Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss

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

The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss[2] (simplified Chinese: 连珠铳; traditional Chinese: 連珠銃), also known as "Lianzhu Huochong" (连珠火铳),[3] was a kind of breech-loading, smooth-bore, single-shot flintlock,[4] invented by Dai Zi (戴梓),[5] a firearms expert in the early Qing Dynasty, in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674).

Usage

The Continuously Shooting Blunderbuss could fire 28 lead pellets at a time and was powerful.[2][6] These guns played an important role in quelling Geng Jingzhong's Rebellion (耿精忠叛乱).[7]

References

  1. ↑ Teng Fu (1992). Zhejiang Cultural History (in Chinese). Zhejiang People's Publishing House. pp. 445–. ISBN 978-7-213-00811-5.
  2. 1 2 3 James M. Short (9 December 2010). "Energetics Science and Technology in China - DRUM" (PDF). drum.lib.umd.edu. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia knowledge (in Chinese). Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2006. pp. 55–.
  4. ↑ Song Chuanshui; yuan Chengyi (2004). Hangzhou Celebrities Through the Ages (in Chinese). Hangzhou Publishing House. pp. 404–. ISBN 978-7-80633-643-4.
  5. ↑ "The defeat of the Sino-Japanese War is actually a defeat of cultural power". Xinhuanet.com (in Chinese). 2014-03-11. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ Zhejiang History Series (in Chinese). China Book Publishing House. 1995. pp. 71–.
  7. ↑ Koichi Shinoda (1996). The Complete Collection of Chinese Ancient Weapons (in Chinese). Wan Li Book Co., Ltd. pp. 237–. ISBN 978-962-14-1034-4.
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