57: Chapter 53: There’s Always Sothing Gained 57: Chapter 53: There’s Always Sothing Gained Aricans play pretty wildly, especially when it cos to weaponry, where they enjoy unparalleled conditions.
Firearms aren’t banned, not to ntion cold and ancient weapons, so the person Sean found is indeed a master in both cold weapons and firearms.
To call him a weapons master would not be an overstatent.
“This is Professor Gordon Fermand.
Professor Fermand served as a faculty mber in the chanical Engineering Departnt at the California Institute of Technology and, after retiring, created an interesting website on cold weapons.
He has conducted deep research on ancient weapons and is also extrely skilled in shooting.
He was the state shooting competition winner in both 1998 and 2004.”
Sean was introducing him to Gao Yi, who looked at the white-bearded old man before him with utmost respect.
Actually, Gao Yi felt Sean’s introduction was sowhat understated.
What does “weapons master” an?
The seventy-sothing-old man in front of them should be called…
What should he be called?
He was at a loss for words, not knowing how to describe him.
Gao Yi extended his hands and took hold of Gordon’s, saying earnestly, “Hello, it’s truly an honor to et you.”
Gordon shook hands with Gao Yi and then smiled, “Hello, are you ready?
I can hardly wait, let’s get to testing quickly.”
Gao Yi was slightly confused because Sean hadn’t told him about what he was doing, so he didn’t know what twists and turns there had been.
Sean laughed and said, “Help get the Warhamr down.
The test dummies are already prepared.”
Gordon laughed on the side, “When you proposed testing the impact of an Eastern Warhamr on modern Bullet-Proof Vests, I beca interested.
I think this will be an intriguing experint.”
Sean and Gordon jokingly carried over the boxes.
Gao Yi lifted the largest box and followed the two n, walking around a barn-like building to arrive at a shooting range.
Gordon’s ho was in the remote suburbs of Los Angeles, in the middle of nowhere, with hills behind the house set up with many iron targets.
But for now, six dummies were placed at the range, four of them wearing Bullet-Proof Vests with helts.
It’s the kind used specifically for impact testing—scientific-grade dummies with bones, organs, and blood circulation; their skin and muscles are translucent and look sowhat frightening.
These kinds of dummies often appear on “MythBusters” and forging competitions.
And these dummies are quite expensive.
Sean wanted to give Gao Yi a surprise, but at this point, he couldn’t keep it secret any longer.
“I’ve been discussing with Professor Fermand online for a long ti.
Then, I purchased the dummies, Bullet-Proof Vests, and made hamrs to test which type of hamr would cause the most damage to a human body protected by Bullet-Proof Vests.”
Sean spoke calmly, and after Gao Yi sighed inwardly, he said to Sean, “You’ve been thoughtful.”
Professor Fermand was even more eager than Gao Yi and Sean.
He put down the hamr and said, “Let’s start, beginning with the unprotected dummies.”
“No, there’s no need for that.
Let’s start with the ones wearing Bullet-Proof Vests right away.”
Without much to say, Gao Yi picked up the smallest Iron Bone hamr and struck down on a dummy’s helt with a clang.
The helt wasn’t damaged, and there was no obvious skull injury, but the dummy’s brain did bleed.
Gordon said, “The helt provides good protection.
That blow would cause a concussion, but it’s not a fatal injury.”
Gao Yi put down the fancy Iron Bone hamr; indeed, it was too light, not strong enough for targets with cushioned layers inside the helt.
He picked up the smallest tactical hamr and struck down: the sa dummy now exhibited more pronounced symptoms of brain bleeding, possibly losing its ability to move, but one couldn’t be sure it was incapacitated.
This was a 2.2-kilogram tactical hamr, heavier than the Iron Bone hamr, but the all-steel handle accounted for much of the weight, so its lethality might not be much bigger than that of a wood-handled hamr.
Gao Yi switched to the No.2 Hamr, weighing 2.7 kilograms—or five pounds and four taels.
Though the overall weight had increased by only one pound, since the handle was the sa, the extra weight focused on the hamrhead.
After this strike, the dummy’s helt didn’t break, the skull was intact, but the brain imdiately turned into a ss, aning even with the helt, this strike would be instantly fatal.
The hamr was definitely effective on the head.
Gao Yi swung it hard against a dummy’s Bullet-Proof Vest.
The vest without a ballistic insert caved in slightly, but the dummy’s chest organs were smashed to pieces.
Even a real person wearing the vest would be dood from such a hit.
“Wow, that’s an incredible strike; the impact force of the Warhamr is indeed formidable.”
Professor Fermand exclaid repeatedly, appearing as if he had never seen anything like it.
Gao Yi, holding the hamr, moved to the next dummy without hitting the head since the helts were all the sa, but this dummy wore a vest with a Third-Level ballistic insert.
The material of the ballistic insert varied, including ceramic and steel, but the one Sean bought was the commonly seen boron carbide insert.
And with this strike, the boron carbide insert was slightly damaged, but the dummy was almost unhard.
Hitting the helt would kill, hitting the arms would break them, hitting the legs would break them, but hitting the torso protected by a ballistic insert was useless.
Gao Yi switched to the largest Soft Handle Hamr, but the result was the sa, unable to break through the defense.
It was the sa with the Soft Handle Hamr, no matter how large the hamrhead or how much strength used, if there was a ballistic insert, the dummy would at most suffer shock, but the organs would not suffer life-threatening damage.
Without a fatal injury, it wouldn’t instantly lose the ability to move, and the ability to move ant danger.
Whether it was a Third-Level insert or a Level 4, it was the sa; for those heavy-duty vests almost covering the entire torso, there wouldn’t be an issue.
But once a Long Handle Hamr was used, even the shortest 50-centiter hamr would cause severe shock to the dummy’s internal organs, and a 60-centiter hamr would be enough to cause fatal damage.
The hamrhead had roughly the sa weight, but a difference in length of just twenty centiters resulted in a substantial change.
Professor Fermand provided a very professional and detailed explanation.
The concept of torque and lever is simple, but Gordon conducted experints from the perspective of validating the lethality of ancient weapons.
In contrast, Gao Yi was genuinely in search of a suitable weapon for himself, and naturally, their perspectives were quite different.
Long Handle Hamrs were powerful but not easy to carry.
Gao Yi had decided his main weapon would be the No.2 Hamr from now on; as for those Soft Handle and Long Handle Hamrs, they could all be set aside.
After waiting for Sean to join Gordon in striking a few more blows and almost concluding the experint, Gao Yi finally found a mont to ask Professor Fermand, “Professor, I have a question I’d like to ask you.”
Gordon was in a good mood and smiled at Gao Yi, “What’s your question?”
“I’m very passionate about shooting and have practiced for a long ti, but my shooting talent is limited.
Although I train very hard, I still see no hope of a breakthrough, so I wonder if there’s any way to use equipnt to compensate for a lack of skill?”
Gao Yi’s question left Gordon stumped montarily.
After pondering for a while, Gordon frowned and said, “Shooting relies heavily on the quality of firearms, but a shooter’s upper limit still depends on the person, not the gun.
The simplest example is that the sa gun will perform differently in the hands of two different people.”
Gao Yi was sowhat helpless; even Gordon said so, it seed there really wasn’t hope of achieving the status of a Sharpshooter through changing guns.
But then, Gordon added, “However, if you compare it longitudinally, using a customized, modified 1911 for shooting will certainly yield much better results than using a stock 1911.”
Gao Yi felt a renewed sense of confidence, “So a good gun is definitely useful?”
“Of course, but it depends on how big of a breakthrough you’re hoping for.”
“Is it possible to go from an ordinary gunman to a good gunman?”
Gordon replied without hesitation, “I don’t know your shooting level, your training intensity, or your training thods, so I can’t draw a conclusion.”
Alright, still no conclusion.
At that mont, Sean laughed and said, “He hasn’t been into shooting for long, so maybe he’ll improve in the future.
He’s urgently looking for a gun that suits him, one that can accompany him for life.”
Gordon nodded and then suddenly asked Gao Yi, “Are you Chinese?”
“Yes.”
Gordon seed to reminisce, “I had a student, a Chinese exchange student, who designed a new type of muzzle brake that impressed —a novel, beautiful muzzle brake that effectively reduced recoil while maintaining good flash suppression, designed for small rifles.”
Gao Yi didn’t understand why Gordon suddenly brought up his student; curiously, he asked, “What happened next?”
Gordon smiled, “He once asked the sa question you did.
He was concerned if an ordinary person could beco a sniper.
He was gifted in firearms design, and after graduating, he went to Texas with friends to establish a firearms design and manufacturing workshop.
It seems to be doing well.
I think since you both have similar needs and doubts, perhaps you could ask him.”
Gao Yi got excited, blurting out imdiately, “That’s great, do you have his contact information?”
Gordon shrugged, “His na is Li Jie.
I can give you his email, and then you can ask him your questions.
Maybe he can give you a satisfactory answer.”
Gao Yi imdiately looked at Sean.
This Li Jie was in Texas, which was quite far away.
If he went to see Li Jie, it would delay his trip to Europe, so Sean seed sowhat worried.
Gao Yi softened his heart and said, “Let’s just ask for now, just a question.
If we need to do anything, we can discuss it after I return from Europe.”
Sean was reassured and quickly said, “Right, we’ll contact him as soon as we’re back.
Actually, you can also go to Texas to et him.
We’re not short on a day or two.”
Today was quite fruitful, and Gao Yi was entirely satisfied.
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