After the benchmark gun type was decided, the participants struck while the iron was hot and added a blocking type.

...... It would be a waste if Sharps wasn't used as a sniper rifle.

In the Civil War, although the front-loading Springfield rifle was the main force, the cool Sharps rifle was the favorite weapon of the soldiers.

Sharps didn't initially launch it because it cost $35, which was nearly three times more expensive than a front-loading gun. In 1862, under the severe situation of the defeat of the Union army, President Lincoln personally intervened, and the Northern Army finally procured 1,500 Sharps to form the 1st and 2nd Sharpshooter Regiments under the command of Colonel Berdan, thus ushering in the glorious era of Sharps.

From this moment on, the Sharps rifle became famous: its main function was battlefield sniping. An experienced veteran can shoot the enemy even at a distance of 400 meters. You must know that the human body at a distance of 400 meters is only the size of a matchbox, unlike the North American bison, which is large and easy to target.

The most important point is that these sniper results were done without a scope and the bullets were fixed with paper shells! The accuracy of the Sharps rifle is evident from this.

After the end of the Civil War, Sharps also participated in several world-class shooting competitions, and achieved excellent results.

Naturally, the Travelers will not let go of one of the most outstanding attributes of this rifle. Therefore, at the seminar that day, in addition to the benchmark model, another sniper type with a slightly longer barrel and a scope mount on the gun was also determined-even if only the self-produced quadruple eyepiece is used in the future, the soldier can accurately destroy the enemy within 800 meters.

Regarding the specific details of the two new firearms, in the discussion that afternoon, the five traversers discussed and finally gave the framework and requirements.

These data and requirements will be brought to future generations by Cao Chuan with a USB flash drive, and then after the modification of professional weapon designers, digital simulation, sample gun live ammunition testing and other procedures, 200 prototype guns will pass through Cao Chuan's hands, come to the big officer, and be equipped to the army.

The drawings of these prototype guns will be read and discussed by workers in the arsenal room of the kiln area, and in the days to come, countless soldiers will take the copycat version of Sharps produced in the kiln area, charge into battle, and bury the enemy in a rain of bullets.

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Having crossed the three steps of arquebus, smoothbore brown bass, and rifled mini gun, Sharps, a sci-fi rifle, will soon come to the army ahead of schedule.

It crossed the huge gap between the breech and the breech, making the greatest strategic advantage of the breech gun, the act of reloading the soldier lying down, to arrive earlier in the 17th century.

From then on, trenches, foxholes, and dense phalanxes, which seem to be comical but are actually massacres, will appear in the traversal plane.

The so-called debut is the peak, nothing more.

...... Here's why, since the advantages are so great, the prototype gun design must be cautious, because there is almost no possibility of upgrading in the future.

Although Sharps can be easily modified into a metal cartridge case, the big office has made it clear: once finalized, no changes and upgrades in the future, copper cartridge shells are impossible, not in this life.

...... There will always be more important cables, wires, motors, refrigerators, electric ***, these copper eaters stand in front, the development of industrial society, the demand for metal copper can be said to be unlimited.

In the case that Sharps is already supernatural, he expects the big office to import dozens of sets of special equipment, occupy a few copper mines, and then mass-produce copper-shelled bullets...... Whether it will be seen for a long time or in a lifetime, this can be waited and seen.

In short, the new gun will freeze at the moment of finalization.

Perhaps one day, a certain power will have an abundance of copper and a strong basic industry, but at that time, all kinds of bolt-action rifles that are more suitable for copper-cased bullets will come to the stage of history: such as the well-known Mauser, Sanba, and Mosin Nagant. Sharps, an old gun with an outdated design, will still not get the opportunity to be modified at that time, and can only silently exert the last trace of residual heat in the turret of a remote colony.

Three days later, when another wave of people bragged and farted at the artillery seminar, Chairman Cao had already returned to the afterlife with a USB flash drive.

......

The artillery thing, from the moment someone announced that metal copper was not allowed to be used in guns, no one paid attention.

Even if the gun does not use copper-shelled bullets, there is still a lot to be done about it: rifled Mini, breech Sharps, etc., are all designs that can change the mode of warfare, just like the steam engine is to a waterwheel.

However, the artillery was lackluster. Without metal shells, the front-loading smoothbore gun is the only option, and sadly, there is no skill tree to point to.

From the present day in the 17th century to the Opium War 200 years later, there were no revolutionary changes in front-loading smoothbore guns...... The caliber is increased, the range is increased, and each part is trying to make it stronger, and this is all there is to evolution.

But this change is more of a rubbing of the heat of the upgrading of the metal processing industry, as for the smoothbore cannon itself - the mouth is small and the butt is big, the buttocks have a small eye, and the iron ball is sprayed when it is crazy, cough...... This design has not changed for hundreds of years.

Crossing is no exception.

Through the public can make good steel and good iron, can be a variety of metal heat treatment, a variety of electric hammer hydraulic press, all kinds of frying, steaming and frying. However, these technologies at most make the smoothbore barrel produced by the traverser a little thinner, a little better heat dissipation, and a higher hit rate of the iron balls hit...... In essence, it is still a front-loading smoothbore gun, and compared with its opponents, there is no technical generation difference.

So no one pays attention to the smoothbore gun: 2, 4, 6, 8, and military factories according to this number of pounds, let's honestly practice their craft, when to get a long-barreled 24-pounder naval gun, when will it be considered a success.

As for the army artillery, this has not yet been put on the agenda.

......

In front of the Sharps rifle with an effective range of 800 meters and a breech-loading rifle, all small and medium-sized smoothbore guns have become a burden for soldiers when performing their tasks.

Like those 2468-pounder cannons that originally accompanied the advance of soldiers in history, the range could not reach 800 meters, and now it is embarrassing. Even after reaching 800 meters, when the artillerymen painstakingly pushed the heavy gun cart to the front of the formation and fired an iron ball, they found that the enemy had already been wiped out by a dense rain of bullets...... It's embarrassing.

Anything a small cannon could do, Sharps could do - now in the 17th century, the Europeans had a half-snake gun of more than 12 pounds to reach a range of 800 meters. In fact, these inaccurate iron ball cannons are useless in front of the crossing soldiers who are stretched into a skirmish line, lying down and firing with breech-loading guns.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and breech-loading guns, which appeared more than 200 years in advance, eliminated all small and medium-sized smoothbore guns from the army's combat sequence overnight.

It would take at least 12 pounds of Napoleon to produce a Napoleon cannon before it could be used in a medium-sized battle.

As for the large army smoothbore guns...... Well, on the day of the battle of tens of thousands of people, it is estimated that it will be a big battle in the Central Plains, and you want to kill the deer, no, you want to kill the deer, and you can invite Italian artillery when the time comes......

......

Half a month later, Mr. Cao brought a box of imported goods, including 10 sample guns.

Of the 10 sample guns, 2 are sniper models with scopes.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the sample gun.

Beautiful classical crimson lacquer, walnut body, bolt part is a three-dimensional laser engraving pattern, with dense cloud dragon decoration - this is not a gun, it is a handicraft.

...... Facing everyone's surprised eyes, Cao Chuan, who was smiling bitterly, shrugged his shoulders: "Don't look at me, I was also forced." ”

In fact, Mr. Cao was really forced.

No regular weapons company would produce an unconventional gun with an order quantity of only 200 pieces, design is one thing, production is another.

Cao Chuan had no choice but to go to those private workshops that produced high-end handicraft guns.

Unexpectedly, I really found the right way now: almost all private workshops have experience in producing high-end vintage Sharps shotguns.

When the purchasing manager sent by Cao Chuan took out the sample guns and drawings, these handicraft workshops that can produce the highest precision sniper rifles quickly cut out the barrel of the specified length according to the requirements of the drawings, and then cut the bolt, and then transferred the ready-made cloud dragon ornament from the gallery, and the laser is so dozen, 10 sample guns are OK.

It is worth mentioning that laser decoration must be played, otherwise people will not sell it...... There is no artistry in the naked gun, smashing the signboard.

After listening to Mr. Cao's narration, the comrades all burst out laughing.

As a result, the retro Sharps, which cost as much as $4,000 each, appeared on Dayuan Island in the 17th century. You must know that the civilian semi-automatic in the Walmart supermarket of the United States only costs 500 knives, and it will be discounted during the New Year's holidays......

In addition, 200 Sharps without butts will arrive in a few days, and Cao always asks everyone to be ready.

There's nothing wrong with that. In fact, it is necessary to make the butts of expensive hematic acid branches or red sandalwood pears worthy of these beautiful crafts - a certain power entrenched on the island lacks everything, but high-quality wood.

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The 10 sample guns brought by Mr. Cao weighed 3.9 kilograms, were 1050 mm long, and used 45-inch paper-wrapped bullets, with a rate of fire of 8-10 rounds per minute, an effective range of 400 meters, and a maximum range of 800 meters.

The weight and length of the gun have been reduced much compared to the original version, and the accessories including bayonet jams, rulers, and crosshairs are also fully set up and ready for battle.

In addition to the length of the barrel of the sniper type, which is a little longer than the normal type, three shallow grooves have been added under the handguard to help fix the scope: the Picatinny rail cannot be produced by a certain force, and the self-produced scope and card holder will be used in the future.

Two days later, after the military personnel tested it themselves, it was determined that the antique Sharps brought by Mr. Cao fully met the design standards, so these 10 beautiful rifles officially entered service after a brief naming and gun awarding ceremony.

Of course, after the official service, this gun can no longer be called Sharps, considering that this gun was finalized and produced in 1628 when the plane was crossed, so at the gun awarding ceremony, the new gun was officially named "Type 28 Rifle" by Xia Zhongtang.

Of course, adhering to the revolutionary spirit of the masses at the bottom who have always despised authority and enjoyed themselves in suffering, this gun will soon be given vulgar nicknames such as "Twenty-Eight Big Cover" and "Two Forced Style" in the years to come...... Some of the differences in the quality of the crossing crowd can be seen from this.