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Ammo is really really safe as it is. Ammo doesn’t accidentally go off. The modifications you’re talking about would go on the gun, not the ammo.
by runnerup 4y ago
Ammo is really really safe as it is. Ammo doesn’t accidentally go off. The modifications you’re talking about would go on the gun, not the ammo.
- mrguyorama 4y agoThat "gun digitally safed" concept was tried before and pretty roundly rejected. Even electrically ignited primers were a market failure. Gun people are more paranoid than even InfoSec researchers when it comes to tech in their toys. If you truly believe your guns are for self defense, it makes a little more sense.
- GravitasFailure 4y agoI haven't heard of any electrically ignited primers that made it to market, but every attempt that's gone through military trials have had abysmal reliability.
- gao8a 4y agoSee Remington EtronX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qP6Q9ZEsEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qP6Q9ZEsEo (but it obviously was a commercial failure)
- GravitasFailure 4y agoInteresting. I missed that one.
- jki275 4y agoThe M61 Vulcan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M61_Vulcan) in common use by the US Military for many years is electrically fired.
- xoxxala 4y agoForgotten Weapons on YouTube has a video on the Armatix iP1 "smart" pistol, the technology behind it, it's development and why it was a commercial failure.