Reminton electronic trigger.

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Yep, it's a double-edged sword. As much as I hate the idea that one of the dozens of computers in my modern car could leave me stranded with no hope of fixing or bypassing it, I also don't miss cleaning/gapping points, setting distributor timing, synchronizing multiple carburetors, re-tuning the carb(s) when the seasons change, adding dashpot oil to the carbs, or topping off the oil level in the shock absorbers.

I also found out the hard way that the kickstart on many bikes won't work unless the battery has at least a little bit of juice left in it. I'd still rather have a kick start as an option, though.
 
Back in 1979, otoh, I bought a brand new spiffy little sports car. I found out that it had an electric fuel pump.

Whoa, dude! ELECTRIC???? BETTER NEVER DRIVE IT WITHOUT SPARE FUSES!!!!!

since that time, I've driven maybe 6 cars with electric pumps, and finally stopped carrying extra fuses. In all of those 35 years, I never blew a fuse on an electric fuel pump.

I did, however, replace the mechanical fuel pump on an 82 mustang. it shut down in the middle of the highway.:rolleyes:

Sometimes, God shares a completely wicked sense of humor with you.
 
Yep, it's a double-edged sword.
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Agree 100%. The thing about a completely mechanical system is that the average Joe has a much better chance of understanding it and keeping it well maintained in addition to performing "MacGuyver" style repairs if need be.

I haven't had the need to perform any hokey fixes on a gun yet, but on more than one occasion I've gotten an old motorcycle running on one cylinder to limp it home with nothing but the tool kit under the seat and the contents of my pockets. You can polish up a set of set of crusty points with a match book or your shoelaces and shuffle ignition coils around enough to get an engine sputtering well enough to get you home but if that magic black box of solid state wizardry breaks, it's time to get out and push unless you have a spare. The only time I haven't been able to get a motorcycle home under it's own power on my own has been the few times I've gotten a flat on the way to work and didn't feel like dirtying up a set of clothes patching it on the side of the road.

That said, I've never had an ECU or electronic ignition go bad on me and leave me stranded.

I imagine that an electronic firing mechanism on a rifle could be made to be reliable as well, but it has some serious drawbacks. A vehicle with a battery can be bump started if it doesn't have enough juice to spin the starter and will charge itself back up if the alternator is working. A rifle would either have to have a solar panel on top (eeew) or be completely reliant on it's battery that would need regularly replaced or recharged. I can't see it being practical for any use other than punching paper in the near future.
 
It'll never work, Peezer. If you left one of those black plastic rifles in the sun for too long charging it up, the poor thing would melt.
 
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