Electronic Gun shoots .375" round ball.

[gary350]

I have been playing around with electronic magnet railguns for years just for fun so I finally got serious and built a real nice gun. All the electronics are built inside the rifle stock. It looks like a short barrel rifle with a gun stock and it all runs on a small rechargable battery. I can shoot a .375" diameter round ball all the way through a 2 x 6 board. I put a 2x6 and 1x6 board together and it will shoot all the way through them both. The best part is the gun is totally silent and BATF can't do anything about it. The only sound is the ball hitting the boards. It is fairly accurate at close range I can put a round balls in a 2" circle at 30 ft. It will make a good snake gun and be good for close range protection. It is a single shot gun. I can reload in 10 seconds, recharge in 30 seconds, and shoot again. I have already figured out a way to reload in less than 1 second and recharge much faster. It would be nice to recharge in 1 second but I think 10 seconds is practical for now.

[davidh]

pictures and details ? ? ? ?

[DebosDave]

Yes, we need more information for sure..

On a side note, while they can't do anything about the sound your rifle makes, they can do something if the overall or barrel lengths are too short.

Have you had a chance to chronograph how fast the ball leaves the muzzle? What do the balls weigh?

Dave

[38_Cal]

Originally Posted by DebosDave

Yes, we need more information for sure..

On a side note, while they can't do anything about the sound your rifle makes, they can do something if the overall or barrel lengths are too short.

Have you had a chance to chronograph how fast the ball leaves the muzzle? What do the balls weigh?

Dave

I think you might be off in your assessment, Dave. I'd bet a hot cup of cocoa on a cold, rainy night that it would fall under the same class as airguns...though some states might have regulations on the technology. (Probably the Peace Loving People's Socialist Democratic Republic of California)

Still, very cool idea, and I would love to learn more about it!

David

[BigBoy1]

If there are no laws now that apply, our "wonderful" politicians will soon come up with them. I can see it now, metal balls and rechargable batteries will soon be in the same situation as ammunition is now currently in -- Short supplies and high prices!

[DebosDave]

Originally Posted by 38_Cal

I think you might be off in your assessment, Dave. I'd bet a hot cup of cocoa on a cold, rainy night that it would fall under the same class as airguns...though some states might have regulations on the technology. (Probably the Peace Loving People's Socialist Democratic Republic of California)

Still, very cool idea, and I would love to learn more about it!

David

You could be correct, I suppose I hadn't thought of it that way. I was looking but haven't found it so far, as to what the ATF would actually consider under their jurisdiction. But I do think you are right this would more likely all under an air-rifle than a firearm.

Sorry

[rws]

I would like to see pics too! It obviously shoots under the speed of sound, or it wouldn't be silent, per se.

[bikewrench]

OK I am sold i,ll take two----or plans ----or pictures---SOMETHING, As an FFL holding dealer the BATF does not regulate launchers that don,t use a self contained cartridge, That said this sounds like great tech for the home shop and you have to share some of the details. Might make a great nail gun also, or an impulse tool for swaging fitting.

[radkins]

I agree with Bguns, this is totally off-topic and belongs in another forum. An electromagnetic launcher is not a gun in the sense that this forum is dealing with gunsmithing and electronics discussions should be someplace else. Fellows this forum has the potential to grow and be a lot of help to a lot of people but folks looking for real gunsmithing info will most likely be uninterested in an electronics discussion. What do the rest of you guys think, should we keep the discussions here about powder, lead and gun repair/building/modifying?

[JCHannum]

I wouldn't get too worried about it. The forum is self regulating and off topic threads will die a natural death from lack of interest.