Emperor Kangxi’s iron gun

[Emperor Kangxi’s Iron Gun]

Kangxi came to fire the No. 2 gun, which was 135.5 cm in length, 90.3 cm in barrel length and 11 mm in caliber during the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The muzzle of the gun is decorated with a golden animal face pattern and a duckbill shape. The gold lighter carries the flint, with a gold-plated engraved toothed steel wheel beside it, and a collimator and a light door at the front and back of the cylinder. The U-shaped wooden bed is inlaid with five round stars in the shape of a plum blossom at the side near the gun machine, and the end of the bed is inlaid with a copper-plated bracket. This gun is a rotary flint gun. When launching, use the key to fill the wheel string, pull the trigger, and the wheel will fly and rub with the flint to make a fire. The manufacturing process and use function of “Zilaihuo” is more advanced than that of fire rope
The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty loved to practice martial arts and hunting. The use of muskets began in the Kangxi Dynasty. This gun is the Kangxi imperial gun


康熙自来火二号枪局部