Electronic ignition!

[Nath]

What ever happened to those electrically fired guns?
That Remington something model???
The Krico 22??

And while we are at it the Voere (?) caseless ammo rifle??

Nath.

[pwl44m]

What ever happened to those electrically fired guns?
That Remington something model???
The Krico 22??

And while we are at it the Voere (?) caseless ammo rifle??

Nath.

#2 or how about a Propane Gun ?
Perry

[3leggedturtle]

I wondering if we ran out of primers, would it be possible to convert a rifle or pistol to ignite the powder this way. Easily and without to much modifying.

[Grizz]

I wondering if we ran out of primers, would it be possible to convert a rifle or pistol to ignite the powder this way. Easily and without to much modifying.

How 'bout this:

fixed insulated firing pin that protrudes thru into the powder space. powder kept in by a paper patch loaded under the powder charge. pulling trigger puts current into firing pin, it touches off the charge. the bolt face needs to contain the back blast.

eh?

[Griff]

So? I need to convert my percussion to a flinter? i wonder how hard that is?

[rbertalotto]

I have three Remington Etronx and about 5000 primers.

Fantastic rifles...........one is a factory 243, one a custom rebarrel to 6mm Remington Ackley and the third one a factory 22-250 (rare).

Nothing like a trigger with ZERO pull and ZERO take-up and ZERO bolt effort because you are not cocking a firing pin.

But gun folks don't like nothing new.........Witness 1911 and Mauser patent bolt actions and lever actions..............

[Nath]

Was askin' about the;

http://www.remington.com/products/firea ... tronx.aspx

Did any one actually buy one? (Thats just been answered ).

Or the ;

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T1cs ... le&f=false.

and;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voere

N.

[20cows]

So? I need to convert my percussion to a flinter? i wonder how hard that is?

I've done it. It is easy if there were both flint and percussion versions of the same model as you don't have to do much to switch locks (both use the same lock plate). Pull the drum and nipple and install a vent plug.

The one I did had a corresponding lock, but I had to cut, drill and tap the drum to take a vent plug.

[jeepnik]

What ever happened to those electrically fired guns?
That Remington something model???
The Krico 22??

And while we are at it the Voere (?) caseless ammo rifle??

Nath.

#2 or how about a Propane Gun ?
Perry

Don't know about propane, but I've launched a few things with acetylene. Tends to be a bit loud though.

[765x53]

I wondering if we ran out of primers, would it be possible to convert a rifle or pistol to ignite the powder this way. Easily and without to much modifying.

How 'bout this:

fixed insulated firing pin that protrudes thru into the powder space. powder kept in by a paper patch loaded under the powder charge. pulling trigger puts current into firing pin, it touches off the charge. the bolt face needs to contain the back blast.

eh?

Sounds like an electric pin-fire.

[harry]

What ever happened to those electrically fired guns?
That Remington something model???
The Krico 22??

And while we are at it the Voere (?) caseless ammo rifle??

Nath.

Remington still offers the model 700 Etronx

MODEL 700™ ETRONX™
220 Swift, 22-250 Remington,243 Win. all rifles list for $1,999

[Grizz]

I wondering if we ran out of primers, would it be possible to convert a rifle or pistol to ignite the powder this way. Easily and without to much modifying.

How 'bout this:

fixed insulated firing pin that protrudes thru into the powder space. powder kept in by a paper patch loaded under the powder charge. pulling trigger puts current into firing pin, it touches off the charge. the bolt face needs to contain the back blast.

eh?

Sounds like an electric pin-fire.

yeah, would it work? In a McGuyver kind of way?

[Nath]

What ever happened to those electrically fired guns?
That Remington something model???
The Krico 22??

And while we are at it the Voere (?) caseless ammo rifle??

Nath.

Remington still offers the model 700 Etronx

MODEL 700™ ETRONX™
220 Swift, 22-250 Remington,243 Win. all rifles list for $1,999

I recently noticed that yes, I can not see it being much of a money spinner for Remington and wonder how long it will be offered and what is the gain over conventional systems?

N.

[FatJackDurham]

The 105 and 120 main guns in our M1 and M1A tanks are electronically ignited. It could work for a handgun, but static could be a problem, dont you think? In the Tanks, we always had to be careful not to handled the ignition contacts carelessly.

[nemhed]

Does this count as electronic ignition?:
Navy's new ship mounted laser.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04 ... ser-weapon

I'm still holding out for a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

[piller]

nemhed, I always liked the actor who played the clerk in the gun shop not even breaking a grin as he told the CSM 101 that what he saw was all they had.

[awp101]

I'm still holding out for a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range.

Just what you see on the shelf pal...