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Chemical propulsion has been with us a long time since it's possible to store a fair amount of energy in a small space.

Battery technology is rapidly advancing, and will change the world in many ways.

It's possible to store a very large amount of electrical energy in a small space now with LiPo batteries, and while a great advancement (witness the modern hobby drone) is hardly the last word in battery technology.

I envision a practical electro-magnetic small arm in the not too distant future.

The sensible design would seem to be a cartridge arm with high energy battery and capacitor contained in the cartridge, although many systems will likely be tried.

Think we'll see this in our lifetimes? We've come from Maxwell Smart's shoe phone gag to the IPhone 7 or whatever it is now in a scant 50 years...

Why mess with gunpowder when we can shoot with energy from the sun?

Where the hell have you been? Roger Barlow wrote in the April of 1975 American Rifleman about the SMFM "Electrique" he had purchased in St. Etienne, and used on quail in the Shenandoah valley when he got home. I doubt one can get the special primers for the gun, today, and some of the ammunition for the Remington electric 700s is getting priced very high since Remington had to relearn that lesson.

I hunt to get away from things like batteries.

Feel free, however.

Best,
Ted

The ignition on your vehicle is electric too, but it's not the thing that makes it go.

This will also change.

What? You don't drive a Tesla!!

I just learned that Tesla cars use AC induction motors.

Now I understand the name.

Perhaps our electric gun company could be called Faraday?

Not for me. I hunt to get away from that crap. No watches, no phones, no nothing electric or electronic.

It gets light, I hunt. It gets dark, I don't.



This is what I use now for waterfowl from Sept through February. A 12 gauge Model 12 built in 1927 with a 28 inch barrel and modified choke. I just upland game hunt one day a year now.

I want an electric gun even less than I want an electric vehicle!

The energy might come from the sun, but it'll probably come from coal, just like it does for the current plug-ins. Maybe, the new eco coal plants can burn surplus smokeless that gets banned? I can't wait, line up to take a shot, and gun flashes a sit tight message, updating to enhance your experience. Congratulations, you've successfully downloaded the red ryder package.

I know a little about batteries and capacitors, and understand the energy that they can store, but I cannot visualize how that energy could by itself be converted into a propulsive force.

Now, if you placed hydrogen and oxygen tanks in the buttstock of your shotgun, and fed the gasses into a mixing chamber, then your battery and capacitor could provide the spark to ignite the gas mixture.

You would still have to insert the shot charges somehow, which could be contained in capsules in the forearm magazine tube.

The beauty of this would be that there would be no shell or case to eject, so you could theoretically improve on lock time. You would not have the bolt slamming back and forth either. Might come up with a smooth operating automatic.

This being a double gun forum, where autos are not allowed, and pumps only grudgingly, I doubt that there would be much interest here.

Happy Trails,

HHH

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Best,
Ted