The Black Iron Glory
Target and Vision
Chapter 52
Target and Vision
They continued their target training in the wilderness the next day. However, Borkal complains as he drives the train to pick up Claude that the target Claude made would be that simple. It was just a rectangular wooden board that was erected nailed to a stick at the bottom.
"How much do you get from them?" ask Claude.
"I only made two, but it was too simple, so they produced four more. There are six in total. Everything is behind the train" replied Borkal.
Welikro said, "Claude, although your targets are simple, they are not useful at all. The target we used yesterday was more or less the same size as the actual animal. You can place them in the forest to practice hunter accuracy and estimation ability. Hunters will be able to quickly grasp the vital mark shooting ability of the animal immediately. "
Claude smiled. "Don't worry about that. This target is only half-finished. You'll understand when we get there."
When they arrived at the place where they were training yesterday and dropped two targets right on the ground, Claude took out a sheet of target paper and handed one to Borkal. "There's starch glue on them. Stick this to the wooden board."
Those were target papers that were cut into the rough shape of the wooden target. There was a bright red circle in the center and a larger dark circle spread outwards. Claude had spent the better part of an overnight to produce only 20 or so of them.
Welikro looked at the target paper and immediately understood what it was used for. He gave Claude a thumbs up and said, "This makes an ideal target. How did you get that idea, Claude?"
Claude just smiled and shook his head. "Try first. We should try it before we know if it's useful."
This time, it was Welikro's turn to shoot. He only used two shots to understand the vagaries of the gun and the third shot he shot hit the bull's-eye. Afterwards, he tells Borkal to offset his gun and teach him how to fit in.
Borkal began to train with great zeal. Although the first few shots didn't hit the bull's-eye, they did hit the target itself, which was great fun. He continued training while being coached by Welikro instead of looking for Eriksson yesterday after he got bored.
Claude's target paper greatly increased their hit rate in general. Welikro praised that the red center target made it easier to adjust to the gun offset. Unlike yesterday when Borkal could not hit the target of a boar or goat because there was no point he could focus his attention.
It works using a very simple principle. The shot points of the gun will first line up with the bull's eye before the shot is made. After the shot, they could check the paper of the target and see where the bullet hole ended. Repeated measurements will give them an average value for the offset and they only need to compensate later to reach the red dot.
However, Claude still seemed a little dissatisfied. The 2nd aubass sign in his hand still uses two sight points, or 'firing points', as the Freian called it, like early firearms. One of them is marked on the front of the barrel and the other is marked on the back of the pan flash cover. Both nicks are filled with reflective white powder and they will help the shooter take aim.
However, Claude still seemed a little dissatisfied. The 2nd aubass sign in his hand still uses two sight points, or 'firing points', as the Freian called it, like early firearms. One of them is marked on the front of the barrel and the other is marked on the back of the pan flash cover. Both nicks are filled with reflective white powder and they will help the shooter take aim.
When the firing points at the front and back were not lined up in a line, the three-point firing technique would end up being extremely useless. Each time before firing a shot, they also have to adjust for the offset and it greatly affects the hti level and also makes it much more difficult to hit the target, especially the moving ones.
As Claude considered whether he should assign the blacksmith to look at his weapon, Borkal completed his training for the day. He managed to shoot 30 times and his hit rate was 58 percent. The target paper is full of holes.
Borkal was very proud of this result. He really thought that he had a talent for shooting, so he tore up his target paper to show off to Eriksson. However, he made a business proposal that he wanted to share with Claude at the time. He suggested that they raise a small capital to produce more of those target papers and sell them through his family business. They will then divide the profit according to the ratio.
"It's a genius design" Borkal praised, "Not only does it make this easier to aim at, the target itself can also be used for several times, a huge improvement in terms of durability. I believe that this is a great business opportunity and worth investing a little money into it. Even if we don't make big profits, we will still be able to break even at least and make some extra pocket money. "
Borkal was wrong. His family company sells only about seven or eight shootout targets a year at very low profit margins. Most of them were bought by the children of high-class townspeople for shooting practice. Although the hunters and mountain dwellers had to practice shooting as well, they only used a few random objects as targets and would not spend any special money on shooting targets. They prefer to spend the smallest amount of money on more alcohol and those who are craft savvy will still make their own targets.
In addition, normal shooting targets do not last long. Most of them were made from pieces of wood put together and would easily be smashed into pieces with shots fired at close range. Even if they last a long time, the myriad of bullet holes left on them would make it difficult for the accuracy of the shooter to predict, even if they scored every bullet hole they made before taking the next shot.
"alright. Just tell me how much you need to invest. Let's take this as a small business that we started together" Claude said. He did not mind the idea too much and felt that handing it to Borkal was a good call.
"alright. Just tell me how much you need to invest. Let's take this as a small business that we started together" Claude said. He did not mind the idea too much and felt that handing it to Borkal was a good call.
Borkal made some calculations and said, "I believe each of us only needs to enter one thale. We will use two thales to make 20 targets for now and sell each with 30 sheets of target paper and leave some as a backup. I believe that selling each one for three riyases should be a good price. I would also have my father market to shooting enthusiasts or bring some into the shooting range for sale. "
One wooden target and 30 or more target papers only cost about one riyas to make. Although selling one for three riyases was not much to ask, there were still two profit riyases. It was a pretty worthwhile effort. Borkal completely overpowered himself with calculations. Too bad it is not a daily necessity and not many people need it, so they may not be able to generate large volumes in sales.
Welikro has no other opinion on that. He believes that Claude's designed target is great and it never hurts to invest coins. So, Borkal happily went to the dock to find Eriksson who asked him to buy his silver thale.
Borkal drove the car and Claude kept pondering how he was going to put up a aiming view near the muzzle of the gun. Welikro fired Borkal's gun several times before asking Claude what he was doing when he realized he had stopped shooting.
Claude shared his thoughts with her and Welikro was not surprised. He said that these weapons have been around for six centuries and most people are used to shooting the way they do, so no one saw the need to add additional aiming assistance and was satisfied with the firing point. He believed that the reason Claude could not aim well was his lack of practice and said that he would get used to it after a few hundred more shots.
As the saying goes, 'there is no point in describing ice to summer insects'. Claude could not use the example from his previous life to convince Welikro about it. He asked where he could find a good blacksmith in the city who could forge small items. Seeing that Claude was so intent on making the scene he mentioned, he recommended a workshop located in the south of the city that charged a reasonable price and made a decent item. His father and he bought most of the equipment they needed for hunting traps there.
Claude then designed the scenery. It looked very simple and he modeled it with the airsoft guns he played in his previous life. It was a bulge one centimeter in width that was as tall as a flash pan. Underneath it was a ring that could fit around the muzzle of a gun. It should fit snugly in the gun so that it does not easily fall off the recoil but is easy to remove when there is a need for it.
In addition, Claude was prepared to change the rear firing point on the flash pan into a 'U' shape'. It's a pity that the pan flash cover is supposed to move and is not suitable for aiming. However, Claude had no choice. He recalled the documentary he saw about the manufacture of firearms that the last parts of the weapon to be assembled were the front view and the rear notch. The two used together will create a simple vision system.
There is also a related documentary that explains how shooting with flintlocks works. Claude just gave me a casual watch and forgot most of the details. However, he remembered the simplest principle: as long as the eyes, sight windows and foresight were all aligned with the target, the shots would hit with great accuracy as long as the weapon was held steady.
In addition, Claude was prepared to change the rear firing point on the flash pan into a 'U' shape'. It's a pity that the pan flash cover is supposed to move and is not suitable for aiming. However, Claude had no choice. He recalled the documentary he saw about the manufacture of firearms that the last parts of the weapon to be assembled were the front view and the rear notch. The two used together will create a simple vision system.
There is also a related documentary that explains how shooting with flintlocks works. Claude just gave me a casual watch and forgot most of the details. However, he remembered the simplest principle: as long as the eyes, sight windows and foresight were all aligned with the target, the shots would hit with great accuracy as long as the weapon was held steady.
Another documentary he watched described the installation and examined the gun sights. The front window and rear window should be aligned with a straight line in the middle. When the front and back sights line up with the eyes, it should be a straight line. However, the bullet fired does not necessarily shoot straight, so there will be a small adjustable curve at the rear view that can be adjusted to compensate for achieving the desired result.
Claude remembered how the window of sighting should be as well as the adjustable notch structure. The problem was that the gun he held in his hand was not a flintlock. The biggest difference between the two is that there is a flash pan mounted on a match barrel, in addition to slow matches, snakes, and so on. There is no way to install the viewing window in the right position, and that's why Claude had the idea to install the sighting window on the flash pan cover itself because the component was located on the back of the gun. He might be able to zoom in on it to use it as a back view.
By the time Borkal returned by train, Eriksson was already on board, surprisingly, with a grim expression on his face. He said that he had not managed to see his father the night before because the latter was attending a friend's birthday party last night. Eriksson did not manage to meet his father in the morning afterward and only discovered that he had sailed when returning from the sail.
It was practically a nightmare for him. He had planned to get some money from his father to use in his ship's renovation project. Seeing as his father would need at least ten days to half a month to return home after sailing, his fishing boat project was greatly affected.
Eriksson said Pegg's payment could be delayed and he had most of the materials he needed in the warehouse. But he had to buy adhesives and other things from the market in the city and it cost at least three to four thales. He had to delay the project until his father came back at least.
Eriksson initially planned to borrow money from his friends for it, but when Borkal ran up to him to tell him about their small investment plan, Eriksson nearly burst into tears.
In the end, Welikro said that out of the four thales he had saved for Borkal for him, he would use one thale for their small business venture and lend the other three thales to Eriksson for his ship project. Borkal said that he would lend Eriksson two thales and cover the one thale investment for their venture.
Claude on the other hand was completely ignored by the other three. They knew that Claude spent his money on a lot of things, like when he treated them to a meal that day, when he bought a book, he said, when he bought three items at Wakri's and how he was going to go to the workshop to make an iron sight . So, they didn't even bother asking him for money.