Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss

The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss[3] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳), [4] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock, [5] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓),[6] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).

Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss
Chinese连珠铳
Invented1674[1]
InventorDai Zi[2]
UsagePutting down Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion

Usage

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The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss could fire 28 rounds of ammunition at a time and was powerful.[7] These guns played an important role in quelling Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion (耿精忠叛乱).[8]

References

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  1. ^ Teng Fu (1992). Zhejiang Cultural History. Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-7-213-00811-5.
  2. ^ James M. Short (9 December 2010). "Energetics Science and Technology in China - DRUM" (PDF). drum.lib.umd.edu.
  3. ^ Michael Pecht (9 December 2010). "Past and Present" (PDF). www.cecdarchive.umd.edu.
  4. ^ Encyclopedia knowledge. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2006. pp. 55–.
  5. ^ Song Chuanshui; yuan Chengyi (2004). Hangzhou Celebrities Through the Ages. Hangzhou Publishing House. pp. 404–. ISBN 978-7-80633-643-4.
  6. ^ "The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War is actually a defeat of cultural power". Xinhuanet.com. 2014-03-11. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Zhejiang History Series. China Book Publishing House. 1995. pp. 71–.
  8. ^ Koichi Shinoda (1996). The Complete Collection of Chinese Ancient Weapons. Wan Li Book Co., Ltd. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-962-14-1034-4.