Re: COLONIAL WEAPONS

At 7:45 AM -0600 1/29/02, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:
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>i also just recently read about a sporting rifle that uses conventional
>brass, reload - able cartridges and an electonic firing mechanism using
>a 9-volt battery to provide the 150 volt "surge" required to fire the
>cartridges. something like 1500 shots per  9-volt battery, improved
>accuracy, and	safety.  but very expensive -like a top line mechanical
>firing mechanism rifle.

Remington's Etronic R-700 type rifle. It needs its own primers and 
has a ceramic insulated firing pin that is really just a contact. The 
nice thing about the rifle is that the electronics are all simplified 
down to a microswitch in terms of movement of the system. Thus less 
movement at firing and less variation of firing movement effecting 
aim as well as very precise and repeatable primer ignition.

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