Ideas that should be explored

[Oldschool shooter]

Back in the 60s the old Popular Mechanics had an article about a caseless cartridge. Seeing as how the brass case is a major factor in the cost of producing ammo, one would think this would be something folks would pursue.

IIRC, it was nicknamed the tround. It was triangular in shape andthat was the propellant. That and the electronic firing Remington went over like a fart in church.

 

[buck460XVR]

IIRC, it was nicknamed the tround. It was triangular in shape andthat was the propellant. That and the electronic firing Remington went over like a fart in church.

IIRC, the firearm in the article was the Daisy V/L introduced in 1968. The propellant was solid and attached to the base of the .22 caliber bullet. Instead of a primer, it used the heat produced by compressed air(Daisy) to ignite the propellant. Production was stopped a year later when the BATF designated it a firearm and not an airgun, which the Daisy company was not licensed to produce. They ceased production instead of obtaining the license.

 

[Reloadron]

During the early 90s I had an epiphany. I am sure many of you are familiar with the Ruger Blackhawk chambered in 30 Carbine. The idea was to take a 30 carbine revolver and get and extra cylinder. Then neck down a .357 Magnum cartridge to 30 caliber. Things looked like this:



Similar to what the 38 / 45 Clerke cartridge concept was.

Had a draftsman friend actually make drawings of the cartridge and looked into having RCBS manufacture dies. Never really pursued the idea much. Also looked into Clymer making reamers. The idea being it would be a pretty hot bottleneck cartridge for a revolver.

I still have a set of RCBS dies for the 38/45 Clerke round.

Ron

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

A duty sized 9mm with the reciprocating components held inside an enclosed receiver with a couple of mlok slots milled by the barrel and a full length pic rail on the top to make accessories and optics stupid easy to mount.

With the right short recoil system it shouldn't be too much bulkier than a standard fullsize pistol.

You know. Until you load it up with your laser, flashlight, red dot, night vision, can opener.

So a shrunk down Armalite/BRN-180 type design? That would be very interesting... I'd invest in that!

 

[Bill Raby]

I have the best idea of all.

Acquire the tools and and the skills to turn your firearm ideas into reality.

A milling machine, a lathe, and a bunch of tooling for it will cost less than a decent fishing boat. Get that and learn how to use it and you can have just about any gun that you want.