Recent content by JonRosko

:D This post would easily fit into one of those Star Trek Enterprise round table discussions.

Thank you for clarifying that for me about the AR-15. The rifle I mentioned earlier is called the Ultimax 100. There is a youtube video showing some guys shooting them and it looks like recoil is quite mild. However, the Ultimax is a light machine gun (11 pounds), and has a fairly slow rate of...

Hehe :), if Buck Rogers needed to hunt on planet Earth during muzzle loader season, no doubt he would use the Electra, if only because of the name alone! I just read a review of that rifle on Cabela's and one user said that the primer system was effectively armed while loading it :what...

I remember defense review featuring a rifle which allowed the bolt carrier enough room to moved all of the way back and not hit the back of the receiever. It stopped and reversed direction by the recoil spring alone without coming into hard contact until it slammed a round into the chamber. This...

The full auto market is an example of artificial scarcity dependent upon the whims of our lawmakers and lobbyists. There are negligible differences between a semi and full auto weapon of the same type, besides for the fact you can hold down the trigger for one and not the other. Many antiques...

Indeed the KISS principle is a worthy design goal. However, I think the added complexity to achieve a full closed loop operation, adjustable rate of fire, and the flexibility for a receiever design apart from a typical reciprocating mass type may prove worthwhile.

I think that the capacitors which would be used don't necessarily have to be extremely large to get the kind of work we need out of them. Online I found a super capacitor rated at 10 Farads and 2.5 Volts while only being .5"x1.5" in size. This capacitor can hold 31 watts of energy which...

I'm not well versed on the operation of MHD generators, but I expect that whatever air that would exist inside of the channel of the generator would be pushed out by the burning gunpowder thereby negating the airs effect. Its interesting that you mention a rail guns since the solenoid itself...

Hi everyone longtime lurker first time poster :) I thought about this idea for the past year or so, but haven't anyone to bounce it off of so I'll let it loose on the THR since I'm sure within it huge membership I might receive some useful feedback. So I was thinking about a new type of...