Super Chief

Chapter 381: Cost and selling price

But even if it is unbelievable, there is no way to refute all this happening right now.

   The 200-yard target is inlaid with six freshly baked lead bullets, and the impact points are very close, which shows that the effective range of this rifle is definitely up to 200 yards!

   This range is more than twice the effective range of the P1756 long shotgun that is currently in the hands of the Royal British Army soldiers!

   "If this is on the battlefield, with this effective range alone, people can live and kill their soldiers on the battlefield!"

   Even if it was late autumn, the weather became very cold, but at the thought of it, Colonel Jones suddenly broke out with white hair on his back!

  As a veteran military officer, how can James Jones fail to know the importance of effective range?

The Royal Army stationed in Jamestown now holds the Brown Beth P1756 long shotgun. This gun is also the Brown Beth rifle which was developed in 1722. After P1724 and other tests, it was finally in 1728. The most complete rifle since its finalization, and now all the Royal British Army has basically replaced this rifle.

   But even with this rifle, its true effective range is only about 100 yards.

   Although the effective range of 100 yards is also very good, at least it is not inferior to the rifle used by the French. But if it compares with the rifle in front of me, it would be really not enough.

   The effective range is one hundred yards. If this is on the battlefield, one's own soldiers can only be passively beaten! The guns in the hands of your soldiers can't hit others, but they can spare one shot at a time. How can such a war be fought?

   And if it's just the difference in effective range, it might be possible to make up for it with the advantage of the number of soldiers, but the problem is that this rifle in my hands still has such a fast rate of fire!

   The rate of fire of seven rounds per minute is more than double the rate of fire of the Brown Beth rifle!

   His gun shot far and accurate, and the rate of fire was more than twice that of his sister's rifle. How to play this?

   After a brief panic, the rest of Colonel Jones is full of jealous...

"If your soldiers are equipped with this rifle, if the entire Royal British Army and even the navy are equipped with this rifle, what France, what Spain, what Prussia, what Austria will all crawl under the feet of the soldiers of the British Empire. Shaking!"

   Almost instantly, this thought filled the mind of Colonel Jones.

"Dear guardian, you don’t know this rifle..." Since you want to get this rifle, you don’t need any face or face. If you can get this rifle, then General Can you be far away from yourself?

   Shixiong glanced at Colonel Jones, who was smiling, before he asked the question, he said directly: "Mr. Colonel, do you want this rifle?"

   Although it seemed rude to interrupt the Colonel directly, Colonel Jones didn't mind at all. On the contrary, the guardian's tone surprised the Colonel inexplicably.

"Yes, dear guardian, I really want this rifle in your hand." Colonel Jones bent slightly and said. The demeanor and dignity of a colonel in the Royal British Empire has disappeared from him at this time. .

   "Okay!" Shi Xiong's happy answer made Colonel Jones seem to see God, but Shi Xiong's next words made the Colonel a little at a loss.

   "I don't know how much Mr. Colonel wants to buy the gun in my soldier's hand?"

   "Huh?" The colonel was stunned.

   "What? Colonel, don't you plan to spend money to buy my gun? Oh my god, you don't want me to give it to you for nothing, do you?"

   "Ahem..." The colonel coughed embarrassedly. "Dear guardian, I didn't mean that. I just thought you would give me a rifle as a souvenir."

"Hehe, Mr. Colonel, do you think I would do this? Please, if this rifle is not difficult to imitate, it is impossible for me to give away this rifle that I have spent a lot of effort to develop. Of course, we are old friends. If you really want this rifle, I will sell you these rifles that my soldiers are using."

   "You, you mean to sell these second-hand...well, these guns that your soldiers are using?" Colonel Jones's face was uncertain.

"Yes, Mr. Colonel, if you want this rifle, I can only sell these guns to you. Of course, if you copy them in the future, it has nothing to do with me. Do you understand what I mean? "

   Colonel Jones is silent now. Shi Xiong said so clearly, if he still didn't understand, he would be a fool.

   Obviously, the guardian of this indigenous tribe is a human being, and the kind of monkey with fur. This gun is indeed a good gun. It is much stronger than the Brown Beth rifle currently used by his own soldiers. This has been proved by the Guardian Lord just now.

   But again, this is just a rifle. If a sample gun is available, it can be easily copied.

   The guardian master obviously knows about counterfeiting, so he will sell all these rifles to himself with a big mouth, the profit of which is the cost of developing this rifle.

   This is normal, but Colonel Jones doesn't want to pay so much.

   "Guardian, how much do you plan to sell for each gun?"

   "How much is it? Let's calculate this first~lightnovelpub.net~Your soldier is now using the Brown Beth P1756 long shotgun, right?"

   Jones glanced at Shi Xiong in surprise, but he nodded.

   "Well, the cost of this gun should now be two shillings on the three British list, but the purchase price of your Ordnance Bureau seems to be six pounds and five shillings. I wonder if the price I said is correct?"

   "How did you know?" Colonel Jones once again asked this sentence without suppressing his shock. But it is precisely this sentence that proves that what Shixiong said is very correct.

   The cost and purchase price of the Brown Beth rifle are top secret by the Ordnance Bureau. If Colonel Jones' cousin had not worked in the Ordnance Bureau, he would not know the counterfeit cost and purchase price of the Brown Beth rifle.

   Colonel Jones remembered that after he heard the news, he felt very emotional. A rifle has a gross profit of three pounds and three shillings, which is more than 100% of the gross profit. No wonder the gunmakers in China are wealthy. It's me instead. If I can get the Ordnance Bureau to purchase his own rifles in large quantities, the colonel won't do it.

   As Colonel Jones of the Royal Army of the British Empire, he can only think about this and express emotion. The matter of arms is not a nobleman with a background behind him. Who can reach into the Ordnance Bureau?

   How did the guardian of this native tribe know about this? Could this guy really be guided by the gods believed in by the natives, as Hank and Fogg said?

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