Remington 700 Etronx Rifle

[HANK the CRANK]

just wondering if any members out there ever purchased one of these 9 volt battery ignited 700s made in 2003 and 2004.They were chambered in 243,22-250,and 220 Swift.I collect ammo and acquired some ammo for these..I,m a little surprised how many of my gun buddies never heard of them.I must be getting old! I do know they retailed for almost twice the price of a 700 BDL.Kind of a flash in the pan!

 

[meketrefe]

I remember. I saw them in magazines.

One cam do 3 things with them
A) Add them to a museum collection
B) Over the fireplace decoration.
C) Since they are rather large for a paper weight, convert them.

 

[ManualF150]

As I was lighting up my wood stove this evening with my plasma lighter, I got thinking... wouldn't it be neat to be able to do a retrofit for a striker fired gun into a plasma fired gun?

I know things have been made in the past, but with tech these days, along with the hassle/complex process of making primers that someone would be inventing this.

I'd love to be able to reload my brass, but not need a primer.

 

[HANK the CRANK]

Primers were available at one time f

As I was lighting up my wood stove this evening with my plasma lighter, I got thinking... wouldn't it be neat to be able to do a retrofit for a striker fired gun into a plasma fired gun?

I know things have been made in the past, but with tech these days, along with the hassle/complex process of making primers that someone would be inventing th

As I was lighting up my wood stove this evening with my plasma lighter, I got thinking... wouldn't it be neat to be able to do a retrofit for a striker fired gun into a plasma fired gun?

I know things have been made in the past, but with tech these days, along with the hassle/complex process of making primers that someone would be inventing this.

I'd love to be able to reload my brass, but not need a primer.

Primers were available at one time for these.I,m told they were actually diodes Not cheap!

 

[ManualF150]

In theory, small SMD resistors could be used too... direct short will heat them up quick to popping temperatures.

Coincidentally, most reels for pick and place machines are 5000 pcs. Hmmm... 5000 primers in a box... lol

 

[Tisto]

A friend of mine had one and had nothing but trouble with it. You HAD to use lithium batteries. A regular alkaline battery would only work once or twice. It was a giant pain in the ass to find lithium batteries, and he always felt the need to carry a couple spares when hunting. He finally sold it for next to nothing.

 

[spat]

As I was lighting up my wood stove this evening with my plasma lighter, I got thinking... wouldn't it be neat to be able to do a retrofit for a striker fired gun into a plasma fired gun?

I know things have been made in the past, but with tech these days, along with the hassle/complex process of making primers that someone would be inventing this.

I'd love to be able to reload my brass, but not need a primer.

Plasma fired would be an ideal combination with caseless ammo.

 

[ManualF150]

Plasma fired would be an ideal combination with caseless ammo.

I remember reading a while back about some group working on a gun that used green gas (propane) and a piezoelectric crystal to shoot projectiles. I think the troubles they had was getting the ignition timing correct based on temperature and pressure.

Still, I'm surprised that no one has done more R&D on this stuff. If I had the time and not lived in NY, I would certainly love to screw around with this stuff.

I'd also love to make my own barrel, casing and caliber based off of a 10mm design. While I know impractical, it would still be neat.

 

[spat]

I remember reading a while back about some group working on a gun that used green gas (propane) and a piezoelectric crystal to shoot projectiles. I think the troubles they had was getting the ignition timing correct based on temperature and pressure.

Still, I'm surprised that no one has done more R&D on this stuff. If I had the time and not lived in NY, I would certainly love to screw around with this stuff.

I'd also love to make my own barrel, casing and caliber based off of a 10mm design. While I know impractical, it would still be neat.

I think a gas solution would be very difficult. To contain enough gas to make enough pressure the pressure would be too high.

A compressed propane/air mixture with enough mass to be useful would shoot the bullet out at airgun speeds before you could ignite it to modern speeds.

Also, you would have a hard time keeping it from detonating instead of deflagerating too.

An electrically initiated liquid propellant could be interesting though.

 

[meketrefe]

...somewhere at Remington....
* Lets make an unreliable rifle that cannot get wet!
- Great idea!!!
......
Surprised Remington went belly up?