RE: fuel injected firearm

Steven Furlong[SMTP:sfurlong@acmenet.net]

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I did see a GyroJet pistol once. A rocket pistol, firing little rockets. Early 60s. Very expensive. And suffered from the fact that each little rocket had to accelerate up to speed. Lots of chance for the target to move.

Gyrojet rounds burned out in, IIRC, 20 feet, and they covered that first 20 feet in a small fraction of a second. I don't think target dodging is any more of an issue than with conventional bullets.

Another problem with the Gyrojet was accuracy. Since it left the barrel much more slowly than a traditional round, gyroscopic stabilization was at a minimum at the start of the shell's path. A slight wobble at this point would translate into a large deviation at the target. Peter