Chapter 1589 The Cowboy's Way of Playing with Guns
Xiao Peng was completely impressed by this meal - Texans are so good at barbecue!
Like grilled brisket.
A 20cm thick, flat-panel-sized roasted brisket was placed on the table. Cutting it open, Xiao Peng was baffled by the cut: the outside of the brisket was reddish, while the inside was the color of cooked meat. How did they achieve this? And how did they manage to have two different colors? And how did they achieve this ...
Xiao Peng was puzzled by this question, but Jenny's answer was simple: it had nothing to do with the temperature, but the effect of the sauce on the outside.
What Jenny was most proud of was not her 'Texas Three-Piece Set', but her 'Smoked White Sauce Baked Potatoes'. Van der Laupe and Bruch were eating so much that they didn't even have time to talk, but Xiao Peng felt the same way about it.
The reason for this problem is the difference in taste.
Europeans like van der Laupe and Bruch also have a relatively good tooth for sweets.
The "Smoked White Sauce Potato Gratin" is simply a dish where you slice potatoes with their skins on, mix them with pastrami, butter, salt, pepper, and garlic powder until they become a sticky paste, then sprinkle the potato slices into the paste, bake them in a baking pan, and sprinkle them with Parmesan cheese just before serving. It tastes incredibly sweet.
Besides their love of meat, Texans also enjoy sweets. For example, their baked egg tarts have banana slices at the bottom. Then there's cream, caramel, and sweetened custard sauce. Xiao Peng nearly choked on the sweetness after just one. Meanwhile, Bruch and van der Laupe kept giving thumbs-up!
After eating and drinking, the afternoon entertainment began: Jenny wanted to teach Xiao Peng the Texas-style revolver rapid-fire,
There are two ways to do this Texas rapid fire. One is the way Jenny just performed, which is to draw the gun and shoot at the same time. This shooting method originated from the original cowboy duel. At that time, the cowboy duel was to see who could draw the gun faster. Although this method of drawing the gun by tying the holster to the thigh does not look so cool, it is definitely the fastest way to shoot.
After Xiao Peng imitated her a few times, Jenny gave up teaching him this shooting method. Xiao Peng's first few attempts were just warm-ups, but then he got faster and faster, until it was so fast that everyone could only see the bullet hit the target in an instant and the pistol returned to the holster! In the end, when they heard the gunshot, Xiao Peng had already finished shooting!
How the hell is this fast?
In Japan, there is a sword-drawing technique called "Iai Slash", which involves drawing the sword from the scabbard and attacking at the same time, and then returning it to the sheath; and now Xiao Peng has mastered the sword-drawing technique.
He saw this technique as completely useless: He couldn't possibly holster his gun at the base of his thigh and lunge at everyone he met, could he? He was just playing around, trying to get a feel for the cowboy style. But Charles and his family were stunned. "You're so awesome!" How would we, Texans who grew up with guns, feel about this?
Jenny was still unconvinced, so she gave Xiao Peng another way to play the revolver rapid-fire competition. This method was very simple: it was to fire the six bullets in the pistol as quickly as possible and hit the target.
But there are also skills and difficulties here.
The trick to this kind of shooting is: don't pull the trigger.
To fire the fastest, one had to hold the gun in one hand and quickly pull the trigger at the back of the revolver with the other. Experts could basically fire six rounds in two or three seconds.
But this kind of shooting is actually many times more difficult than firing one shot!
After all, firing six rounds in a row in a short period of time will cause a lot of recoil, so you need to use more force with your accustomed hand to hold the gun. For example, a left-handed person would hold the gun with his left hand and pull the trigger with his right hand. The result is that the speed of pulling the trigger becomes slower, and if you hold the gun with your right hand, the left hand will fire faster, but you will not be able to hold the gun or aim.
When competing, they use custom-made bullets with less gunpowder in them, leaving them with little power. They can't kill at a distance of two meters, but at best, they'll cause a slight pain. These bullets have very low recoil, allowing them to use their dominant hand to trigger the trigger and increase firing speed.
However, the bullets Jenny was using now were not bullets with reduced gunpowder, but genuine mass-produced bullets, so her firing speed was much slower. It took her about four seconds to fire six bullets, but every shot hit the scarecrow, some hitting the torso and some hitting the limbs.
This way of playing is also good. After Xiao Peng got familiar with it a few times, he mastered the trick. He used mass-produced bullets to achieve the effect of headshots in every shot, and all six bullets were used up within two seconds!
The Weisman family was so shocked when they saw this scene: They really wanted to ask, is Xiao Peng a human or a monster? Isn't it too amazing?
Van der Laupe was eating an egg tart while watching Xiao Peng playing with the gun. He asked curiously, "Bruch, why don't you try it out? You're a good shooter, right? Brother Walter said you're still the shooting record holder in your unit."
Bruch took a bite of the grilled sausage. "I used to think I was a master of shooting, but after seeing the boss use a gun, I never mentioned it again, just like Kasin never says he's a master of fighting now."
The Weismans nodded vigorously. They felt the same way now.
Xiao Peng had played with guns quite a bit in Europe. The Luna had a shotgun for skeet shooting, and Orange Garden had a few hunting rifles—the same ones Kasim and his friends had used to fight the looters who'd raided their home. But playing with guns there wasn't nearly as exciting as playing with them in Texas: the George brothers had brought in a large iron box filled with guns and ammunition, even a Daxia-made NP-27 and a Type 56 submachine gun.
The NP27 pistol isn't well-known in China, but it's the most exported of all Chinese light weapons. Its excellent value makes it a favorite among Americans. The Type 56 submachine gun, modeled after the AK47, was imported into the US in large quantities. Now, this pistol has acquired a new level of collectible value, with prices soaring to around $2,000 USD per piece, making it a staple among gun enthusiasts.
Xiao Peng had finally gotten over his gun addiction—after all, who among men didn't grow up playing with toy pistols? Men had a genuine love for things like guns and cars.
He had a lot of fun there, and of course he didn't forget to ask Charles why he treated him like this.
Texans are enthusiastic, but isn't this Charles too enthusiastic? Xiao Peng himself didn't believe that he had no other business.
After knowing Charles' request, Xiao Peng was dumbfounded: Are you crazy?
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