Message from @Paladin308
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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
heat treat
et cetera
most likely they bought a kit
because my understanding is there is generally years of work going into a new design
There's years of work going into a new design regardless
Shaving a bit off of the development timeline isn't that big of a deal
It's more important that the end product adequately meets the requirements
Which typically means some significant benefit over existing standards
It doesn't matter how quickly you can develop something if it isn't any better than what's already on the market
well, you could offer a system that in principle is able to be re-engineered relatively quickly to fire new kinds of ammo
And who has such a requirement?
it wouldnt remove all of the difficulty, but in terms of getting it to time extraction properly it would be easy
what types of ammo are you talking about
like rail gun shit?
potentially a lot of people, things are starting to move a lot faster
no i mean more like
just any change in the ammo characteristics whatsoever
which is currently not so well supported
such as what? aerodynamics?
Because changing the buffer weight on an AR is a massively complex procedure
just different pressure curves is what im referencing, whatever might cause that
hey i want a new gun from you guys that shoots this new bullet
ok we will start making the new barrels which is now the only hard part