From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: caseless ammo
Date:	Wed, 7 Jun 1995 14:56:11 +0930

cocheese wrote:
> This is (and my second point...) because the firing pin must hit a metal primer
> which in turn ignites the powder. There must be SOME metal involved in the
> process, thus there is no true caseless ammo.

I'm no gun nut, but as I understand it, all the firing pin does when
hitting the primer is create a spark, which in turn causes an explosion,
which shoots the bullet out of the barrel due to a build up of pressure.

Anyway... if that's all the pin is used for, you could get true caseless
ammo if you can think of another way to create a spark. A small generator,
activated by pulling the trigger (or maybe a battery pack) could do the
job.

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