it a round-headed bullet?" Chen Jianqiu was still rubbing his face.

"Where's Browning? Where's he gone?"

Seeing Browning's triumphant look, Chen Jianqiu covered his face.

Li Sifu threw the package on the table with a "dong" sound.

Sure enough, history is an accident that constantly produces necessity. Unexpectedly, when all conditions were met, Browning designed the world's first smokeless powder bullet rifle, which was designed by a French designer a few years later.

"This will be a revolution."

"Okay!" Browning's invention was confirmed and he was very happy.

"Since the energy of smokeless gunpowder is much higher than that of black powder, the recoil produced by the original charge will be unbearable for the firearm and the shooter. Therefore, the diameter of the projectile was reduced to 8 mm and the length of the cartridge case was shortened to 50 mm."

Everyone in the room, including Chen Jianqiu, all raised their heads.

"Yes, the effective range of this gun is at least 400 meters, and the maximum range is more than 1,600 meters."

Chen Jianqiu, who was sitting in the main seat, dragged his chin and looked at Hudson Maxim who was speaking, but he was thinking about other things in his mind.

"Tubular magazine, right?" Chen Jianqiu said while rubbing his face.

"I don't know, this guy seems to be tinkering with something recently." Helena Maxim yawned continuously, with a look of resentment on her face.

And his brother, Hudson Maxim, was happily giving a report on his research.

Chen Jianqiu has applied for a patent for smokeless gunpowder, but he has changed it to a very inconspicuous name, and the effect has been retained.

Although kerosene sells well, New Mexico is a frontier after all, with a vast land and sparsely populated areas, and Mexico on the other side of the border is not a wealthy place.

Chen Jianqiu can't draw blueprints, but he has seen them, so he can still draw the schematic diagrams.

"Yes." Browning kept moving his hands and talking about his recent achievements like chanting:

Chen Jianqiu turned his head and said to Camilla, "I suggest you look forward to the improved model."

Recently, I am opening a bank and setting up a detective agency, so the demand for funds is still quite large.

Need a hit.

Say Browning, and Browning is here.

"This gun is mass-produced and sold." Chen Jianqiu said, "If you use our gun, you have to use our bullets; if you want to use our bullets, you have to use our gun."

In addition, he is also studying how to build an explosives production line in Roswell, because the railway will be connected to Roswell next month.

A long rifle lay inside.

"Smokeless gunpowder is a good thing. It has high power, low smoke, and more concealed shooting. It will definitely replace black powder and become the main filling material for future bullets."

"I'm already planning to change my gun," she said with a smile.

"But time is too tight, so I can only modify it on the existing rifle."

"What about this gun?" Browning looked at Chen Jianqiu, somewhat unwillingly.

"Yes, if it were not a round-head bullet, it would easily hit the front primer and misfire." Browning wished he could give his boss some basic firearms education.

"No matter how bad this gun is, it is still the first rifle to use smokeless powder bullets."

Several big European colonialists obviously need something like this even more.

In his words, the smokeless gunpowder now produced in Roswell is reliable, excellent, and can be mass-produced.

He planned to obtain a patent in a low-key manner, export it first, and then export it to domestic sales.

He had just received a share of the patent for smokeless gunpowder given to him by Chen Jianqiu.

He was very proud of himself.

After the machine gun was roughly formed, Browning was not very concerned about improvements and instead went into his studio.

The door to the conference hall was opened, and the gunsmith walked in wearing a suit, and behind him, Li Sifu was holding a long thing wrapped in cloth.

This kind of thing is not something that spans several eras. These talented gun designers know it right away.

Holmes looked at his research report on geological improvement with boredom. He felt that this topic needed an agriculturalist or engineer to study it.

But there is little civilian demand for the Maxim heavy machine gun, and the military has nothing to do with it, and he doesn't want to sell it to these people for the time being.

Naturally, this quarterly meeting became a regular internal meeting of the Roswell Firearms Factory.

"Next time you try the box type, and then use the pointed tip to play." Chen Jianqiu finally finished rubbing his face and said.

He's used to it.

"By the way, what's the name of this gun?" Browning asked.

"You can take whatever you want, just don't get involved with me." Chen Jianqiu lay on the chair with his hands on the back of his head.

"Okay, let's call it Roswell M1882."

(End of chapter)