in terms of timing and such thats a fairly good deal

yes and you can use the same sorts of parts

everywhere

because they are pretty general purpose transformers of input into arbitrary output

you dont need a new computer for every application generally speaking

and a whole huge assembly line

Thing is, minimum an electronically controlled firearm requires pressure sensors in the barrel, actuators to unlock, some sort of battery and charging system, and a processor

you could probably do it off of timing alone, but pressure sensing is just a transducer

A gas system does all the same stuff with a few simple mechanical components

Again, it's not about what's possible, it's about what it does *better*

i mean in a lot of cases the whole (generally carefully tuned) gas system is purely to drive the unlocking timing

based more or less off of when the trigger was pulled

Not necessarily

its not like it actually understands the pressure of the system

if you use the wrong ammo it simply doesnt work right

That's an over simplification of how gas systems work

sure but the fact remains that they arent doing the job of a pressure sensor hardly at all

except for reacting to the fact that there is pressure

And even presuming an electromechanical system it would still be ammo sensitive

if it didnt rely on a pressure sensor then yeah it would need consistent ammo

Unless you actually cycled the action electronically

well if it did rely off of pressure readings then it could concievably unlock when pressure drops to a safe level

and then let the bolt cycle normally

But again, how is that significantly better?

Under what plausible circumstances would that be a real benefit

Why not just use quality ammo?

no pressure system, not neccesarily a need for the primer in cartridges

Realistically, inconsistent ammunition is not a significant problem

well because ammo costs money

a fair bit these days as well

Inconsistent ammo introduces a whole lot more problems than just reliability

I've been thinking about buying a .22 rifle just so I can afford to go target shooting without spending a fortune

i dont personally see that much use in the inconsistent ammo thing im just pointing out it could do that way better than a gas system

It might be able to, but it doesn't matter

sure, so moving on it does away with the gas system and requires less fiddling

ammo is consistent so it takes the exact same time more or less every time to go from ignition to extraction

and you just unlock it at the right time

I've built my own guns, the gas system didn't need any fiddling

you mean like

from scratch?

machine the parts