I believe the last evolution of the gun is one which makes it's own ammo at speed.You have only one battle belt worth of space for this. How do you go modern hunter/trapper?I'm picturing a magazine of bullets and a magazine of charges able to handle a variety of explosive propellant or gas propellant loads.The belt would need material grinders, fire starters, charge and primer cups you can reuse or re make. Molds for things. Sheet metal tools.I think it's not possible but nearly possible with today's internet. It would be made possible by proof of concept.We're talking an auto-loading in line magazine fed "musket".Pick a detail and hate it or love it, but attempt to make it workable.Thread needs image so have related AI slop. Parts of the pic are nice though.
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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Rock-Crusher-Frit-Maker-Glass-Breaker-Ore-Crusher-Gold-Panning-Mining-Pulverizer-Mine-Prospecting-Stone-Rock-Hound-Gold-Rush/17703161228With this you can crush sulfur bearing rock.
https://muzzle-loaders.com/collections/muzzleloader-bullet-casting/products/lyman-2654494-single-cavity-minie-ball-bullet-mold-58-caliber-315-grain-575-diameterThis should make at least bullshit bullets for the project. (yes I'm making this unless it explodes)
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It can't be semi auto.It would have to have a dual bolt action to even hope to work.
u need schizo cabron go to /arg/ he will straighten u out
An all around explosion chamber is a definite hurdle.If you need BP, smokeless, a dab of RDX... vastly differing pressures.>>64319477I am not saying this CAN happen, I'm saying a thought exercise is ok.
>>64319482this is u rite now
Electrically primed single shot rifle. Metallic cases built to handle max load black powder. You could mold your own bullets and reload with black powder you made indefinitely.
If you need a situation:Western states, fucking off to pick through abandoned mines and towns, and making bullets and using a bag of bulk powder.
>muh multiple ammo types for scavenging>muh blackpowder shtf
>>64319506Here we go, exactly. You wouldn't use "shot cups" with a primer pocket? Build it all into the receiver?
>>64319522Who said anything about shit hitting the fan? I want this now.
I think we saw in another thread, just coming up with gun powder is harder than Rust makes it look.You need a measure for smokeless and one for BP by either chamber or cartridges. so that's a tool to think about. Tossing some ability to have a few good ones is always a better choice.Can TNT be used or flat NO?
>>64319451Nah it'll just be AR-15 style rifles forever and ever from here on out.They'll have AR-15s on Mars.
>>64319559I believe that, but I think there is room in the world for a shit launching shoulder cannon.All I want is some mechanized loading in it.A full on horn barrel blunderbuss is not ruled out.
i remember in call of duty advanced warfare, one of the guns quickly 3D prints its own ammo inside the gun as you're shooting
>>64319605Even if it was that fast, it can't take you running in fear while it does that. I wish, it might be 50 years away.3D sintered bullets MIGHT kinda be a pocket tech now or at least backpack. With a budget.
>>64319605Wait I bet you can press caseless for this idea. But again how to take it and make it a set of a very few tools...
I emailed Ian, and every long once in a while he does answer. This time he did. To condense his long winded ass, durability will never equal potential utility, it will beat itself to death fast.So I guess russian naval disaster thread? Low hanging fruit but still...
imagine how you would make a magical gun that has infinite caseless ammunition using magicthen breakdown every action to the fundamental level of cause & effectthen look at present technology and figure out what if any can fit in each slot of the processhow to create projectiles out of any matterhow to propel projectile fast enough to be lethalhow to produce the propellant force with the least amount of material if any since the ideal is for it to be purely kinetic/mechanical
>>64322635basically an AEG Airsoft gun but with real bullets that can kill
>>64319451What you want is an air rifle
