https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220708/k10013707601000.html

You've been avenged Asanuma! DIE BITCH! :japan-cool::stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:

  • zxcvbnm [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Electronic firing mechanism powered by a RC car battery, looks like.

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Did anyone try a "Sparklock" gun in the 19th century? Seems like it'd be possible well before they switched to percussion caps, let alone smokeless.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          True, maybe for artillery where you're already lugging heaps of primer around?

          • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            idk i would think a bit of fuse would be way cheaper and more durable than the massive copper pots filled with copper sulfate needed

            • Mardoniush [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              Apparently someone did in the 1860s using a fuller cell in the stock. But by then Cartridges were rolling out.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Batteryies were huge and they sucked. By that time flintlocks were pretty slick and well developed.