Chapter 17 Lighting the Night Fight
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When the door was knocked, Weiss was looking through the album of "his own". There were all black and white photos, which were blurry so that even people couldn't recognize it.
He didn't lock the door, so he just said, "Please come in!"
Then, a messy sound came from outside the door, and it sounded like something fell to the ground.
Weis quickly put down the album and walked to open the door. Outside the door, a long-faced, short, and fat middle-aged man with glasses was squatting down to pick up things, and he also hugged a stack of information rolled into a barrel or a booklet in his arms.
Seeing Weiss come out, the middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Young Master! I'm so sorry. I wanted to open the door, but I accidentally dropped the drawing to the ground. I'm so sorry!"
Weiss was stunned for a moment: "Jose?"
"Ah, young master, I'm so sorry. Because I don't know which model of drawings you want, I followed the Lord's instructions and brought all the gun drawings in the information room. Uh... To be precise, there are still some mesh guns that have not been brought, if you need it..." The middle-aged man explained quickly, as if he would be kicked downstairs by the young master after slowing down.
"It's okay, these should be enough, let's take them in first!"
Weiss answered this, but thought to himself: Jose is not the name of "black dress"! Yes, "black dress" is the housekeeper, and most of the matters are in daily life. The old Lord needs to arrange it, and he should arrange a technical expert to assist him in research and development.
After packing up the information that fell to the ground, the middle-aged man walked into the room as if he was amnesty and asked Weis for advice, he carefully placed the drawings on his desk.
"Do you have something else to deal with now? I mean...a more urgent thing." Weiss asked.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment: "No, Master, I have no urgent matters now. If you have any instructions, please give me the order."
"I'm not good at guns, you know that. I encountered some special things on this trip, and I think it would be inspiring for our sniper rifle bidding plan." Weiss briefly explained, "If you don't mind, stay and analyze with me, how about it?"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man looked surprised and his wide mouth could be stuffed with an egg.
Seeing the other party's expression, Weiss couldn't help but wonder: According to what his mother said, "I" had no intention of developing firearms, but she was a young man with hobbies and brains. Why do everyone here treat "I" as a useless playboy?
Forget it, now is not the time to think about these things. Weiss asked the middle-aged man with round face to pick out the latest set of gun drawings and put them under the lamp to spread them out. By the way, the castle uses kerosene gas lamps, which are brighter than traditional wick kerosene lamps. Five or six can illuminate the hall. Two in the bedroom are more than enough for work and life.
Classified by structure, these firearms are just three types: single-mounted rifles, single-barrel hunting rifles, and double-barrel hunting rifles. Even bullet-cage-type bolt-action rifles are not available. However, bullet-cage-type rifles and single-mounted rifles are all firing-neck rifles. The difference is only structural design, and there are no technical problems.
Weiss saw the upper corner of one of the drawings with "Warriors" and asked, "Is this the Warrior rifle we rushed to make?"
"To be precise, it is the original version of the 'Warrior Rifle'. According to our usual practice, the grooves are not marked on the drawings, so outsiders cannot imitate the guns of the Klumber-Heisen family." The middle-aged man with a round face replied proudly.
The advantage of firearms manufactured in family-style workshops is that they are well-made, and the disadvantage is that they are inconvenient for large-scale production. They are only suitable for entertainment and collection for upper-class people. A successful sniper rifle must simplify the structure, reduce costs, increase output, and be easy to promote.
If the bid can be successful this time, the Klumber Heisen family's gun production model will inevitably undergo a reform!
In addition to being a single-mounted rifle, this commemorative version of the "Warrior Rifle" is the same as the "Grumman Fire Stick" that Weiss had previously been exposed to. The inner diameter of the barrel marked on the drawing is 3.2 PIR. In order to determine the relationship between this measurement and the common size of the earth, Weiss asked José to find a measuring ruler and compared and estimate it several times. It was basically determined that 1 PIR is equivalent to 5 mm. In other words, the caliber of this rifle is 16 mm. On the earth, it is already the specification of the anti-equipment sniper rifle!
"Our military rifles, as well as Norman Empire, seem to be of this caliber?" Weiss asked tentatively.
The middle-aged man with round face patiently explained: "In the era of cobs and flintlocks, the caliber of rifles in various countries was generally 4-5PI. After entering the era of post-mounted rifles, it gradually narrowed to 3-3.5PIR. The standard rifle caliber of the Ulster Free Federation Army was 3.2PI, the Norman Empire was 3PIR, and the Kingdom of Wessex was 3.5PIR. The three types of ammunition were not universal."
"I understand!" Weiss touched his lips, "The Norman Empire's standard rifle has the smallest caliber, followed by us, and the Wessex Kingdom is the largest. What is the current situation of the Wessex Kingdom?"
The middle-aged man with round face was stunned for a moment, and then said seriously: "Among the three powerful countries today, Wessex has the smallest population and the largest area. The temperature in the hinterland of the kingdom is below freezing point all year round. Only the most powerful Wessex can live in such an environment. In order to hunt snow beasts and wool elephants that are as ferocious as snow, and to resist the Norman Empire, which prefers to expand, they must use guns with the greatest power."
"Well..." Weiss picked up the drawing of the "Warrior Rifle" and compared another single-mounted rifle drawing marked "Klumber Heisen 90", thinking back and forth about the details. In the Battle of the Snowwood House, the Norman Empire's sniper rifle and the Ulster Free Federation's standard rifle left a deep impression on him. They all used 4 rounds of ammunition, and the sustainability of combat firepower was naturally much better than that of single-mounted rifles. Judging from the history of the development of earth's weapons, excellent semi-automatic and automatic rifles will be greatly improved on the basis of ammunition cabin bolt-action rifles.
Based on the complexity of automatic rifles, Weiss tends to adopt semi-automatic structures in the military sniper rifle bidding scheme. At the same time, considering that there is not much time left, once the semi-automatic rifle is not successfully developed, it can also be second-rate and choose a bullet-cage bolt-acting structure.
Thinking of this, he had a sudden inspiration: "By the way, the new gun we designed for this sniper rifle bid should also have technical drawings, right?"
"Something is there, but..." The middle-aged man with a round face looked embarrassed and wanted to speak but stopped.
"The sample gun is not very effective?" Weiss speculated.
The other party nodded indeed.
"Is this single-mounted rifle, or a bullet-type rifle that uses new technology?" Weiss asked.
The middle-aged man with round face obviously did not expect that the young master who had always been unemployed would ask such a question. He hesitated for a moment and replied: "We imitated Grumman's standard rifle and adopted a four-round built-in ammunition compartment and bolt design, but the sample guns produced have many problems and cannot be used to bid at all."
After hearing this, Weiss's eyes lit up: "It's okay, go and take the drawings and sample guns and show me."
"Now?"
"Are the drawings and sample guns placed in the gun shop?"
"Yes, and it's in the safe, and the keys are kept in the hands of three people."
"That's it..." Weiss thought for a while, "Then can you draw the sketch? It doesn't need to be very accurate, just describe the structure clearly."
The other party quickly replied: "No problem, no problem! Isn't this just right? I borrowed a set of measuring rulers from Morton. I can draw a pen, a few sheets of paper, and three sets of sketches of the plan, but it takes some time... Well, it's almost half an hour."
Weiss had a pen on his desk, and he couldn't find any blank drawing paper for a while, so he used the beautiful letter paper found in the drawer to make do with it.
Giving the desk to the middle-aged man with round faces, he got up and paced around the room, thinking about the details about the structure of the gun. After a while, the door was slammed open.
Who else can this special door opening method besides the "Q version of Guo Biting"?
Chapter completed!