Interesting related reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14dtio/contactless_railgun_can_you_exert_the_lorentz/ https://www.reddit.com/r/asksci

Interesting related reading: https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14dtio/contactless_railgun_can_you_exert_the_lorentz/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14dtio/contactl... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/18i71pd/are_there_any_maglev_gun_concept_unlike_coilguns/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceDiscussion/comments/18i71... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilgun https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coilgun It would seem that even without contact there's wear issues with both force exerted on the rails or coils from the magnetic forces and also with creating plasma as the projectile exits?