Is this possible? Or even legal?

[TexasRifleman]

Electronic triggers are a no-no according to the BATFE.

I'd like to see where you find this document.

As shown, there have been major manufacturers trying electronic triggers; see the link above for the Remington Etron.

Electronic triggers in and of themselves are clearly legal.

 

[AntiqueCollector]

BATFE says on their site adding an electric motor to a gatling gun might make it a machine gun. It doesn't apply to either hand cranked gatling guns or electronic triggers in general.

 

[CypherNinja]

I don't have enough time to dig anything up right now, but I'm VERY sure that any sort of electronic trigger on a semi-auto falls under the "readily convertible" guidelines.

And even if it wasn't, if the BATFE ever heard of someone actually doing it, it would take all of two seconds for them to decide it was and arrest the guy.

All the manually operated stuff should be fine (bolt actions, break actions, falling blocks, etc.), but then again shoelaces and open-bolt single shots are machine guns according to the BATFE.

 

[EZ CZ75]

It looks like the words "semi-auto" might be the clinchers in this topic. I, personally, can't see why an electronic trigger couldn't be used in a semi-auto when they are already incorporated into the Etronx.

Besides the high price tag, the Etronx also floundered because of the new idea. We have become so accustomed to the "mechanics" of a firing system that trying to turn it into electronics seemed rediculous to many. One reviewer of the system wrote that it was almost as rediculous as using multiple springs, levers, fulcrums, etc to fire the weapon. With a lock time that fast (99% faster) they even claim an improvement in accuracy.

I actually would like to see the electronic system incorporated into handguns. The mainspring may still be needed, though. I ain't too sure on that. I'm not a gunsmith.