Electromagnetic rifle anyone?

[Nat]

$3,375 Electromagnetic Gun Declared "A Serious Weapon" During Expert Range Report (Updated)

While the rifle may not pack the punch of a traditional firearm, a review of the ArcFlash Labs GR-1 shows why it is not a toy.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Gixxer]

Yeah I watched it shortly after it came out. If they can get that thing streamlined, reliable, and amplify the power output it could become the next milestone in small arms technology.

Change the game the way the self-contained cartridge did.

Imagine the rate of fire when you have nothing to eject and only the speed of the magazine slowing you down.

 

[Talos]

Meh, I wasn't impressed. Wake me when they can at least break the sound barrier with accuracy.

 

[NumberFive]

There could be a lot of advantages with this technology...in another 10 or 15 years...maybe.

The fact of the matter is we are going to run into the same limitations that we see in the EV industry. Gasoline is is an incredibly efficient way of storing potential energy, far more so than a battery. Batteries are bulky, heavy and the ones that are even remotely useful tend to burn...violently.

Here you have all those problems plus the 3 second charge time, the low battery capacity, barrel overheating, and lack of rifling. Not to mention the myriad of issues we have seen with having electronics in the firearms world, looking at you "smart guns".

I am reminded the story of a French general in WWI saying that machine guns and barbed wire will never replace men on horseback. So I am reluctant to say that this technology will never replace firearms. But I will admit that I lack the imagination to see how it would.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

GA Code § 16-11-131

• (a) As used in this Code section, the term:
  • (1) "Felony" means any offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year or more...
• • (2) "Firearm" includes any handgun, rifle, shotgun, or other weapon which will or can be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or electrical charge.

SO, back in the 1960's the Georgia General Assembly predicted the introduction of electromagnetic Gauss guns to the market

and wrote the "felon in possession of a firearm" law to cover them!