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And how does the rear-loading firearm with metal bullets solve the problem of air leakage?
Because the propellant burns in the shell and generates high-temperature and high-pressure gas, which then pushes the bullet forward. It is not like the caseless ammunition or paper case ammunition, where the propellant burns directly in the gun chamber.

The bottom and periphery of the shell case are closed structures, so there is no problem of air leakage at the tail.

At the same time, after the bullet casing expands under the push of the propellant gas, the bullet casing will be more tightly attached to the gun chamber, so that when the bullet leaves the bullet casing, even if the high-temperature and high-pressure gas is poured into the gun chamber, it cannot pass through the gap between the bullet casing and the gun chamber. Passed backwards, causing leakage from the locking mechanism at the rear of the gun...

The superposition of the two has led to a breech-loading rifle that uses metal bullets, and there is no problem of air leakage from the tail locking mechanism.

In addition to the use of metal shell bullets, with modern industrial standards, no matter what kind of breech-loading rifle you use with a closed structure, it cannot solve the problem of air leakage.

The concept bolt-action rear-loading rifle of the Firearms Research Institute of the Great Chu Empire also cannot solve the problem of air leakage.

After all, the industrial technology of the Great Chu Empire is still limited, and in many respects it cannot be compared with the countries of the later generations in the mid-nineteenth century. Therefore, the air leakage problem of this concept rifle is even more serious, and it is not even reliable for actual use. Spectrum.

In this regard, Luo Zhixue also continued to remind his technical experts not to focus on the firearm itself, but also pay attention to the issue of ammunition, so he asked a group of experts from the Firearms Research Institute: Bolt-action breech-loading rifle The prospect is bright, but the process is tortuous. What we have to do is to continue to study unswervingly and strive to solve the problem as soon as possible.

It is not only necessary to conduct a more careful study of the firearm itself, but also the ammunition system. For example, the paper shell ammunition used now, can the paper shell be replaced by a copper shell?
After replacing the paper shell with a thin copper shell, can the air leakage problem be solved? "

Luo Zhixue just mentioned it in passing. Anyway, he also knows that even if he proposes a solution now, just like the Mini rifle, it is impossible to mass-produce metal custom-made guns with the current industrial strength of the Great Chu Empire. Bullets and matching breech-loading rifles.

Even if it can be produced, its extremely high production cost will make it impossible for the military to use it... For a rifle worth a few hundred yuan, if you shoot the generals of the army and navy one by one, they will not be able to afford so much military expenditure to equip them in batches Rear loaded weapon system with metal bullets.

But let's give them an idea first, let them study slowly, and then do a small amount of product testing first.

Luo Zhixue's requirements are not too high, so get some out for testing first, and build a test unit with breech-loading rifles. As for large-scale batch equipment, it won't be too late to equip them after the production cost comes down.

But the research of new weapons... must be ahead of the progress of industrial technology.

After seeing the concept version of the bolt-action rifle, Luo Zhixue also saw several other breech-loading rifles with locking schemes, some of which can be used for live ammunition shooting, but the air leakage is generally quite serious.

It’s okay to get some small-scale test equipment for such a breech-loading rifle, but large-scale equipment is unnecessary. This thing does not need money to be given to the military, and the military dare not ask for it... If you really need batch equipment, the soldiers want it. Rebel.

It was the soldier who was blinded by the breech-loading rifle...

Therefore, it is very difficult to equip a breech-loading rifle. Don’t count on the metal bullet rifle in a short time. This thing requires too much industrial technology, which is higher than any rifled rifle.

With the industrial foundation of the Great Chu Empire, mass production is not expected within ten years, and it is estimated that it will be an extremely expensive weapon if it is barely produced ten years later.

In the case of paper shell bullets, it is also necessary to solve the problem of air leakage. It is impossible to completely solve this problem, but through continuous technical improvement, the degree of air leakage can be controlled within an acceptable range.

And this requires the continuous efforts of those technical experts.

Luo Zhixue can give them a structural design concept of bolt-action locking, but he can't improve the machining accuracy and completely solve the air leakage problem.

The idea can be given to them, so Luo Zhixue reminded the Firearms Research Institute that they can try to use rubber gaskets to alleviate the air leakage problem.

As for how to do it specifically, technical experts need to conduct research and testing to find a feasible solution.

After seeing a variety of front-loading and breech-loading rifles, Luo Zhixue also looked at the latest model of the 21-year-old flash cap percussion gun in service, that is, the 21-year-old Type A II, based on the original model Some adjustments have been made to the details, but the performance has not been greatly improved, and more is to reduce production costs...

In order to control the cost, no other major improvements have been made, such as the material of the barrel and the processing accuracy, which remain at the original level.

Anyway, flintlock guns don't need high processing precision, and there's no need to make them too high-tech, so they can come as cheap as possible!
Moreover, the military has to consider the common use of the 13-year rifles converted from a large number of 21-year-old flintlock guns, which is even more difficult to change.

In fact, the so-called 21-year-style rifles currently widely equipped in the military of the Great Chu Empire are actually improved from the 13-year-style series of sudden-firing rifles.

There are actually only about 21 newly produced 30-year rifles, and the remaining one million 100-type percussion guns are all modified from 21-year-style flintlock guns.

After all, the military can't leave a large number of 13-year-style rifles unused, and then turn around and purchase a large number of new guns.

In this case, in order to avoid a large amount of modification costs and allow soldiers to better adapt.More importantly, in order to reduce production costs, in principle, the 21-year percussion rifle can be changed without modification.

However, if you want to equip rifled rifles in the future, whether it is a front-loading rifle or a breech-loading rifle, I am afraid that you will not be able to use these front-loading rifles for modification, because the barrel level is not enough, and you have to worry about using it if you barely modify it. Worry about bombing!
The military's plan is actually very simple, that is, to use a large number of 13-year-type A-type rifles converted from 21-year-old type A-type rifles first, and continue to produce some new 21-year-type rifles for normal replacement.

When the rifled rifles at the back are produced and can be used in large-scale service, then a large number of rifled rifles will be equipped in one step.

As for whether it is a front-loading rifle or a breech-loading rifle, it depends on the progress of subsequent technological research and development and the progress of the industrial level. If the situation is good, then directly equip the breech-loading rifle in one step. If the technology is half a barrel, Then equip a batch of front-loading rifles for the main force to use, and wait for the rear-loading rifles to come out later, and then convert the front-loading rifles into breech-loading rifles.

Although there is no sign of a rifled rifle yet, the Army already has a related modification plan and conducted preliminary research... This research is how to modify the Type [-] front-loading rifle at the lowest possible cost A breech-loading rifle.

As for the army, it has made preparations for overcharging for the equipment plan of future rifles.

It’s much simpler for the navy. The navy’s rifles have always followed the army’s… they use whatever the army uses, but they will improve it to meet the special needs of the navy, such as using shorter barrels. , Pay more attention to anti-corrosion and so on.

After looking at the messy rifles, Luo Zhixue went to the pistol exhibition area. Compared with the rifles, the pistols had more styles and more complicated models... There were all kinds of messy designs.

However, most of them are single-shot pistols, including front-loading rifled pistols and breech-loading rifled pistols... But what caught Luo Zhixue's attention was a type of repeating-shot pistol, which looked like something from his memory Revolver ah.

Seeing Luo Zhixue cast his eyes on the revolver ahead, the person in charge of the Hebei company immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is the Tianqi revolver developed by our company for cavalry troops."

You can tell from the name that it is the seventh type of pistol developed and produced by Tianjin Armory Factory, a subsidiary of Hebei Arms Company...the factory name plus a number is the naming convention in the defense industry of the Great Chu Empire. Except for those large-scale equipment, the year of acquisition Except for the numbered standard weapons, other small-scale equipment weapons are basically named in this way.

Luo Zhixue took a step forward, picked up the Tianqi revolver, and after looking carefully, he realized that this thing was not the real revolver in his memory, because the bullet nest of this thing was fixed on the gun body, and it could not be compared with the ones of later generations. It can be flipped out like a revolver.

In this case, Luo Zhixue felt that it might be more troublesome to load.

Other aspects are very good, the size is suitable, the weight is a bit heavy, but it is also within the acceptable range.

The grip has obviously been shot in detail, it is more comfortable to hold, and there are rifling lines in the barrel. Paper-wrapped bullets can be used in the front of the cylinder, and a flash cap is installed in the rear. The firing distance is similar to that of a front-loading rifle.

"This gun looks quite novel, with rifling engraved on it, how about the processing cost?"

The person in charge of the Hebei Weapons Company immediately said respectfully: "Your Majesty, although the cost of processing rifles is relatively high now, it is because the barrel of the rifle is too long and the overall processing is relatively difficult, and our cavalry runner The barrel of the pistol is very short, the processing difficulty is relatively low, and the accuracy is easy to control. Although the overall cost is much higher than the previous smoothbore pistol, it is not too high!"

"And we also have the advantage of bursts. After one-time loading, the cavalry can shoot six times in a row during combat, which greatly provides the cavalry with close-range firepower."

Luo Zhixue continued to look at the revolver in his hand, then handed it to the person in charge next to him and said, "Arrange someone to test fire it!"

Still the same sentence, if something is good, you will know if you try it!
At today's weapons exhibition, there were a lot of weapons and equipment that were said to be extravagant, but in fact they were unreliable... In order to win His Majesty's attention, many people took away weapons and equipment that were still under development and could not be put into practical use at all. When it came out, it was the same as the previous breech-loading rifle... It sounds good, but even the problem of air leakage and cost cannot be solved, and it is destined to be unable to be put into actual combat for many years.

As for the revolver in front of us, we have to wait and see. If the performance is reliable and the cost is not too outrageous, Luo Zhixue really hopes that his cavalry can be equipped with this new type of revolver. It is very beneficial to increase the combat power of the enemy.

Maybe the pistol cavalry, which was short-lived in the pan, can reappear in the cavalry of the Great Chu Empire... I just don't know if those cavalry generals are willing.

After all, the current cavalry generals of the Great Chu Empire are very repulsive to pistols, and the cavalry pistols issued to them are basically only used as decorations...even the latest flash cap percussion smoothbore pistols that have been equipped in recent years. delighted by the cavalry.

At present, the cavalry troops of the Great Chu Empire only use cavalry pistols to fight under special circumstances.

In the past 20 years, pistols have been very embarrassing in the cavalry units of the Great Chu Empire. Cavalrymen like to use sabers on horseback, and use rifles directly when dismounting. As for pistols, sorry, there is no such thing in the tactical options .

If there is such a revolver bursting rifle, it may be able to change this situation.

Soon, the test firing began. To Luo Zhixue's expectation, the test firing of this Tianqi revolver was very successful. The shooter fired six bullets in a very short time. , which aroused Luo Zhixue's great attention.

The live ammunition shooting results reported later were also quite good, and the target rate at a distance of 30 meters was quite high, far exceeding the previous single-shot front-loading smoothbore pistol.

And the results of the power test are not bad. After all, the caliber of this thing is not small, a full twelve millimeters. At the same time, the length of the barrel looks relatively long from the perspective of future generations, and the barrel and other parts are relatively long. Thick to withstand higher chamber pressure.

This also makes the whole pistol reach a relatively heavy level, which is why this pistol is a cavalry pistol, because it is relatively heavy and relatively large in size, and only cavalry can use it.

Because when the cavalry used pistols, they rode directly on the horseback, and at the same time put the gun bag of the pistol on the side of the horseback, and only drew out their guns to shoot when they were in use.

Therefore, the pistols used by the cavalry are relatively larger in caliber, larger in size, and heavier than the self-defense pistols used by the artillery and officers.

And these are all to ensure the power!

The Tianqi revolver is enough to ensure that one bullet kills a horse!

At the same time, it can also penetrate the plate armor for personal use at a relatively short distance.

If it is those light plate armors for export, they can penetrate within 30 meters!
Although the performance of the plate armor exported by the Great Chu Empire is not good, this is only compared with the light plate armor equipped by the Great Chu Empire itself.

If it is compared with the armor produced by the indigenous countries, it is quite amazing... The defensive ability is comparable to heavy armor, but the weight is only the weight of light armor.

Among the weapons and equipment exported by the Great Chu Empire, the export volume of plate armor is larger than that of artillery... Even Europeans purchase the export plate armor of the Great Chu Empire through various channels. The export volume is large, plus The price is not cheap, so the plate armor export business of the Great Chu Empire is second only to the export business of muskets, and even the pillar industry of the defense industry of the Great Chu Empire, which can bring a lot of profits to the defense industry of the Great Chu Empire every year.

After all, the price of the light plate armor exported by the Great Chu Empire was not cheap. A normal model of light half-length plate armor cost tens of Chu Yuan, while a full body armor cost one or two hundred Chu Yuan.

The Tianqi cavalry pistol can penetrate these export plate armors, which is absolutely sufficient in terms of performance.

Looking at this pistol, Luo Zhixue could imagine the scene of cavalry battles in the future.

A group of their own light cavalry rushed over, then took out their pistols and fired, spewing out sheets of bullets towards the enemy on the opposite side. The scene was much more spectacular than shooting with a bow.

But if you want large-scale equipment, some problems still need to be solved. For example, the structure of the bullet nest is fixed and it is inconvenient to load.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue played with the Tianqi pistol in his hand and said: "This gun is good, it is very suitable for our army's cavalry. It would be even better if the magazine can be reversed so that it can be reloaded!"

While talking, he also gestured with the pistol in his hand.

The person in charge of the Hebei Weapons Company next to him listened to it, was taken aback for a moment, and then pondered for a while the benefits that the bullet nest could bring, and immediately said with great joy: "Your Majesty's understanding of firearms is very important to the soldiers. It really makes me ashamed to understand my needs!"

"After the minister returns, let the technicians make corresponding improvements, and strive for the fastest time to perfect the flip design, and please read it!"

Luo Zhixue naturally knew that this so-called holy reading was nothing more than wanting to use his name to obtain orders from the military.

Pistols have always been given little attention in the Great Chu Empire. Although it has long been stipulated that cavalry are issued with cavalry pistols, artillery, special technical arms, and officers are all issued with self-defense pistols.

In reality, they are indeed issued, but these pistols are basically old goods from many years ago... At most, they are partially modified to fire with a cap.

Not to mention cavalry pistols, if the superiors did not force the cavalry to change, they would dare to continue to use matchlock cavalry pistols!
In the winter of Du Chengshun's 25th year, the cavalry troops of the Great Chu Empire still used a large number of antique Suifa pistols produced in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China... This is unimaginable in other troops!

You ask why the cavalry unit doesn't change... people say that we don't need pistols anyway... just pretend to be an old antique, why waste money on new ones?

I save some money to buy the latest alloy steel saber, isn't it good?

The cavalry troops of the Great Chu Empire have always been known for their stubbornness and hypocrisy!
After all, the Tianqi revolver is a cavalry pistol. The cavalry of the army is the biggest customer, and the cavalry's rejection of pistols is obvious to all. Over the years, they have been reluctant to purchase cavalry pistols, and they can delay it... …

If the cavalry troops don't want this new type of pistol, the Hebei Arms Company will be caught blind.