fuel injected firearm
Trei, Peter
ptrei at rsasecurity.com
Fri Nov 30 11:34:23 PST 2001
> Steven Furlong[SMTP:sfurlong at acmenet.net]
>
> > 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
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