A Battery Powered Gun?

[Jfet]

Oh My!

 

[BeeMaa]

Pretty cool, albeit somewhat useless for all but entertainment at this early stage.

How long until the ATF gets involved with this?

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

Fun to watch! I cannot wait for the first visiting hunter to show up with one!

 

[Tundra Tiger]

One of my favorite book series is The Expanse books by James S. A. Corey. Wow... real rail guns.

 

[Red Leg]

This is essentially the same tech as a rail gun. The navy has had more success than the army - ships have lots more latent power generation than a tank. But think of the ammunition management and space savings if alloy rods could be accelerated to hyper velocities without needing explosive generated energy.

 

[TOBY458]

This is essentially the same tech as a rail gun. The navy has had more success than the army - ships have lots more latent power generation than a tank. But think of the ammunition management and space savings if alloy rods could be accelerated to hyper velocities without needing explosive generated energy.

Wonder if there's a way to impart a spin on the bullet for decent accuracy?

 

[BeeMaa]

Wonder if there's a way to impart a spin on the bullet for decent accuracy?

Have ferrous material on one side of the "bullet" and arrange the magnets in a spiral configuration?

 

[TOBY458]

Have ferrous material on one side of the "bullet" and arrange the magnets in a spiral configuration?

Or in the case of the gun in the video, just use a slingshot. Lol!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Never throw cold water upon a new idea, but this is definitely in it's infancy from a hand held persepctive. It all comes down to energy storage: in an explosive cartridge it is delivering an energy densiry of kilojoules per cubic centimeter. And the very best batteries so far are orders of magnitude less. There may well come a time though.

 

[Jfet]

Never throw cold water upon a new idea, but this is definitely in it's infancy from a hand held persepctive. It all comes down to energy storage: in an explosive cartridge it is delivering an energy densiry of kilojoules per cubic centimeter. And the very best batteries so far are orders of magnitude less. There may well come a time though.

I am thinking I am going to continue to hang on to those coffee cans of burned out drill bits that my dad kept. They could be a future source of ammunition.

 

[Tra3]

Impressive.

 

[Daniel Cary]

My goodness ..