The second event began, this time in rapid fire.

There is a limit of 20 minutes per person, with no limit on guns, and you will need to shoot as many lead bullets as possible during these 20 minutes, and still count the number of rings.

In other words, the shooter must be as accurate as possible with as many shots as possible. In other words, stronger and more sustained firepower is guaranteed on the battlefield.

This time the scene was even more enthusiastic and exciting.

Because both smoothbore guns and rifled guns are front-loading guns, you have to load ammunition from the barrel, and you have to use a ramrod to poke down from the mouth of the barrel to poke the lead shot into the bottom.

On the battlefield, the rate of fire has become one of the key factors for victory on the battlefield. Under the complex reloading procedure, without long-term training and lack of strong courage in battle, you will not be able to reload quickly, on the contrary, your error rate will even double compared to training, and the blind fire rate will also increase exponentially, and the hit rate is even worse than on the training ground.

At this time, the design of the gun itself is excellent.

The rifled guns in the hands of most of these aristocratic archers are good and accurate, and if they are used for hunting, they will definitely return with a full load every time.

But if it is used to compete in the rate of fire, or in battle, it will be cumbersome. Because the lead bullet used in rifled guns is slightly larger than the inner diameter of the barrel in order to fit the rifling, it is not easy to poke down with a push rod to get to the right position, especially when every minute is in the race.

The bass 1830 rifled gun in Sean's hand is different, its bottom chamber is slightly smaller than the barrel, and the matching bass bullet is not only slightly smaller than the barrel, but the cylindrical shape makes it easy to go down to the bottom, and then use a little force with the ramrod to make the lead bullet fit the rifling of the bottom load.

This kind of bass bullet, in Sean's Earth era, is called the Minne bullet, its unique hollow bottom, after the propellant is ignited, the thrust will make the bullet's barrel tail expand and embed in the rifling, ensuring air closure and more effectively pushing the bullet to shoot at a higher muzzle velocity.

More precision, farther away, and a quick-loading gun-like reload, this new rifle is impressive.

On the shooting range, the aristocrats gradually gave up the game.

Because Sean and the other 4 shooters with bass 1830 rifles completely dominated the game. While the others were still trying to reload their gear and fire the 5th shot, they had already completed at least 8 shots, and Sean was ready for the 10th shot.

Now it's up to you to see who has the better results among the 5 guys who are in the limelight.

If the nobles used smoothbore guns, their rate of fire would not be too slow, but it would be difficult to hit targets at a distance of 200 meters. Now they have rifled guns in their hands, and the difference between rifled guns and rifled guns lies mainly in the difference in rifling and bullets.

For example, the rifled gun in the hands of the second prince has two deep rifling wires and uses a round spherical lead pellet with an annular protrusion. When this kind of lead shot is filled, the convex groove must be aligned with the rifling notch to achieve rapid filling. If you are racing against time, it is difficult for the shooter not to make mistakes, so the rate of fire cannot be fast.

This is one of the reasons why the Europa Imperial army was only a small number of rifled guns, the rate of fire was too slow to form a strong and sustained firepower.

So, rifled guns became the high-class companions of the nobles in hunting and shooting clubs.

Today, the Bess Type 1830 rifled gun has changed everyone's opinion.

The 4 guys with bass rifled guns are all from noble backgrounds, and they also love shooting, and their marksmanship is better than Sean's, but they are far inferior to Sean in terms of rate of fire, because they have never been professionally trained.

Sean has not only experienced professional training in the army, but also passed the test of life and death on the battlefield.

In the era of queuing to shoot, the rate of fire is often more important than accuracy, because black powder is used, the battlefield is full of smoke, and you don't even know where your enemy is, so you can only shoot as much as possible and maintain dense firepower to achieve the purpose of accumulating shots to increase the damage.

Sean's hands are very steady, every movement is methodical, he does not deliberately speed up, nor does he deliberately slow down, during which he also deliberately cleans the gunpowder residue in the barrel, which is also an essential shooting procedure in the pre-loading era.

In the past, there were cases on the battlefield where soldiers had to smash the ramrod with a hammer because there was too much residue in the barrel of the gun after a fierce fire.

In 20 minutes, Sean fired a full 60 shots, no slower than a smoothbore gun, and this was the result of his efforts to ensure accurate shooting. He was confident that he averaged more than 9 rings per bullet, and if he had this rifle in war, he could take out 60 enemies in 20 minutes.

The number of shots was the first, and the number of shots was only 50, so there was no need to report the target, and Sean won the first place.

But if you ask who the top five are, of course, it is the bass 1830 rifled gun players who have taken the top five, and none of them have been blinded.

"This rifled gun, every soldier in the empire should have one. Taking the rifle in Sean's hand, the second prince praised sincerely.

"It may be more expensive, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Empire is probably going to jump to his feet. Someone whispered.

Haha, the guests laughed.

"I heard that he was going to introduce a 1/20 tax, and he thought it was the only fair tax ever. It seems, I see, that this is the only tax ever that is unfair to our aristocracy. Someone scolded.

"Sean, as one of the champions tonight, what do you think?" Hearing this, the second prince frowned slightly, and asked Sean instead.

"It's expensive for a reason, at least it's a lot cheaper than His Highness's own gun. "If this gun can be licensed to other companies to produce, or this rifle can be disassembled, different parts are delivered to different companies for manufacturing, and follow a unified inspection standard, the cost should be reduced a lot." ”

"Well, yes, that's a good idea. The second prince nodded, and asked Bess again, "Mr. Bes, what do you think of Sean's proposal?"

Bess was a little difficult to accept for a while, seeing that he was about to eat meat, but he wanted to give it to others, which was tantamount to digging his own meat.

Sean had to remind him:

"It's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone. ”

"What do you mean?" Bess was puzzled.

"For example, if you go to a concert, if you are just a person to enjoy it, where is it more pleasant to invite a group of like-minded friends to share it together?"

Bess rolled his little eyes, and he instantly understood what Sean meant.

Arms is big business, and it is impossible for the bass company to eat alone, so instead of inviting a bad wolf and not being able to eat a few bites, it is better to let everyone share it together, make the cake bigger, and finally get the biggest share.

The purpose of this shooting competition is to sell rifles, and everyone knows it. This is a conspiracy.

The fact that the second prince was willing to participate in this purposeful competition represented the official opinion that the Imperial Army really needed a new rifle.

In fact, the second prince has often participated in many official and private activities as a representative of the emperor recently.

He doesn't have to shy away from it, and it would be best if he could explicitly support the Beth 1830 rifle.

Beth instantly thought of other benefits, pulling more people to make cakes together, which could reduce costs, and given the terrible financial disaster of the empire, the chances of success were even greater.

A couple of nimble-minded aristocrats were already circling the bass, while the bankers were contemplating the possibility of making loans.

As a result, one major transaction after another was born in this social setting.

Privileged people don't need to do business in a formal setting.