The guests flocked to the shooting range with the two members of the royal family.

Sure enough, unlike many of the ranges that Sean had been to where he trained his soldiers, it was more of a place to relax.

In the middle of the beautiful evergreens, there is a well-manicured lawn without a single weed, and on one side is an awning with carpets under the awning, and tables with all kinds of food and drinks.

There is also a row of well-trained waiters, ready to call guests.

For some reason, the guns were in the hands of the officers of the Guard, including the pistols brought with the guests.

When muskets became more popular, the sport of shooting became more popular, because it did not require as much training as archery.

There are a lot of people who sign up for shooting competitions, except for a few who are too obsessed with shooting, most of them just focus on participating, and they like the sound of banging.

More often than not, the competition is a social event, as if they were chasing a new opera or a melody from a musician's new composition.

They enjoyed food and drinks while showing off their firearms. With the exception of a handful of contestants representing Bess Maschinen, who shared Sean's latest Model 1830 rifled rifles, everyone else used their own rifles — with their own individual ornaments and their own unique markings or signatures.

But without exception, they used rifled guns, and the barrels were all considered the most perfect of a certain model. As for rifling, some are semi-circular, some are straight, and even hexagonal - they all use special bullets, and the cost is of course quite gratifying.

The first competition: precision shooting. All 50 people, every group of 10 people, a total of 5 groups. Ten rounds of ammunition per person, within 20 minutes to shoot at the chest target 200 meters ahead, set the number of rings, and the bullseye is of course 10 rings.

There are two rounds of competition.

The top three best finishers in each group, if they have the same score, will also enter the second round together, and then compete for the top three.

In the past, the effective firing range of an ordinary smoothbore gun was 270 meters. This effective range means that the opposing sides fire at each other in a dense formation, potentially hitting each other, but this hit rate never exceeds 50%.

Intense and intense shooting, the rate of mute fire is never less than 20%.

After the advent of rifled guns, due to better air tightness, the projectile still rotates at high speed under rifling, with a range of up to 900 meters, and the effective range and hit rate can also reach a very high level.

The target distance of 200 meters is a good distance, and for those who are good at shooting, there is a certain degree of difficulty, and the key is how far away from the bull's-eye.

The organizer bass allowed all the competitors to test shoot three times before the official competition, and the shooting range immediately rang out one after another.

"This gun looks good!" Sean tested three bullets, three ten rings, and the second prince Philip walked up to him at this time to watch the target together.

"It's really good. Sean nodded. The bass rifle in his hand was even better than the last time he wiped out the Benjamin Don gang, and he had already used the conical-headed cylindrical hollow cavity bullet that Sean had "invented" - it was ordered as a "bass" round.

The second prince also scored three good rings. Despite this, Sean did not forget what the purpose of the bass boss was to hold this shooting competition, which was to show the excellent performance of the new bass rifle.

"We'll stand together later, let's compete, if you win......" The second prince thought for a moment, he shook the sword on the left side of his waist and leg, "This sword will be yours." ”

"But if I lose, I don't know what to win? Sean asked.

"I don't need you to come up with anything. The second prince smiled, which naturally gave rise to a good impression, "The Royal Society of Science needs to increase its membership. ”

Seeing Sean's puzzled face, the second prince explained: "Member of the Royal Scientific Society, this is just an honor, it gathers once a year and runs a journal. ”

The implication is that it is a retreat society that is only meant to reflect the royal emphasis on science for scholars.

"Actually, I'm not a scholar, I'm a clever inventor at best. Sean said truthfully.

"I've been told that being too modest equals pride. The second prince said, "Mr. Connery, you won't agree with my understanding, will you?"

"Alright then, I'll try to win the game. Sean nodded.

"Good, but I'd rather win you, the Royal Society of Science needs a young man like you, you seem younger than me, don't you?"

"I'm nineteen and a half years old. Sean replied.

"That's smaller than me. The second prince laughed heartily, "Haha, I'm kind of going through the back door, if it weren't for my royal status, I wouldn't have been able to join the circle of the most intelligent people in the empire." I suddenly regretted that if you joined, it would break the record for me to be the youngest member of the association!"

The self-deprecation of the second prince makes people feel good.

Sean noticed that Princess Elizabeth was carefully examining her firearm, which was a rifle with silver on the hilt of a walnut gun, which was beautifully shaped and fit the shape of a woman's hand.

"My sister used to shoot when she was 10 years old, and she was very accurate, and if she aimed it at your head, she would definitely hit you in the knee. You should be careful not to be mistaken by her, as the Empire will lose a young genius. The second prince joked.

"Brother, are you so sarcastic about me?" the princess blushed. She is dressed in a hunting suit, slim, and at close range, she has amazing beauty.

"Marksmanship is fed, as long as you spend more time practicing, your marksmanship will not be too bad after all, Your Highness Princess. Sean said.

That's justice. The princess gave Sean an an appreciative look, "Philip, you've always bullied me." ”

"Yes, I always bullied you, but my father didn't allow you to come today, and I personally pleaded with my father to get your way. What do you say?" the second prince complained.

"Count you as acquaintances. The princess said.

The relationship between the brother and sister looks good, which is quite enviable. In his previous life, Sean was an only child, and he was alone in this world, so I really don't know what it would be like to have an older brother or sister to care.

"Group 1, each in place!"

A loud voice gave the order, and the guests ended the tumultuous hustle and bustle and began to get serious. Sean and the royal siblings are both in the first group.

As the organizer, of course, the boss of the bass will not represent his company's seeded players in the same group, and no one wants to compare His Royal Highness the Second Prince.

Therefore, in this group, there is only Sean, an unofficial player, who uses bass rifles.

Twenty minutes, 10 rounds of ammunition, enough time for the shooter to adjust his condition and aim accurately.

For the ammunition of this era, fixed ammunition was already used, in which the projectile (buckshot) and the propellant were wrapped together with a layer of greased paper.

This requires a series of more complex operations, such as biting the paper shell ammunition in the mouth, opening the medicine chamber, biting through the paper shell, pouring a part of the gunpowder into the medicine chamber as a flintlock to ignite the fire, and then closing the medicine chamber, erecting the muzzle, pouring the remaining gunpowder from the barrel into the breech, and then putting the lead shot into the muzzle, because the lead shot is usually slightly larger than the inner diameter of the barrel, you need to use a push and pull rod to poke it in, and then aim and fire.

Obviously, this is very complicated, and the order must not be mistaken, otherwise there will be very bad consequences, but because of the rifling, the rifled gun is more difficult to load the projectile, and the rate of fire is much slower than that of the smoothbore gun.

In contrast to rear-loading metal firing pin ammunition, the shooter is usually only able to stand up. Considering the firepower and accuracy, it is also an inevitable choice to implement the tactic of "lining up to shoot" on the battlefield.

On the shooting range, there were sounds one after another, and white smoke filled the air. Princess Elizabeth choked on a cough and even tears came out.

"Congratulations, Your Highness Philip, for winning first place in your group. ”

"Tongxi, Sean, you finished second and made it to the second round. My poor sister also won first place, but unfortunately it was the last place. ”