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  • Re: OT: LITF: An real man-usable gauss rifle.

    From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 20 20:30:13 2024
    pete...@gmail.com <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4

    Firing slugs using a linear accelerator.


    If Captain Zoom was suddenly confronted by a charging hickoderm, all he
    had to do was to switch on the set, wait for the tubes to warm up, check
    the channel selector, adjust the fine tuning, touch up the focus, twiddle
    with the Line and Frame holds-and then press the trigger. He was,
    fortunately, a man of unbelievably swift reactions.
    -- Clarke
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    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Dave@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 20 14:35:34 2024
    On 1/20/24 12:13, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4

    Firing slugs using a linear accelerator.

    Very much a prototype, it has about the punch of a .22LR,
    But weighs over 20 lbs, and while multishot, requires up
    to 3 seconds to recharge.

    However, it is fireable from the shoulder, and runs of batteries.

    pt
    This doesn't seem real useful so far.
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Dave on Sat Jan 20 16:54:27 2024
    On 1/20/2024 2:35 PM, Dave wrote:
    On 1/20/24 12:13, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4

    Firing slugs using a linear accelerator.

    Very much a prototype, it has about the punch of a .22LR,
    But weighs over 20 lbs, and while multishot, requires up
    to 3 seconds to recharge.

    However, it is fireable from the shoulder, and runs of batteries.

    pt
    This doesn't seem real useful so far.

    About as useful as the first firearms.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to petertrei@gmail.com on Sun Jan 21 08:34:22 2024
    On Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:13:50 -0800 (PST), "pete...@gmail.com" <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4

    Firing slugs using a linear accelerator.

    Very much a prototype, it has about the punch of a .22LR,
    But weighs over 20 lbs, and while multishot, requires up
    to 3 seconds to recharge.

    However, it is fireable from the shoulder, and runs of batteries.

    Batteries can be ... problematic ... in cold weather.

    So, then, this is for ... warm-weather warriors?
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to pete...@gmail.com on Mon Jan 22 09:59:44 2024
    On 1/20/24 12:13, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAHKS0nVlL4

    Firing slugs using a linear accelerator.

    Very much a prototype, it has about the punch of a .22LR,
    But weighs over 20 lbs, and while multishot, requires up
    to 3 seconds to recharge.


    That causes me to remember the very useful air rifle that
    the Lewis and Clark Expedition took with them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girardoni_air_rifle

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  • From Mike Van Pelt@21:1/5 to a425couple@hotmail.com on Thu Jan 25 02:44:11 2024
    In article <k2yrN.229662$7sbb.60110@fx16.iad>,
    a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
    That causes me to remember the very useful air rifle that
    the Lewis and Clark Expedition took with them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girardoni_air_rifle

    That was a fascinating bit of technology, especially
    considering the era. I think I recall 30 something
    useful shots per compressed air tank?

    --
    Mike Van Pelt | "I don't advise it unless you're nuts."
    mvp at calweb.com | -- Ray Wilkinson, after riding out Hurricane
    KE6BVH | Ike on Surfside Beach in Galveston

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