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).
| Chinese | 连珠铳 |
|---|---|
| Invented | 1674[1] |
| Inventor | Dai Zi[2] |
| Usage | Putting down Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion |
Usage
editThe 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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- ^ Zhejiang History Series. China Book Publishing House. 1995. pp. 71–.
- ^ Koichi Shinoda (1996). The Complete Collection of Chinese Ancient Weapons. Wan Li Book Co., Ltd. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-962-14-1034-4.
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