Remington EtronX: Electrically Primed Ammunition
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- One of the more mainstream attempts at incorporating electronic into firearms technology on the civilian market was the Remington EtronX, introduced in 2000. It consisted of a standard Remington 700 bolt action rifle, with the trigger and firing mechanisms replaced by electric versions. The firing pin itself became an insulated electrode, the trigger operated an electronic switch instead of a mechanical sear, and a 9V battery feeding a capacitor provided the energy to ignite the new type of primer - basically a resistor that would generate heat to ignite a charge of smokeless powder.
Remington made a valiant effort with the EtronX, but came up short. Unfortunately, the only practical advantage to the electronic workings was a reduction in lock time of the action (the delay from trigger press to cartridge ignition). They did in fact achieve a virtual elimination of lock time, but this was not a problem that needed to be addressed for the general sporting rifle market. Between questions about ammunition availability and a general market rejection of electronic component in firearms, the rifle failed to sell, and was dropped from Remington’s catalog in 2003.
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"Rifle no worky", that's a highly technical firearm term.
Nicholas Wilson Sorry you lost me.
Nicholas Wilson "no go bang" is another very technical term. lol
is that like "sizzle sizzle no woof"?
"do i smell bacon"
dndboy13 I think that means the dog ran off with the bacon......
Gun dealer: "I'll sell you an electronic rifle. No springs attached."
Star Trek Theory uh what
Haha I get it. Nice play on words.
Best gun pun I've ever read.
HAHAH
I feel compelled to hit you for making a pun that obnoxious
At last a design that absolutely can't fire when "out of battery" :-)
actually it could due to capacitor
It Is Known: Depends on how long the battery has been removed.
Capacitor's leakage causes self discharge over time.........
andy pugh They took your joke too seriously...
I get it... Haha..
andy pugh shut up
"smartphones that can do all sorts of amazing unbelievable things.."
Like watching a Forgotten Weapons video of Remington electronic ammunition?
then talking with other people on they're phone's about watching a forgotten weapons video of Remington electronic ammunition?
Like make a shell count the number of times it's spun and blow up inside a room
"A error has been detected and your rifle has been shut down to prevent damage. If this is the first time this happens please restart your rifle and try again. If this is a recurring error please contact your authorized Remington service technician at your earliest convenience..."
"Remington Service hotline, your current queue number is 11,119. Estimated wait time, 2,956 Hours. Please enjoy our new electronic hold music while you wait."
In a survival situation, literally a blue screen of "death".
Remington ETronX is installing an update. Please do not switch off your rifle during this process.
Pulls the trigger ... *windows xp shutdown sound*
@@cant5864 this had me laughing way harder than it should have.
I loved how smart assed he got with the obvious " apocalypse " questions. I laughed out loud multiple times through this video. Great job
it is an asinine question, I mean what are the odds? that's the last thing i'd worry about i'd be more worried about the government finding away to turn it off when they felt like it!!!definitely don't trust it for that right off!!!
Even that isn't really a concern, since the rifle is basically a closed circuit with no provision for remote access. An EMP would do it, but hacking of any kind would be impossible.
webster7710 on this one future guns with tech. at the point it is? it wouldn't surprise me if they try to satellite TV to it!!they would definitely tie it into a smart phone somehow!!
Very true. If they were to re-release it today, there would almost definitely be an app to go along with it.
AJ SPIRES I mean. Let's be real here. If an EMP went off, a nuclear strike would likely coincide or come shortly after. Whether my gun works is less important than "Can I survive a few thousand rads in a second?"
Year 2000: Remington EtronX
Year 2145: Quake Plasma Gun
This is extremely cool, even if it didn't work out. Mad respect for Remington :)
6:38 " This is lock picking lawyer "
Remington ETronX picked and gutted with this special tool me and BosnianBill made
I'm surprised I had to dig this deep in the comments to find this.
Rifle no worky
What is this? A crossover episode?
"hello, this is the lock picking lawyer and today I'm going to lock this Remington 700 EtronX with *Play-Doh and a Lego brick*"
the real question is: can it run crysis 3?
Can it run doom?
*perhaps*
Can it play Skyrim?
Can it run Quake II RTX?
I don't know. Somebody needs to give it a shot…
“Sizzle sizzle woof”
-Gun Jesus
2 9v Batteries in series hooked directly to primer inside main charge. Advantage you not crawling around looking for shell casing deer never saw it coming? Ha Ha
Hold on, I can't fire till my gun is done updating!
404 error: cartridge not found.
Liking this with a comment because I don’t want the number to bump from 69
josh dempsey you tried
Plus people are used to ink-jet printers being shit, imagine a gun like that. "Your rifle has detected the use of non Approved Branded ammunition. Your warranty is now void and you can fire in semi-auto only." or "Your rifle has detected that your ammunition is over 2 years old. We recommend replacing all of your ammunition every year. You cannot fire with this ammunition - please visit www.ammunition.com for 20% off your next order!"
@@mikesully110 electronics are fine, software sucks
The screwup that Remington made was changing the ammunition. A solenoid operated firing pin would have retained all of the positives of the electronic trigger and bolt system and allowed standard ammo to be used.
But that would only have given you a nicer triggerpull and not reduce the lead time... so less PR blabber in the brochure.
Also, that key at the bottom should have been a switch.
@@andersjjensen I actually see the key as a feature. For people looking for a gun that no one else can pick up and use, whether children or intruders or otherwise. Less messy than external locks.
@@AgnumMD good point actually
@@jewsrbad Maybe so. The market apparently agreed with you at the time. But I also agree with Ian, that it's only a matter of time until electronic ammunition is the standard. But who knows how long that could be, maybe 100 years.
@@AgnumMD I think it would be good to combine with caseless too.
Need to ban high capacitor rifles!
LOLOL too funny
U_Wot_m7+1 hahahaha. Good one.
U_Wot_m7+1 maby we go back to flentlock i bet people will still get shot
Ha
:D
The funny thing is "étron" in french mean "turd".
Bad thing if they want selling it in France.
Nice vedeo, like every time. Thank you a lot Yann.
Ian
Kinda like naming a car model a Nova and selling it in Mexico. Nova, south of the border, means no go.
Kinda like calling someone the completely wrong name.
Mdr
Yann!
i can't tell if you spelled it wrong on purpose or just don't know how to spell Ian but It always makes me chuckle when I see different ways to spell the same name
on a side note, how do you spell "Yves"?
Your condescending remarks on the piss poor nature of my apocalypse decisions are not appreciated. :D
Great video, and this makes me feel super old since I remember when these first came out and I thought they were super sweet and I kind of wanted one. Never had the money though, and can't hunt anything around here with a rifle.
They should make an electronic rifle where the bullets themselves store the charge.
Then you could have a battery in battery.
If there is a way to reliably keep the charge for a long time, which I doubt.
Aye any battery loses charge overtime, plus it would drive up the cost of the ammunition even if not rechargeable.
Could find a way to charge it when the bolt if cycled, kinetic energy stored in a small capacitor thats chatged every time you use the bolt, then you wouldn't need to worry about the battery dying
Then you would be right back to a chemical primer...
Yo dawg I heard you like batteries so I put a battery in your battery so you can battery while you battery.
Remington missed an enormous opportunity with this rifle. One of the biggest selling points could have been a minuscule bolt lift angle, but no, they went with a 2 lug bolt.
You know you still need to account for the pressure of a literal gunshot not shearing the bolt off and into the shooter's face, right?
@@kaibowman4803 bolts can have more than 2 lugs and handle rifle chamber pressures you donkey. How many lugs does an AR have?
Where's the version that you charge via wall plug/USB?
You could easily convert it using a battery pack (instead of a regular 9v), some basic wiring, and probably a USB type-C connector. USB-C can supply 20v/5A/100w so it should be enough to charge a battery pretty quickly.
I don't really see the advantage to charging the battery while it's in the gun, though. There's still the chance of the battery going tits up and leaking in the gun which would cause damage. Also, it would be more practical just to use a chargeable battery or battery pack that you just swap out on the go - that way if you NEED your rifle and it's not charged, you can just spend a minute swapping a battery rather than waiting ~15-30 minutes for it to charge.
The easiest and best way to do this would be to spring for some rechargeable 9V or 9V compatible packs from the get-go and just recharge and swap them as needed. No wiring changes at all.
@Dan "wiz" Parmenter Get a wireless charging butt plate and sewing some wireless charging coil to your hunting coat. Wow
1) As an old tanker, I spent a quarter century around electrically primed ammunition... in 105 and 120 millimeters. No big deal except there was this urban legend was that somebody in Germany had their radio antenna hit a power line and it detonated their basic load.
2) IMHO this was a stalking horse for
a) Sales of electrically primed small arms to the military (not a good idea, what if the bad guys are in the wire and you have a dead battery. Plus the proliferation of devices carried by the soldier that need batteries has developed into quite a logistical problem)
b) Being able to tell the Gun Control Nutjobs, "See, we produced an easily lockable rifle that was impossible to shoot without the proper key and nobody bought it"
c) Having something ready if California passed a law requiring all firearms be capable of being locked.
While 2a is true, you can get a _lot_ of rounds off before having to change the battery.
2b is a shame, because it's a rather sensible system. Though the price is a killer.
why not just use a piezo electric crystal to generate the current for each shot? It would be struck by a hammer which can be done by the mechanism of the gun.
@@ilyarepin7750 interesting yet very senseless 😂
How would packing spare 9-volts be more of a logistical hurdle than packing extra ammo? And how would ensuring the charge be a significant logistical hurdle than regular cleaning and maintenance? If you can't be arsed to check the battery every time you do a routine cleaning then I'd wonder if you're even doing the cleaning in the first place. Plus it's not like the battery's just gonna die on you in the middle of a shootout by the look of things, batteries don't really suck anymore.
no springs attached
shit, ya got me
I glad someone else caught it.
"C'mon, fire it just once, I'm sure you'll like it... no springs attached."
2:59 XD first time seeing ian almost tipping a gun over on the gun table
He was trying to not lose his cool lol
Good news, the EMP scenario would only hinder the rifle for about 48 hours tops. EMP's only disrupt electronics, in some cases it may damage devices but that's not it's intent.
Another great video, thank you.
Well considering there are no major electronics in it just a capacitor mostly.
It would take the gun out of action till you replaced the battery as it would only short the battery itself out (if it was in the gun which it shouldn't be for storage)
Good news, EMP has no effect on batteries.
You've been giving us content near daily for a while now, and while I understand it's gotta be tough, I hope it doesn't end anytime soon. Thank you. Any chance of another series video like the Bergmann series?
I have a Mannlicher series coming up shortly, although it's only 3 videos.
Männlicher pistols or rifles?
"I've got no springs, to hold me down, to make me sing, to make me fire!"
SWITS Feral made my day
"Struck by lightning while being attacked by a shark and a polar bear at the same time" lolol! Love it
Timely video, what with the Austrians reviving non-mechanical ignition right now.
The only real difference is that they use a laser instead of electricity and their rifle can be converted to Ye Olde by simply swapping bolts. They do share the idea of Skynet and Meatspace rounds being identical, save for the primers.
Well I'm assuming it's laser powered by electricity. So the laser handles the role equivalent to the special electronically ignited primers. And probably same way. resistor or laser, both are ways to turn electricity in to heat.
Ari Takalo True. In the laser-based system, they shine a beam onto the priming charge through a transparent primer cup.
That save was so professional my man. You're a legend.
I remember when these came out. It sure does speed up the lock time and the trigger pull could be just awesome!
Here learning about the ignition of this weapon, because it looks like it (ignition) was used in the weapon in the assassination of PM Shinzo Abe in Japan just now. Looks like a homemade electronic matchlock shotgun.
I was just out of college and shopping for my first centerfire rifle when these guns were on the market. I really wanted one, as I figured the electronic ammo was the future of firearms (the company Metal Storm was making headlines with its innovative experimental guns at the same time). The problem was just that it was a $2000 Remington 700. Sure, it has nice features like the fancy bolt handle and fluted barrel, but it's still just a boring ol' 700. Top that off with coming only in varmint calibers (though, yeah, .243 can take bigger game), and it just wasn't worth it when for that price you could get one of any number of much nicer or more versatile hunting rifles, or up to four used 700s in good shape.
I think if Remington had gone a different route, it would have caught on. They either needed to release multiple models in lots of calibers, or they needed to just sell conversion kits, like a bolt and trigger group with a battery and capacitor in the bolt and/or trigger group.
That said, I am genuinely surprised that these didn't become all the rage with bench rest shooters. Plenty of bench rest rifles are built on 700 actions, and that trigger and lock time seem like they'd be a real advantage.
I mean…can shoot deer with .223 level round…really shouldn’t tho if have any sympathy for animal tho.
@@BRBMrSoul Plenty of people do it.
Your check rifle light has come on because you have not had it serviced lately, please get it checked by an approved Remington tech.
Fantastic review, IMO.
Thank you.
This is CLEARLY the future of guns.
Though I HATE the key - a security code punched in seems a much better idea.
6:32 - 'if you lose it? Rifle no workee'.
LOL
And 10:48 - your EMP answer was also hilarious...and logical.
Some (otherwise conventional) guns have a fingerprint scanner.
Your videos are excellent, can't believe I didn't know about your channel!
cool gun, except every shot will restart my pacemaker
Then so would any other gun.... Or a diesel engine (like multiple times a second)
Because all this does is store a charge in a capacitor, then when you pull the trigger it uses the stored energy to quickly heat a resistor.
Thanks again I'm at least your age if not older and I've never heard of this rifle. So appreciate you doing this video.
A capacitor + resistor combination actually pretty neat and simple solution. Actually, it would be even simpler replacement for classic chemical primers because it's really just a capacitor + resistor and whatever source of electricity you want. Bonus points for saying "cheese!" before clicking the trigger.
The military uses electrically primed ammunition in some ammo for rotary cannons. This was done because mechanical lock time limits the rate of fire.
So what happens if you are walking across shag carpet and grab a round of ammunition resting on a metal table by the primer end? :P
If it is dry enough, you get a nasty little zap. And the bullet sits there unaffected.
You likely would need way more current than you produce with a quick static discharge to actually warm the resistor primer enough to ignite the charge.
The fact it needed a capacitor means it's probably the safest ammo available. It literally uses a camera flash circuit.
Carsten Nokleby But a microprocessor based complex one, not one of the traditional sturdy ones.
Ive never seen you fumble anything before and ive got mad respect that you left it in
pS the 220 swift my cousin has is crazy accurate ive shot 1/2 inch three shot groups at 200 yards with it the trigger is simply the best ive ever seen!These guns will really shoot!!
It's funny how some think moving parts are in any way more reliable than a electric current flowing through a resistor
Ikr!
I wanted one of these bad back in the day in either .220 Swift or .22-250 Rem. I also had all the concerns Ian mentions in this video (well, except for the EMP scenario). Finally, I ended up getting both in a conventional system for the price of one of the calibers in the Etronix. And, in case anyone wonders, it is .220 Swift for the win between those two but I still shoot them both, along with .17 Rem, .204 Ruger, .243 Win, 6mm Rem, etc.
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They not only put a lock onto the rifle, but but screws on the battery bank and neglected to put the screw head onto the key itself. That mean's there are two easily forgettable things that you need to fire the gun. That is really bad engineering in 21st century.
i would so loose or break that key...
The "Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual" is a real book from 1995, but it is supposed to be from the Aliens universe. It explains that in addition to firing caseless ammunition, the fictional M41 rifle series also has an electronic ignition system. Therefore, the designation “pulse rifle” refers to a pulse that is electrical. I speculate that in the “Aliens” universe, that way of referring to the action of such firearms must have been popularized in originally because it was a catchy marketing phrase.
Interesting curiosity; may appreciate in value in the future, kinda like the Gyrojet.
I wonder why no one's bothered to make a production railgun that fires common wood nails yet?
For a conceptually very simple technology, railguns are surprisingly hard to productionize. They have a tendency to either a) weld the projectile to the rails, b) cause the rails to slowly erode due to sparking between the rails and projectile, or c) have the rails bend towards each other due to magnetic force. And then you need an absolutely massive battery bank to run the thing. Coilguns (which accelerate the projectile using electromagnets, rather than by just feeding huge currents through it) are a lot more sensible, but still need a big power supply.
They are ridiculously cool though, which is a big plus ;) Some hobbyists have made sorta-portable ones which can get a few shots, albeit at a reasonably low velocity.
It's really hard to get away from the sheer energy density of explosive propellants.
Hey Ian. Thanks for all the work you do! Especially for coming to South Africa and showing off the weird and frankly cool stuff we used to get up to. I love seeing the engineering of all the weapons in your videos, which got me thinking.
Question: Do you see this electrically-primed/electrical fire system as potential for the future?
I have been thinking about it a lot. Using modern electronics, there does seem to be potential in creating modern electrical bolt/firing mechanisms, or by using modern air powered systems. What's your take on this? I hope we can see a lot more interesting weapons on this experimental front in the future, and you can bet I'll be staying tuned.
What I've wondered for a while is since the primer is simply a resistor, is there any reason you can't just reload the brass with the old primer in place?
The resistor would probably burn out completely when the round is fired. I suspect the circuit in the rifle is somewhat similar to a photo flash, using a battery and a boost converter to charge a capacitor to a couple of hundred volts, and then dump that energy into an unsuspecting load all at once when the trigger is pulled.
I remember when this came out. Cool ideas. Electrical priming was nothing new at the time either. And it's still in use. It's used in the Vulcan guns in military jet fighters. Not sure about tanks. Either way, electrical fire control systems have been around for some time now. With today's technology, you could have a camera in place of or integrated into the rifle scope and designate your target. Touch off the trigger and a little computer can then work out the moment you are precisely on target and auto-fire for you. All the technology to do that exists now.
When your rifle decides to go "Fully Semi-conductor Auto"
The first time I saw that I shook my head and rolled my eye's!!! If they wanted to do something significant powder that produced more velocity at a lower pressure and at a cooler temp that would have been something. They could have perfected the Remington 700 so it left the factory without needing to be blueprinted in order to be accurate. Like you said it was a solution to a problem no one had. I think a good way to look at this is to look at cell phones say 1990 to 2019.
That question face 37 seconds in was amazing
I can understand some people wanting a key lock out for their firearm. Sure its not the best way to secure it, but as an additional step to using the rifle it could be sought after.
Also, according to remmington the bullet would actually leave the barrel faster then a normal rifle would take to strike the pin. It's a really neat concept. I wonder if there could be a military use for the ignition system. If the ammo is able to withstand abuse and the battery was quicker to change it could reduce to number of parts in a rifle.
It was an answer to the question by government “if we give you a boat load of money can you develop an electronic gun that can be locked”. I know because did same for another manufacturer with a handgun.
Where Remington messed up, was not engineering a way to quickly and easily swap between conventional and electric firing , and including the conversion components in the sale.
This would be a cool addition with those options
What if you bump it in to an electric fence could it fire?
I love how people worried about scenarios that they themselves likely wouldn't live long enough to deal with in their fabled worst-case scenario.
Virgin: E-tronics
Chad: E-tronks
Thad: "Etron-Ex"
Giga chad: E-trn-x
The 22-250 and 220 Swift are varmint cartridges. The 200 rounds you cite would be good for up to one day of varmint shooting. The volume of precision ammunition for varmint shooting, ground squirrels, prairie dogs, etc., unless one is wealthy, would be beyond the normal varmint shooter if only factory ammunition was used. Cheap bulk isn't available in the three cartridges chambered in that variation.
Here during the primer shortage wishing i had this system
With the noise that trigger makes, hunting literally becomes a point and click adventure game.
I LOVE the idea of electrically fired cartridges IF it is reasonably possible to somehow make your OWN if/when ammunition finally becomes a super hard thing to aquire like it IS in many parts of the world. I love the idea of being able to TOTALLY manufacture one's own ammunition ...and primers are perhaps the most daunting to DIY produce. Powder of some kind? doable even if not very nice ....bullets? Pretty easy to cast my Cartridge cases? Well there are likely a number of solutions including machining via billet stock ...a really heavy walled cartridge could last for MANY reloads...but I imagine cartidges could also be produced using brass tubing via dies ...but then you need to plug the rear section....which could be a soldered in machined pieces perhaps electrically welded in place? Anyway I can see DIY ignitions circuits being totally doable...just need a component list and a schematic and boom...literally boom...I just love the idea a person COULD build an entire rifle including ammo using conventional machines like Mills and lathes ....yes rifling is an issue but even that is doable....would a home built rifle and ammo be anywhere close to as nice as what is available right now? No of course not BUT it would be a thousand times better than nothing. I always loved how in Pakistan and Afganistan people machined firearms components using some really crude methods...and they WORKED! One guy made this and another made that and another could custom fit it all together to work...was amazing...an example?~~> th-cam.com/video/Ld-NKs47N-g/w-d-xo.html
Imagine this became mainstream and you're in a combat zone, line up your sights on an enemy, and get a 404 error
The click sound of the trigger is actually the solenoid being tripped. Same as in any paintball/speedball gun.
Imagine loosing the key and having to pick the lock to turn it on or off.
Good take! It’s a lovely thing, it really is. The problem with it really is that it’s a niche thing which makes it seem “gimmicky”, like caseless ammo. That doesn’t always appeal to the gun-buying public. The tiny lock-time and nada trigger pull would be ideal for sniping and competition long-range shooting.
Now, (2021) how much would the average round cost??
If there’s an aspect where paranoia is involved, it would come from rabid gun-controlling politicians who would want to mandate the system and then keep the keys. They would if they could.
An electronically primed rifle that requires a key to turn it on would be a good safety solution to stop gun thefts and unauthorized users acessing it (like kids).
Of course you wouldnt be able to keep a defensive weapon turned off but its a neat feature.
I like the idea of electronically primed firearms. I wonder if they'll ever take off.
Perhaps this rifle was just before its time.
Question: would a lightning strike set off normal ammunition?
Yes as will any real current across a cartridge.
Yeah, I saw a hickok45 video where he put some cartridges in a pot over a fire and after a lil' while they popped off, but did next to nothing. Anyway, thanks for the answer.
it it's hangin around, it'll not likely kill anything, but it it was in a gun, the bullet could easily kill someone. its being in the barrel that makes the bullet fly forward
I see why this wasn't popular.
3:00 I think the goatee really helps the cat like reflexes !!
This would be a very practical weapon for your kid to have to learn with, you keep the key and they can't use it without supervision
In case of the apocalypse you are more likely to be better off with a Martini-Henry. Or ye old Mosin.
I remember the big write-up they did for this in american rifleman.
For those interested in the guts of this rifle, check what i found: public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/things-that-go-bang/remington_etronx/
love the concept and know that some serious Olympic competition guns use it, but you would think they would chamber it in some more serious long range cartridges. The 220 swift is great but light for even a whitetail at any serious distance. Granted in 2000 there weren't as many serious long range cartridges as there are today there were still plenty of great options with practical hunting applications like the 264 win but even so even at the time any decent rifle can shoot far better than 95%+ of the people shooting them. You would also thing for these kinds of things especially at that price point that the barrel would be some high end match grade custom barrel.
The moment Remington announced this I knew it was going to be a disaster. There is one redeeming feature not mentioned, which I’ll explain later.
With firearms, there is a great amount of satisfaction and beauty in the weapon being totally mechanical. I am not alone in preferring manual transmissions, mechanical watches, and mechanical (film) cameras. Although people often say that the electronic or automated version is “faster” or “more accurate”, or “higher quality”, what all these explanations overlook is that the mechanical item offers its user a degree of engagement, involvement, and satisfaction that its automated electronic counterpart lacks.
So what is the redeeming quality of an electronic firearm? It is that for the manufacturers the production costs will be lower due to fewer parts and fewer moving parts that need precise alignment and tolerance. For that reason alone the day of the common electronic weapon may come.
Interestingly, today (March 2023) I found new Remington .22-250 EtronX in stock at $27 per box of 20 and regular Remington .22-250 at $32.
supply and demand in action. nobody wants this junk.
Couple milliseconds is a long time. This system actually was meant to cut the ignition time from the trigger down to the MICROsecond level. Were talking about the speed of electricity over a circuit connector. The speed of light!! lol. IF you were to mod this system with a higher wattage capacitor system and increased the ohm level, you could literally blow bullets out the cartridge with lightning speed and increase your accuracy AND the velocity of the bullet.
I wonder if it would be possible to do this but have the primers be reusable. Because even if it's a more proprietary case, reducing each reload from 4 parts to 3 is a pretty decent step (bullet, powder, case, primer, to just bullet, power, case).
I could see it being marketed to the reloading community that really counts the pennies on each shot.
Ok but that is kind of awesome that you can literally lock the gun. Thats a pretty interesting mechanic from a safety perspective. That would be great if you have kids in the house.
Did they even make a cartridge in the same size as that bullet for a magazine fed rifle?
If Remington ever decided to update that rifle, 18650 batteries are the way to go since there used in flashlights, lazers and vapes
It's like adding electricity to a knife or a dinner plate. Absolutely $^$#&*^ useless.
s Can wrong comparison
Isn't an electrical chainsaww just a saw w_ith electric ? It is f-ing usefull.
I like the dinner plates I have that are made of Pyrex.
So, when I lick my plate, I can still see the TV.
I was lucky enough to shoot one of these rifles. It was so different as far as trigger pull.
Here in 2024, I can't find large rifle primers hardly anywhere. I would love brass with reusable primers!!!
Very interesting and thorough presentation. Thanks
A more marketable solution would have been to have an electromechanical firing system that worked with stock ammunition such as a solenoid that drives a firing pin against the primer.
I remember when these hit the market
There is a science fiction novel where Terra is struck by an EMP wave from a supernova star, and it pretty much cripples civilization. One vignette is a researcher in the Arctic whose electronic rifle was disabled, and the polar bears were getting hungry...
I actually once had an idea for an electronic firing gun.
I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION! Sorry, just wanted to brag. Great video.
Skyrim: EtronX edition.
Your scope is characters POV.
Now we need ElectroBOOM to review this and shock himself at the same time
The worse thing about it is the crappy lock. It's a standards commercial key switch and they are all keyed alike. That and the fact that the lock can be jiggled open trivially. Really they should have given it a nice waterproof on/off knob. In fact the safety should have been the on/off.
Second thing is the choice of battery. PP3s are obsolete, they were obsolete then, they were useful when electronics was old bi-polar junction transistors, but with CMOS most circuits can be made to run on 3V, a couple of D-cells would give you 100 times the energy capacity.
I guess what I am saying is: What would a modern version of this look like? Take the trigger off the gun, so you don't /can't pull the shots, put the trigger on a separate grippy thing in your left hand, bipod plus rear monopod, electronic optics in the sights with auto range finder, bullet drop compensator and all viewed through VR goggles so you don't even have to have a cheek weld...
The older video's.
Auch.
That Hurts.
This audio.
Reminds me of that German WW2 aircraft cannon that also use electronic firing pin
I wanna know if it’s actual firing sound is louder or quieter than the standard hunting rifle.
The funny thing is, that the german machine cannons in planes, for example the ME 262 Schwalbe with its four MK 108 cannons, had the same firing mechanism. With an electrical impuls/primer. But only in 1944. So you could say nothing new, just..... more.... for the "normal" man and not only for pilots. And not in 30mm caliber. Would be an absolute overkill for hunting. Greetings from Germany!
if it needs batteries take the
non-battery, old-fashioned version as backup.
LockPickingLawyer should do a video on the lock on this gun