Daming pirates

In order to increase the power of the self-produced flintlock gun originally produced by Sea Wolf, the caliber was enlarged, the weight of the projectile was increased, and the power of the flintlock gun was increased compared to the bird guns commonly used by the Ming army. However, the range was relatively shortened.

Later, in order to improve the range and accuracy, when Yu Xiaotian let his troops use it, he wrapped the projectiles with small pieces of cloth and stuffed the projectiles into the gun bore to improve the breath-holding ability and increase the shooting range.

However, the effect of this method is limited. When compared with a qualified small-caliber bird gun, the range is still not advantageous.

Therefore, the warriors are somewhat critical of this, but in terms of power, Sea Wolf's flintlock gun is still quite powerful. It can basically penetrate iron armor within fifty steps, and it can penetrate leather armor at seventy steps, and even within a hundred steps.

When walking, it also has a certain degree of lethality and can kill unprotected enemies, but the accuracy is already very poor. Even the best shooter cannot guarantee that one out of ten shots with the best flintlock gun can kill

Accurately hit a target the size of a human target a hundred steps away.

The qualified bird muskets used by the Ming army can sometimes hit targets more than 70 steps away more accurately. This is a little stronger than the Sea Wolf's flintlock gun, but its power is quite insufficient and can only kill a few.

Unprotected targets cannot penetrate even thicker leather armor, let alone iron armor.

Not to mention the three-eyed gun most commonly used by the Ming army, its effective range is only twenty or thirty steps, and it has no aiming function. The shooter can only aim roughly, and the probability of hitting the target is very low. Basically

Most of the fired bullets flew nowhere, so they could only deal with large and dense enemy groups and had a certain effect.

Yu Xiaotian didn't explain anything to Meng Fei, but just said: "I can tell you that although this kind of projectile is much heavier, it can definitely hit much farther than the round blunderbuss you used before, and it can also hit

It’s much more accurate! Just watch it first, and I’ll tell you why later!”

At this time on the shooting range, human-shaped targets were erected at fifty meters, seventy meters, one hundred meters, two hundred meters or even three hundred meters. A dot was drawn with white ash on the human-shaped heart of the target.

There are also dots drawn on the head.

Yu Xiaotian saw that Liu Wang was ready to shoot. He knew that Liu Wang was an avid shooting enthusiast. As long as he had nothing to do, he would go to practice shooting. Sometimes he would hold his special gun with high accuracy at night.

Good flintlock, practice by light

Aiming, hard work pays off, Liu Wang's shooting level is definitely among the best among sea wolves. When using the flintlock gun specially made for him, this guy once created a distance of 100 meters,

A super good record of four out of ten.

Even among the Sea Wolf soldiers, no one has surpassed his record, so Liu Wang is actually a qualified sniper. It's a pity that he uses a smoothbore rifle, and the effective range is too short.

It would be quite powerful.

"Shoot the target at fifty steps first, and then calibrate the gun! By the way, how thick is the target?" Yu Xiaotian said to Liu Wang, and then asked the soldier in charge of setting up the target.

"To report to the Chief, the targets are set up in three layers of wooden handles according to the instructions of the Chief. Each layer of wooden targets is half an inch thick and made of pine boards! There are three inches in between!" the soldier responsible for setting up the targets quickly replied.

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Yu Xiaotian nodded and said: "It's almost done, let's try it!"

Meng Fei and Fang An perked up when they heard this. Although the flintlock guns they used were powerful, they could only penetrate two layers of wooden targets at fifty paces, and the wooden targets could not be spaced too far apart. They basically had to be next to each other.

That's fine, but today Yu Xiaotian set up three layers of wooden targets fifty steps away, with a three-inch gap between them.

It's a bit heavy, but can it penetrate so many layers of wooden targets?

"As ordered, hit the target fifty steps first!" Liu Wang responded loudly.

After he finished speaking, he immediately picked up the gun, spread his feet forward and back, and stood firmly. He pressed the butt of the gun firmly against the shoulder socket and obtained a stable fulcrum.

He stretched forward to hold the lower part of the gun body, held the butt of the gun tightly with his right hand, put his index finger on the trigger, and turned on the safety.

Everyone stopped whispering and looked calmly at the standing target fifty steps away.

Liu Wang adjusted his breathing, relaxed his right hand slightly, and began to aim at the target through the rear sight and front sight on the barrel. It was not until he felt completely sure that he gently pulled the trigger.

There was just a bang of gunfire, and a cloud of white smoke rose from the muzzle. Everyone saw some sawdust bursting out from the standing target fifty steps away. People with sharp eyes could immediately see the heart of the standing target.

There is a hole on the left edge of the white dot.

"Beautiful! Hit the target right on the target! Brother Liu's marksmanship is really brilliant! Awesome, awesome!" Someone immediately flattered Liu Wang.

Liu Wang put down the gun and was not very satisfied with the shooting. He said: "It's about the same. It's the first time I used this gun and I couldn't hit the center. It's not good! This gun seems to be unable to aim low."

, the ballistics seem to be higher than the gun I used before! The recoil seems to be a bit stronger! But it doesn’t matter, adjust it, the next shot should be more accurate!"

Of course Yu Xiaotian knew why. Liu Wang still aimed according to his old habit, but he didn't know that the muzzle velocity of the bullet of this rifled gun was much higher and the trajectory was much lower and straighter. If he aimed according to his old habit, he would definitely hit.

It will be a little higher, which is not obvious at a distance of fifty meters. If it is zoomed out to a hundred meters, it will be more obvious, and there is even a possibility of missing the target.

At this time, the target observer first waved a small white flag from the bunker behind the target to remind him to stand up and stop shooting. After waiting for a while, the target observer stood up and stretched his head to look at the target.

He immediately shouted: "Nine rings! The landing point is on the upper left! It has been penetrated! The three-layer wooden handle has been completely penetrated!"

Meng Fei jumped up and immediately exclaimed: "Wow! It actually penetrated! It's amazing! Haha! Even if someone puts on three layers of armor, he can be beaten to death in fifty steps!"

Liu Wang then reloaded and shot the standing target at fifty steps again. After he adjusted the gun, the accuracy was better, directly at the tenth ring, and it hit the middle of the white dot as big as the mouth of the bowl, which was the tenth of the ten rings.

Ring, very accurate.

The person reporting the target immediately shouted: "The ten rings are in the middle, absolutely ten rings! All of them have been penetrated!"

Liu Wang was more satisfied this time, with a proud smile on his face, and nodded: "It's almost the same this time. I lowered the muzzle of the gun a little bit, and it hit! This gun is very accurate, better than my most accurate gun."

A good gun should be more accurate!"

But what others are concerned about right now is the power of this gun, because hitting the target at fifty paces is not difficult for many people. There are 30% musketeers in the war camp who can achieve it with a certain probability.

It hit the target, and what surprised them was the power of this gun. It could easily penetrate three layers of wooden rakes fifty steps away. This was not something that the flintlock guns they commonly used could do, and it was also a gun.

The gun penetrated, indicating that the penetrating power of this gun was more than that.

"Don't try the 70-step target, just try the 100-step target!" Yu Xiaotian is quite confident in Liu Wang's shooting level. The 70-step target is not difficult for him. He deliberately

Liu Wang must be allowed to experience the real advantages of this rifled gun.

Liu Wang agreed, and immediately picked up the gun and began to aim at the standing target a hundred steps away. He calmly adjusted his posture, aimed at the aiming point, and pulled the trigger.

Liu Wang usually practices shooting at targets a hundred meters away, but the musket he uses is a musket. Even a musket with good accuracy cannot hit a target the size of a human body at a distance of a hundred meters.

You also need to rely on a lot of luck, and Liu Wang once set a record of four out of ten, which was already an explosion of character when using a musket.

Liu Wang switched to using this rifled gun today. It stands to reason that there won't be much of a problem in dealing with targets a hundred meters away.

After hearing a bang, everyone looked at the standing target a hundred meters away. Some people began to take out their monocular binoculars to observe, but then the target reporter a hundred meters away stood up and shouted loudly after looking at the target.

Said: "Hit the target! Hit the head! All three layers of targets penetrated!"

After hearing this, everyone burst into cheers and praised Liu Wang one after another, saying that Liu Wang's shooting was good. He actually hit the head of a humanoid target a hundred steps away from such a long distance. It was really amazing. What's more important was that they heard

When the target reporter shouted, a hundred steps away, this gun actually penetrated the three-layer wooden target. This shows that the power of this gun is really much beyond the flintlock guns they used before. If

If it were a flintlock gun like the one they commonly use, even if it hits a standing target a hundred steps away, it would only be able to penetrate a layer of wooden target at most. It can hit a target at this distance.

Penetrating a wooden target is enough to ensure that a target wearing leather armor will be shot.

However, this gun actually penetrated three layers of wooden rake from a hundred steps away. This shows that even if the enemy wears two or three layers of iron armor, it can still penetrate the armor on his body, which is enough to kill and injure the enemy.

At this time, everyone was greatly shocked, not because Liu Wang's shooting skills were so good, but because they were very surprised by the penetrating power of this gun.

But Liu Wang shook his head repeatedly and said: "That's not right! That's not right!"

Meng Fei asked at the top of his lungs: "You've already hit someone on the head, what's wrong? The first shot from a hundred steps away hit the head. This is the first time I've seen it!"

Liu Wang immediately shook his head and said: "No, no! I'm not aiming at the head, I'm aiming at the chest. How could it hit the head? Under normal circumstances, even if the fire blunderbuss hits the target, the blunderbuss will fall low.

One point, I deliberately aimed higher, just to hit the chest. How could I aim for the head and hit the head?

The trajectory of this gun is too straight! If it doesn’t work, let me try again!”