As the global situation was rapidly changing, Anning was also actively making preparations.
This time, Lazar Kano came to Milan specifically to personally supervise the delivery of the factory's new product.
It was a new type of rifle with rifling added to the bore, having been improved after changes to the production process. Based on the rear-loading rifles provided by the UK, rifling was added to the interior of the barrel.
Rifled firearms already existed in this era, but the problem with front-loading rifles was that they had a very slow rate of fire.
To fully utilize the effects of rifling, the bullet had to fit tightly against the barrel walls, which made loading front-loading rifles extremely cumbersome. To push the bullet down the barrel, a ramrod and mallet were used, hammering it down like driving in a nail, to seat the bullet at the very bottom of the bore.
