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I watched this video from forgotten weapons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qP6Q9ZEsEo
The Remington EtronX is primed through electricity instead of percussion/impact.
In order to achieve the ignition, a thin wire inside of the cartridge burns when the circuit goes through it, and therefore igniting the powder charge.
These electric ”matches” works by the same principle https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=duoxvqxASak
However, would it be possible to make an ignition system without any ”priming component” (thin wire) inside of each cartridge? I though about something like a plasma lighter, which could be used in order to light even caseless ammunition and old school muzzleloaders.
A thicker glowing wire, which would require more Amps in order to glow than the thin wire, will not work since it will be hot even after the ignition and therefore may pre-ignite the charge accidentially.
But that problem could be solved with an arc/plasma lighter. But will the plasma lighter be able to handle repeated usage inside of the chamber? Does the plasma lighter require more air than what’s inside the chamber when it’s surrounded by the powder? Will the steel chamber around it affect it?
I watched this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoBxwQjSvg Such a lighter could easily be inserted into a muzzleloaded chamber for example, but will it work?
The Remington EtronX is primed through electricity instead of percussion/impact.
In order to achieve the ignition, a thin wire inside of the cartridge burns when the circuit goes through it, and therefore igniting the powder charge.
These electric ”matches” works by the same principle https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=duoxvqxASak
However, would it be possible to make an ignition system without any ”priming component” (thin wire) inside of each cartridge? I though about something like a plasma lighter, which could be used in order to light even caseless ammunition and old school muzzleloaders.
A thicker glowing wire, which would require more Amps in order to glow than the thin wire, will not work since it will be hot even after the ignition and therefore may pre-ignite the charge accidentially.
But that problem could be solved with an arc/plasma lighter. But will the plasma lighter be able to handle repeated usage inside of the chamber? Does the plasma lighter require more air than what’s inside the chamber when it’s surrounded by the powder? Will the steel chamber around it affect it?
I watched this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pNoBxwQjSvg Such a lighter could easily be inserted into a muzzleloaded chamber for example, but will it work?