Comments by "Be Kind To Birds" (@BeKindToBirds) on "ArcFlash Labs' GR-1 Anvil Portable Gauss Rifle" video.

Except it clearly is hitting the barrel a lot. The alignment isn't perfect and in the slow motion you can see the projectile bouncing down the barrel. The manufacturing isn't good enough to float the round perfectly.
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Don't want to get to the Curie Point.
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@server1ok You can literally make one in science class. Does it not exist until it matches some comic book ideal of yours? I am really struggling to find your definition of coil gun. A gauss gun is literally a coil gun, how powerful do you think it has to be to meet your definable standard?
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@server1ok Alright well I hope you keep your enthusiasm going forward but I really don't have time to explain things to you now if you aren't going to read. Take care, learn some metric.
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@server1ok Dude, go argue with the articles you read and calm down. I explained to a guy that these guns still have an equal reaction and you have spent hours and hours being mad and talking past me. Get help. I don't work with you, I'm not paid to listen to you rant past me about things I never said. I get this is a comment section but I have to work and not on Wikipedia. You are literally making up an argument and having it 100% on your own because you are too excited and didn't read. I never took any position you have argued against yet other than the fact that this rifle is not the only gauss coil gun small arm. Read about it in 30 years when it's on Wikipedia and go argue with kids more because I don't work in commercial and I'm not begging investors. And you for sure have never had this discussion with decision makers on a military base and it bloody shows.
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@FrostyFoxGamingIGM The recoil is exactly the same as a rifle of the same power. The only difference is a rifle is pushing gas and metal out and this is only pushing metal out. The force transfered back does not change with the materials accelerated, only with the mass and velocity of them.
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@server1ok Completely wrong, it would have the exact same recoil as a sniper rifle fired conventionally with the same energy.
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@DigitalNeb That is already what it is like to be shot at.
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@server1ok I am a physics major and I promise I understand how it works. The nuance you are elaborating on would have mislead 99% of people who are saying "no recoil" (because they are kids probably) Everyone in the comments thinks it will have less recoil because lasers and video games. The details you are talking about are not what they are assuming, they are assuming space magic = no recoil. And my comment is meant to answer that. There is still an equal amount of force being applied backwards to launch the projectile. These kids are saying space gun, not talking about the finer points of moment of force.
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@server1ok Look homie, let me explain first of all I'm not a computer person okay. Want to talk about something fun? These guns have been outside a long time okay. Like, a while. Like, literally back in the days of steam engines. So let's make some educated guesses together. Do YOU believe that this 3D printed home kit is the very pinnacle of the technology in use? But can you think of any reason to use this over a conventional rifle? What about almost the exact same parts? thedrive /the-war-zone/russian-backed-separatist-shows-off-questionable-homemade-counter-drone-jamming-gun A lot more practical. The Navy is who plays with big guns, no offense to this company but electric small arms aren't the need. Electronic small arms are, and so are Electric Naval guns. But this idea? Kinda looks like a ballista to me. I think it could have its place on a vehicle or in and emplacement without doubt.
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@server1ok I am puzzled by the fact you both doubt my expertise and are not aware what you are describing exists already? And the double joke is, this video is literally and example of it, this is similar to a standard rifle cartridge for small game used all over the world. I'm guessing you are somewhat younger? You talk like comic book argument not materials science to me. Not meaning any offense I am just not certain what you think you are correcting me on and the way you talk past me and don't really have great reading comprehension makes me guess that you are arguing something else and using what I said as a stand in because you misunderstood me.
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That is made up lol. Explosives can be extremely inert.
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@sorrenblitz805 Uranium is only weakly paramagnetic. Penetration is related to hardness and projectile length. A steel dart will penetrate fine.
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That has to do with the length of the projectile and it's ability to penetrate. I am certain that dart rounds will be practical. The slug I think is an infancy type round. Also canister rounds.
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He doesn't work for DARPA
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@justforever96 We absolutely have much more than "rough beginnings" of a plasma weapon. You could literally convert this to fire plasma, it would just be way too expensive and dangerous without better manufacturing. The only difference between this and a plasma gun is that this fires a cold metal slug instead of a hot gas slug. That's it.
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@josht2675 This is also a coil gun mass driver. They are the same thing.
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@josht2675 Oh, you are right. My mistake 🙏
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