WANT TO SEE A SMART GUN?

way too cool, i want a new toy. i will pack my K40 though. it is safer for now.

------------------
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch.
Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the outcome of the vote.
Let he that hath no sword sell his garment and buy one. Luke 22-36
They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. Song of Solomon 3-8
The man that can keep his head and aims carefully when the situation has gone bad and lead is flying usually wins the fight.
 
Calibre?

I noticed that the 'Rapid Reload' factor will have to wait for another version...does that mean it has to be shipped back to the factory to be re-loaded?

It appeared to have at least five rounds stacked on top of each other in the barrel(s). It was mentioned that if one round does not fire, the next will clear both rounds from the weapon--which begs the question: what if the second round is also a dud?

Yack. File it with the Dardick and the Gyrojet.

LawDog
 
I'll wait for those aforementioned police officers to totally debug this concept. I'll bet it'll be a tough sell for a long time to any law enforcement organization. :)
 
I saw the designer being interviewed on The Trio network (DSS).
He has developed for the military, a vehicle mounted automatic weapon system that fires up to, I kid you not, 1 million rounds a second. This must be the handgun system that was in development during the time of the interview.
The entire firing system is electronic and uses a barrel full of cartridges that are fired by a row of electrodes. The burning propellant heats the bullet just behind the cartridge being fired. It then seals against the bbl creating a temporary “breach face” allowing the front most round to be fired. It has a variable rate of fire and doesn't have a single mechanical part thus giving an almost unlimited cyclic rate, but it produces more of a cloud like barrage than aimed fire
The designer spoke of the things ability to possibly knock artillery/anti-tank projectiles out of the sky in a way similar to the Aegis anti missile system works now and that the principle design was a defensive one since reloading took so much time. He also mentioned that if we didn't make it, the "other guy" definitely would, so who would you rather have the technology??
I would think that the "rapid loading" system for the handgun would be a quick switch barrel system since the barrels need to be preloaded and wired.
The interviewer was a young Aussie lady whose tone of voice was as if she had an audience with Satan himself. Obviously Anti “anything to do with firearms of any sort” who’s every second sentence questioned the "real need for such a weapon" and every third sentence spoke about how uneasy just being around the thing made her feel.
Stupid Luddite


------------------
TANSTAAFL- R.A. Heinlen

"Molon Labe"- Leonidas to Xerxes at Thermopile
 
I think we should arm the Presidential SS detail, as well as Sarah Brady's bodyguards, with these. Let those that would tell us what we need be the first use it. If they won't, then I won't. And if they will, I probably still won't because I like the guns I have now.

------------------
Guns cause crime like spoons cause Rosie O'Donnell to be fat!

I hunt, therefore I am.
 
I recall the link that someone here posted about a year ago under the title "One Million Rounds Per Minute" or some such. I went to the link, and it was an interesting story about how an Aussie inventor had come up with this concept in his basement, and was giving it to the Aussie military.

Apparently, he just takes cheap barrels and stokes 'em with charges and lead bullets, sequentially. An electrical wire runs down the length of the barrel, and fires off the hollow point, hollow based lead bullets. The hollow bases and points expand to prevent accidental simultaneous discharge. The barrels can then be discarded or saved and reused, much like empty magazines.

Problems that I see here: <UL TYPE=SQUARE>
<LI>Lead-bullet ONLY.
<LI>Different muzzle-velocity for each shot down the barrel. Thus, different aim point.
<LI>Changing barrels to reload means changing sight settings each time.
<LI>3-shot bursts are incredibly erratic in a recoilless pistol such as that. I'm not sure what range that demo was being shot at, but 2+ feet separation of impacts from what probably wasn't more than 15 yards means that you're going to get about 6 feet (or MUCH more) of separation at 50 yards. This means shots going wild.
</UL>

Now, to be fair, they did address the recoil-issue, inasmuch as that they're "working on a prototype," which simply means they don't exist yet.

The change in sights could be engineered around, I'm certain.

Hey, this whole concept only came out about a year ago-- this is a pretty big leap. If it works, I don't have a problem with it. We've all known that effective caseless ammo has been the holy grail of the shooting sports for years and years. The only thing I have a problem with is if folks want to REQUIRE that all guns have "Smart" technology.

Pretty neat film clip, though. If you don't have Real Audio, go to http://www.real.com/ and look around for the free download to be able to watch and listen to such stuff.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top