Obviously, a Gauss rifle with the muzzle velocity close to a
.22 Short isn't going to be hitting the battlefield anytime soon. Arcflash has sold
other lower-powered models in the past.
The Firearms Blog did describe the GR-1 as a “novel armament concept to circumvent the need for gunpowder, avoid firearms infringement and provide a new way to arm yourself." This highlights how it might be possible to purchase this weapon without issue in jurisdictions in the United States, as well as elsewhere around the world, where there might be more stringent restrictions on the sale of traditional firearms. This could be an important selling point for these rifles on the civilian market, but how long a lack of regulation would actually last is up for debate.
It's uncertain if the manufacturer's claims of being the only handheld coilgun on the planet are indeed accurate, but a video
released last year by the Logistical Engineering University of the People’s Liberation Army claims similar weapons are currently being developed in China. Like the Arcflash labs GR-1, the weapons in the Chinese video appear low power
. Wirth tells us that scaling up such a handheld weapon to higher levels of power would require much more weight, and would thus take the weapon out of the hands of personnel and would require it to be mounted on a trailer, tripod, or larger vehicle.
www.thefirearmblog.com
,hylsyt lentelee miten sattuu ja väärä kaliiperikin vielä, suomessa ei kannata kehitellä mitään
