Magnets

[Q]

Is it possible to make a firearm that shoots bullets propelled by magnetic forces? Seems plausible to me, and would be very interesting to think of a completely silent gun and how it could be utilized for US troops, etc.

 

[lxskllr]

You'd still be breaking the sound barrier with the projectile.

 

[Jeff7]

Google: Railgun.

 

[shortylickens]

OP is many years late. But he's thinkin, I like that.

 

[BillGates]

 

[Rubycon]

Scalar weapons > railgun.

 

[vshah]

Scalar weapons > railgun.

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[MovingTarget]

Railguns ftw. The problem is scaling one down enough in real life (outside of Quake 3).

 

[Lifted]

Is it possible to make a firearm that shoots bullets propelled by magnetic forces? Seems plausible to me, and would be very interesting to think of a completely silent gun and how it could be utilized for US troops, etc.

Yes. Of course that's possible. ^_^

 

[disappoint]

Scalar weapons > railgun.

Pff. Scalar goes in just about any direction, what you really want are Vector weapons.

 

[Q]

You'd still be breaking the sound barrier with the projectile.

I feel really stupid, you are correct!

 

[Q]

Google: Railgun.

Ah, I knew of a railgun, but didn't realize it contained magnets. :$

 

[TecHNooB]

you carry the battery, i'll shoot.

 

[disappoint]

you carry the battery, i'll shoot.

If you shoot a generator that's powering the railgun you have a perpetrator motion mashing.:whiste:

 

[DrPizza]

Ah, I knew of a railgun, but didn't realize it contained magnets. :$

It wouldn't necessarily need to have "magnets." A current in a conductor creates a magnetic field.

 

[LTC8K6]

Subsonic rounds are readily available and very quiet when fired from closed actions. From my lever action 22, subsonic rounds are very quiet. An airgun is much louder. I can fire the 22 rounds in the city, unnoticed.

 

[BlackTigers]

Lol whoops

 

[micrometers]

wouldn't you basically need to connect it to a coal-fired power plant? and wouldn't the magnetic fields pull all the blood cells in your body towards the rifle?

 

[Gibsons]

wouldn't you basically need to connect it to a coal-fired power plant? and wouldn't the magnetic fields pull all the blood cells in your body towards the rifle?

First question - depends on how much energy you want. The USN seems to think they can power a pretty big railgun off of a small (compared to a coal plant) engine.

Second question - no. People survive NMR scans pretty regularly.

 

[Red Squirrel]

A rail gun or coil gun could do. Ever wrap a bunch of wire around a plastic pipe, put something metal near it and then apply current? The metal part will get sucked right in. If you put a magnet it would shoot out if the poles are right. Would probably need a bunch of big capacitors so you can give it a really nice jolt of power.

 

[Jeff7]

Ah, I knew of a railgun, but didn't realize it contained magnets. :$

I guess the closest you'd get using regular (non-electro-) magnets would be a gauss gun.

 

[darkxshade]

I wonder if they can also make screwdrivers with magnets... would be very interesting for it to automatically hold the screw in place so I can get into areas I can't reach.

 

[Matthiasa]

Pretty sure most, non junk, ones do that already.

 

[Iron Woode]

 

[Rubycon]

I'm pretty sure if you inserted a large neodymium bar into your anus nothing would happen. Of course if you live up to your nickname something may bend down...