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List:       cypherpunks
Subject:    RE: fuel injected firearm
From:       "Trei, Peter" <ptrei () rsasecurity ! com>
Date:       2001-11-30 19:34:23
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> 	Steven Furlong[SMTP:sfurlong@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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