The fifth month of 1765 came unconsciously.

　　 In the Cherokee calendar, the fifth month of each year is called "the month of flowers." In this month, blooming flowers can be seen everywhere, and flowers are the most significant sign of this month.

　　 The temperature at this time is already very warm. At this time in previous years, the people in the tribe had already taken off their animal skin clothes.

　　Thanks to the cotton cloth seized from the French, the cotton cloth extorted from the Okron Fortress, and the cotton cloth brought by Major Hank, now the entire Gaoshu tribe has put on clothes made of cotton cloth.

　　 Compared with animal skin clothes, clothes made of cotton cloth far surpass animal skin clothes in terms of breathability and comfort, and the tribes also like this kind of cotton clothes.

　　 Shixiong’s body, as a seventeen-year-old boy, was the period when the silly boy slept on the cool kang with firepower, so he put on the sleeveless vest early. Although it was still a bit cold in the morning and evening in May, the sufficient firepower made him not care about the coldness at all.

　　Of course, the stone bear who took off his animal skin clothes finally showed his arms, which are as thin as the thighs of an adult man, in front of the tribesmen of the full-height tree, attracting countless hot eyes...

　　 Shixiong himself is very puzzled, this body is obviously a yellow race, but why does it have muscles stronger than most blacks? The most important thing is that Shixiong discovered that this body seems to be still developing...

　　 shook his head helplessly, accelerated his walking speed, and soon came to the hillside to the south of the tribe.

　　 It’s about a mile away from the tribe. Thanks to the popularity of two large saws in the Gaoshu tribe, the original dense woods were forcibly cut out of a large area of ​​land, covering several acres of land. After those trees were felled, they were either used for paper making or used as fuel. If this were to be used in later generations, such a large-scale felling of trees would definitely have a solid foundation.

　　 But no one cares at all in this era, which also makes Shi Xiong secretly sigh that ancient times are really much better than modern times in some aspects.

　　 The felled clearing was roughly a rectangle, but Ferguson took a fancy to this place, so he picked it up and turned the clearing into a shooting range.

　　 The first ten Ferguson rifles produced by Lieutenant Ferguson will be tested at this shooting range.

　　 In fact, the so-called gun inspection is mainly to inspect the strength of the barrel.

　　 After all, it is a cast barrel. The strength cannot be compared with the drilled or cold-forged barrels of later generations, let alone the precision-forged barrels.

However, the material used for casting the barrel can be regarded as low-carbon steel. The toughness and strength of the material itself are much higher than the wrought iron used in other countries. In addition, the current guns use black powder, which is produced when the gunpowder deflagrates. The gas pressure is far less than that of smokeless gunpowder, so this cast barrel can also be used.

　　 And according to Ferguson's analysis, the quality of this cast barrel is even better than the barrel quality of the Brown Beth rifle used by the British now.

　　 Although Ferguson has confirmed the quality of the barrel, Shixiong still needs further inspection.

　　 For example, at a reloading speed of six rounds per minute, sixty shots are fired continuously at a normal fixed amount of gunpowder to see if the barrel will explode.

　　For example, the charge is twice or even twice the limit charge of the fixed gunpowder to test the maximum endurance of the barrel. Starting

　　 Anyway, it's just how bad it is. As long as these ten Ferguson rifles can withstand this test, there will be absolutely no problem when they are taken on the battlefield in the future.

　　 One end of the shooting range was specially made with a wooden frame. A Ferguson rifle was tied to this sturdy wooden frame. Behind the wooden frame stood a row of logs with the thickness of a calf, which was more than two meters wide.

　　 When testing the gun, a rope was tied to the trigger, and the person stood behind the wooden wall made of logs. The gun is filled with ammunition first, and then the person goes back behind the wooden wall and pulls the rope to fire the ammunition.

　　 Anyway, this kind of test gun does not require any precision, but only tests the extreme tolerance of the barrel, so as long as the muzzle is always pointed at the other end of the shooting range. And the whole gun is firmly tied to the wooden frame, even if it is fired, the muzzle will not shift.

　　 And that row of wooden walls is used to protect the safety of the experimenters. In the event of a blast during the experiment, the protection of this row of wooden walls is sufficient to ensure that the people behind the wooden walls will not be harmed.

　　 Ferguson, as the developer of this rifle, naturally has to serve as the first test person. He still doesn't agree to others who want to do this job.

　　The gun is a good gun, and the barrel is a good barrel. Lieutenant Ferguson knows this well. He can guarantee that even in accordance with the British forces' extreme test methods for guns, this gun will not be exposed to the gun.

　　 And he is also very proficient in loading ammunition. Although he has increased the time to run back and forth behind the wooden wall, he can't say to load six rounds in one minute, but it is absolutely no problem to load eleven rounds in two minutes.

　　 The reloading speed of this rear-mounted rifle is much faster than that of the front-mounted rifle. Even if it is loaded with five rounds in one minute, the speed is much faster than when the rifles are tested in various countries.

　　 Ishikuma knew that Ferguson was a very responsible person. Since he insisted on being the first test person, let him do it.

Shixiong and his group stood about 20 meters away from the wooden frame, watching Ferguson Lisso fill up the projectiles and fixed gunpowder, and then quickly ran back behind the wooden wall, pulling the rope, and the next moment, accompanied by There was a loud gunshot, and the surrounding wooden frame where the rifle was tied was enveloped in blue-gray smoke.

　　 The terrain here is a little bit higher, plus it’s a bit windy today, so when Ferguson ran out from behind the wooden wall for the second refill~lightnovelpub.net~ the smoke had been blown away by the wind.

　　 In this way, Ferguson quickly reloaded with a neat reloading speed, basically able to reach a speed of five rounds per minute. This speed is a bit slower than that of a human being directly loaded with a gun, but it is also twice as fast as any current rifle.

　　 But every five shots fired, Ferguson had to clean the barrel with a special cleaning rod. This slowed down the test.

　　 This is really no way. In the era of black powder, no matter what gun it is, if you fire a few shots without cleaning the chamber, the residue of the black powder will accumulate in the chamber. If you don’t clean it up, let alone fire the gun. If you don’t explode, your gun will be of good quality.

Generally speaking, the rifles used in other countries are almost always shot to clean the barrel once, but the gunpowder used this time is made according to the perfect ratio provided by the stone bear, so it is better to shoot five shots to clean the barrel. no problem.

　　 It takes sixty shots to fire a gun. Including the time to clean the barrel, the test time for a gun takes about 20 minutes.

　　 It takes more than three hours after ten guns, and then the test of extreme filling of gunpowder is carried out, double the amount of powder, and twice the amount of powder.

　　 Anyway, after these ten guns were tested, it took a full morning.

　　 But the good news is that none of these ten guns have any major problems. It can still maintain good stability under such extreme tests, which shows that this rifle has been successful! New 81 Chinese network update the fastest computer terminal: https://

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