Question for Gryphon or Shak

[Liquid Night]

I remember hearing something a few years ago about some kind of self propelling bullets (kind of like a cross between a rocket and a bullet). Do (or did) these ever exist. Basically a small amount of high energy propellant at the rear of the bullet was kinetically ignited by the action of the hammer. They were supposed to have a longer range etc. Any truth in this?

"Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative" - Wilde.

[Zundfolge]

Sounds like Gyro-jet ammunition from Man from U.N.K.L.E. (that and the RPG, Top Secret)

dunno if it's real, but I suspect it's fiction.

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[Hodag]

You're talking about the gyrojet round developed in the 70's. there were both a 12mm semiauto and a 13mm carbine version made...
http://www.gunsamerica.com//upload/22380264.jpg

Click the link for more info...
GYRO DATA (http://www.classicfirearms.org/feb2000mbaGyr.html)

Adam C.

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your best friend...--

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[This message was edited by Hodag on Dec 06, 2000 at 17:36.]

[This message was edited by Hodag on Dec 06, 2000 at 17:38.]

[Zundfolge]

hmm... sometimes truth IS stranger then fiction. ;)

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[ShakKen]

I've heard about some experiments with hypergolic propellant that is hosed into the chamber behind the bullet before firing, but I'm no expert.

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[Gryphon]

Hypergolics? Hoh geez, I don't think I'd want to be carrying one of those weapons PERIOD, let alone into a combat zone! What happens if you crack both tanks or get a bullet through them? I don't think you'd even have time to say "OH SH*T" before you evaporated in a massive ball of flame.

Even if you got a leak in one tank, most hypergolic propellants are so hazardous that you'd probably end up dead just by virtue of the chemical's properties. :o

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