Seeing Zhou Wen's expression soften, Alice immediately came to the long box containing the rifle, picked up an Enfield rifle with a long scope, skillfully pulled the bolt and opened the chamber, and pointed at the glowing gun. Bo said: "This gun looks exactly like an ordinary Enfield rifle, but there is a very secret special number engraved on the barrel. It is a special sniper rifle specially equipped for the snipers of the British Intelligence Department."
"This sniper rifle is made with very fine craftsmanship. The barrel is made of special alloy and equipped with special bullets. It not only shoots very accurately, but also has an effective range of 800 meters."
At this point, she was afraid that Zhou Wen would not believe it, so she added: "After testing by senior British snipers, it can even hit a humanoid target at a distance of one kilometer. Of course, this requires very professional sniper operations."
Then she pointed at the scope and said: "This is an eight-power scope equipped for the sniper gun according to Mr. Zhou's request. This gun has not been calibrated yet. Generally speaking, calibration should be done according to the sniper's own habits."
Zhou Wen listened to Alice's introduction, but was surprised by the British's generosity.
He actually doesn't know what models of sniper rifles the UK currently has. But when he was in Nanjing, when discussing the details of the operation with Gregg, the British Attaché at the British Embassy in China, he proposed that the equipment he needed included a superior-performance sniper rifle, an eight-fold scope, and a portable radio.
Now, the British are using MK1 radios and Enfield-specific sniper rifles. It seems that they have taken out all the treasures at the bottom of the box. It can be seen that they are also very urgent about this assassination of Bo Wen, even as much as Siam. King Luo.
"What a shame, I want too little. I should have added some other conditions if I had known. At least there would be ten or eight of these rifles." Zhou Wen was greatly annoyed.
At the same time, he also criticized these British guys: "You really don't claim to be the world's most powerful country, and you are so afraid of the Japanese."
Thinking of this, he moved his eyes towards the wooden box on the ground.
As if she knew what he was thinking, Alice pointed at the long wooden box and said: "There is also a spare sniper rifle under the partition of the box. It is also the same model. If you have two snipers, it will happen to be one for each of you."
Zhou Wen's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he motioned to Zhang Xiaoping, who was already eager to try, to get the gun under the partition. He took the rifle from Alice's hand and inspected it carefully.
The barrel of the gun, which exuded a faint smell of gun oil, was indeed secretly engraved with a series of numbers. Zhou Wen could clearly see that the number was 07571933-047.
Zhou Wen guessed that 0757 should be the manufacturer's number, 1933 is the manufacturing date, and 047 means it is the 47th rifle of this model.
Zhou Wen immediately realized in his heart that he was really afraid that he had found a treasure. With the current industrial level in the UK, only a few dozen of this rifle have been produced, which shows that its performance and value are extraordinary. It is completely the Rolls-Royce of sniper rifles.
As for sniper rifles, Zhou Wen originally loved the German Mauser-98K sniper rifle that came out in 1935, which was the next year.
In later generations, many people debated which rifle was the most accurate during World War II. Although the 98K has been praised by most people, some people have cited many examples from the memoirs of World War II veterans to prove that the 98K is not as good as the American Springfield and the British Lee-Enfield. Some even say that it is not as good as the 38-meter rifle of Little Japan.
But you must know that people have preferences and tendencies, but historical data does not.
Whether it is the American Springfield or the Japanese 38 rifle, they are actually imitations of the German Mauser rifles, with some modifications based on their own characteristics and needs. But this change does not mean that you are necessarily more advanced than the Mauser rifle. In particular, Germany's 98K rifle, which came out in 1935, is truly a classic of Mauser's decades of leading the world's rifle industry.
Just because the 98K has almost no shortcomings from the perspective of a bolt-action rifle.
The gun body is shorter than the 38 rifle, making it easy to carry. It can also be used in street fighting and trench warfare. Its effective range is the longest among all standard bolt-action rifles. The power is more than that of the 38-meter rifle and the Springfield rifle. The shooting accuracy is nothing to say. No one talks about the shooting accuracy of 98K, and the failure rate is the lowest among all rifles at the same time.
Of course, it is also true that due to the consumption of war and the weakening of production capacity in the later period of the war, Germany began to use a large number of stamping parts and spot welding processes, which led to the overall quality of 98K declining in the latter part of World War II. That’s why many World War II veterans criticized the performance and accuracy of 98K in their memoirs.
Another misunderstanding is that even though the accuracy and performance of 98K are very superior, not just any gun can be used as a sniper rifle.
When Mauser produces the 98K rifle, it has a special process of selecting barrels and using the barrels that are tested and considered to be the best for sniper rifles. That’s why the World War II German sniper Mahaus Heiznaia used the 98K sniper rifle to create a sniper kill target at a distance of 1,100 meters. At that time, he was only using a 6x scope.
At the same time, this Mahomes is also the sniper record holder in World War II, killing a total of 345 enemies, and more than 80% of the targets used 98k sniper rifles.
A rifle that has set a record for the longest sniper kill and is also the holder of the most records must be considered excellent.
But now, Zhou Wen's favor for the 98K sniper rifle has wavered, because he can't put it down because of the exquisite craftsmanship of the Enfield sniper rifle in front of him.
The butt made of fine teak wood is full of frosted texture and feels comfortable and firm. The gun body is actually made of mahogany, and the naturally occurring grooves and carvings on the mahogany actually gave Zhou Wen a good sense of art. The barrel made of unknown alloy steel still shone with a faint blue light under the dim light, exuding a cold murderous aura.
When Zhou Wen raised the gun to aim, he felt that the weight was about 1 kilogram heavier than the ordinary Yingqi 77 rifle. However, this was not a disadvantage. On the contrary, it increased the stability of shooting.
Zhou Wen also found that the chin rest and trigger have been improved to a certain extent, and the palm and the gun fit very closely.
Although he has not tested the accuracy of this gun, Zhou Wen already feels that this gun is part of his body, and the operation is more natural and coordinated. Zhou Wen had only experienced this feeling of man-machine being so closely integrated when he tried out world-renowned sniper rifles representing the most advanced technology in high-end shooting clubs in his previous life.
An expert like Zhou Wen has a deep understanding of guns, so after only a few dozen seconds of exposure, he began to dislike the old and fell in love with the rifle in his hand.
