Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 36
Now that the revolver is no longer a secret weapon, it is necessary for Tang Mo to make a real "revolver" for himself.

In fact, he had already accumulated some smokeless gunpowder, and he also asked a few apprentices to help him punch out some copper bullet casings with a steam engine.With the steam engine, stamping, especially the soft metal copper, became very simple.

He used the spare time to hand-build some metal fixed-load bullets in his laboratory, bullets specially used for revolvers!
This may be the first batch of real metal fixed ammunition in the world. It has a primer and is made of copper metal. The shape is very close to modern bullets.

Tang Mo has always had the habit of saving himself a hand. Since he has already taken out the revolver, it is only natural for him to get another secret weapon.

After seeing off the happy Tiger and promising him some ammunition for him in a few days, Tang Mo strolled into the factory where Matthews was.

In the noisy workshop, the roar of machines can be described as deafening.The workers were all busy with the work at hand, and only said hello when they saw Tang Mo.

Walking to Matthews, Tang Mo waited for him to polish a new part before asking loudly, "How about the new part I want?"

"This is what you're talking about? It looks like a cylinder... like a brand new revolver cylinder." Matthews handed Tang Mo a beautifully polished cylinder.

Unlike the old-fashioned revolver cylinder, this new cylinder has some linkage notches on the side to fix the cylinder's position during automatic rotation.

At the same time, there is a very precise spring device in the middle of the cylinder. This device can use a push rod to eject all the shells of the six bullets out of the cylinder after the bullets are exhausted, completing a quick ejection.

The precision of the design of the entire cylinder is no less than that of the most precise parts on a steam engine.This is what Matthews can do with superb craftsmanship, and Roger might not be able to do it.

"This is a very complicated structure! If there is no drilling machine driven by a steam engine and other machine tools, I may not even be able to make it." Matthews admired very sincerely: "It is so fascinating, I just guessed it Some functions, it can already be said to be an epoch-making product.”

Matthews is a very experienced weapon manufacturing worker. He once worked in Cyric, but was fired and lost his job because he contradicted his boss, and wandered to Northridge.

He is very familiar with the structure of weapons, and is also very experienced in making weapons.If it wasn't like this, he wouldn't have the temper to contradict his leader - people with skills have a weird temper, or the other way around, people with no skills would be submissive...

"Oh? What kind of trick do you see?" Tang Mo was still very interested in Matthews' professional ability.If there was only one person in this workshop who could keep up with some of Tang Mo's weapon design ideas, it would be this old dwarf from North Ridge.

From this point of view, the Earl is very interesting.He is willing to give him such an experienced master weapon maker, at least he can give him a thumbs up!

"Are you testing me?" Matthews looked at Tang Mo, and also had the idea of ​​feeling Tang Mo's bottom.

To be honest, he really wanted to know whether Tang Mo was worth his following. After all, as a skilled old craftsman, he thought he was worth something.

The more capable a person is, the more cautious he is, and he is unwilling to give his loyalty easily.Wes was like that, and so was old dwarf Matthews apparently.

"Almost, if you get the answer right, I might consider finding something new for you to make." Tang Mo smiled and made a promise, a promise that would definitely interest Matthews.

Matthews was taken aback, then laughed, the laughter could be heard far away in the workshop where the machines were roaring: "Ha! I like your ideas."

This is his truth, he really likes Tang Mo's idea about the K1 fast gun, and the design of the steam engine also shocked him.

What's more, Tang Mo also showed off a design of a revolver that could fire continuously, and these designs had never appeared in this world before.

For a craftsman who spent half his life in a weapons workshop and dealt with machinery almost every day, the temptation of these mechanical designs that fascinated him was simply irresistible.

"I will definitely not disappoint you." Tang Mo put on a smiling face, which made Matthews full of expectations.

Since it was an exam, Matthews started.He pointed to the bullet nest that Tang Mo was playing with, and said, "I can see that the middle part of this thing is a mechanism for quick ejection! Its recessed part should have an almost identical part , with the spring, you can push all the 6 bullets inside out of the cylinder!"

"Exactly." Tang Mo was surprised. He nodded, full of interest in Matthews' answer.He really wanted to know how much potential the craftsmen of this world had, how much they could see from just one part.

Matthews continued: "In addition, I believe that these weird notches are not for decoration. You are going to use these notches to fix this cylinder...to increase its stability..."

There are indeed many bumps and notches on the cylinder of the revolver. These are not designed for aesthetics, but are made on purpose purely from the perspective of practicality.

Some bumps were intentionally made to reduce weight, and some notches also had their own uses - Tang Mo naturally knew about it, because what he was making could be said to be a real modern revolver!
But it is impossible for Matthews to know, so some clues can be seen simply from these nicks. Matthews is really a very powerful weapon craftsman.

So Tang Mo nodded, and approved of Matthews: "Well, I admire you more and more, Matthews."

Hearing Tang Mo's approval, Matthews knew that his guess was right, so he continued to say: "If I guess this right, then it proves that this cylinder is better than the previous revolver. As for the bullet nest, the stability may be a bit worse, so I can be sure that it is a movable part... The rotating shaft in the middle of the bullet nest will not be fixed on the gun body!"

Starting from some small details, so many details can be guessed based on the structure, Tang Mo once again felt that Matthews was a talent.

The other party was able to guess that Tang Mo planned to use a movable bullet nest!This is the essential difference between a revolver and a revolver, and it is also the essential difference between a modern revolver and a traditional old revolver!

Traditional revolvers cannot throw out the cylinder to increase the reloading speed!It can only be loaded one shot at a time, which is an intolerable defect for modern weapons!
The new type of revolver has been improved, and the cylinder can be thrown out of the gun body, so that it can be loaded quickly. The loading speed and convenience of loading are several times better than the old-fashioned revolver!
What's more, a quick loader specially designed for revolvers appeared later, which can load six rounds of bullets at a time, and the loading speed has been greatly improved!

"Hahaha..." Tang Mo laughed out loud after hearing the old dwarf Matthews' speculation. He felt that it would definitely be a big gain for him if he kept such a talent.

In the end, unexpectedly, Matthews continued to surprise Tang Mo—only the old dwarf continued: "Well, such a delicate structure can't use paper shell bullets, because the paper shell still has fine pieces. Gunpowder residue must have jammed these nearly seamless moving mechanisms."

Tang Mo was taken aback. He really didn't expect that Matthews could infer so many design details of a weapon from a single bullet nest.

If Matthews' speculation before could be described as professional, then what he said now can almost only be described as monstrous.

In fact, this is because Tang Mo is not a craftsman in the true sense, so his feelings are a bit exaggerated. Real craftsmen really know the structures they are familiar with.

Obviously, Matthews' skills are almost impeccable, so what limits him is only the direction. He does not lack a weapon craftsman's keen detection ability for weapon development.

"Such a precise structure itself can't withstand the impact of the deflagration of gunpowder! So you must find a way to solve the problem of bullets." So, he quickly expressed his opinion—precisely because These details let him see the clues of many new weapons of Tang Mo.

As he said, the ejection structure, even the thinner cylinder structure, is actually unable to withstand the erosion of gunpowder.

If it is not the use of metal shells, it is just the residue of gunpowder, which will turn the delicate ejection structure into a joke full of failures.

To change the way of thinking, if you continue to use paper shell fixed ammunition, then there is no need for an ejector structure at all, isn't it?You only need to clean the barrel, and you don't need to make a complicated structure at all.

"Let me guess, you plan to use metal bullet casings? Right?" After such a guess, the dwarf Matthews raised his head, looked at Tang Mo, and asked in an almost certain tone.

Tang Mo didn't answer him, but smiled and asked Matthews' determined eyes: "Is it only you who have such a talent, or are you dwarves all so smart?"

The roar of the machine became noisy again, and after a short pause, the machine tool driven by the steam engine started to rotate happily again.

(End of this chapter)