RYAN,
Might i suggest looking at benchrest.com. They have a wealth of info over there on railguns.

 

thanks. when i did a search for "rail guns" at google it gave links to EMP guns (those are cool too). i will check it out.

 

hmm- do you have pics of these? i cant picture it.

 

How far you wanna go?
Check this link

 

What is the point of rail gun competition? Is it to see who can machine the best non-practical gun for shooting groups?

 

Cool aren't they?! Where'd you find the photos?

Dennis :coolgleam

 

http://www.bryantcustom.com/galleries/railguns.htm

 

rail gun?

 

those seem utterly pointless. and when i hear "rail gun", i think of:

 

When I hear "rail gun", I think of this:

 

I can't say that they're my cup of tea... I'd rather be known for MY skills making the shot. I'd guess that these are like the nitromethane burnin' top fuelers of the bench rest world though. From a shooter's standpoint, I don't respect or admire these guys very much. Not impressed. From someone who has spent some time in a machine shop and/or building their own rifles, I do respect the craftsmanship that has gone into these things! I will award some cool-style points to a few of them.

Hey! That's my Weaver!!

 

Man, I want to see what the parking lot looks like. What do you haul something like that in?

How about these topics: 'Railgun Cowboy Action', or 'Offhand Railgun Shooting Techniques', maybe 'Railgun: Scope or Red dot?', and then 'Rail Gun Lifting Techniques: How to Not Change Your Voice This Weekend', perhaps 'Rail Gun: Synthetic Stock or 10 tons of granite?'

 

Rail Gun Lifting Techniques
Secret technology.
Hint: Same way they built Stonehenge and the Pyramids

 

Ozob, you crack me up hombre.

 

Man, I want to see what the parking lot looks like. What do you haul something like that in?

That's what the tractor in the background of the bottom picture is for.

 

ouch!

How about these topics: 'Railgun Cowboy Action', or 'Offhand Railgun Shooting Techniques', maybe 'Railgun: Scope or Red dot?', and then 'Rail Gun Lifting Techniques: How to Not Change Your Voice This Weekend', perhaps 'Rail Gun: Synthetic Stock or 10 tons of granite?'

ROTFLMAO!!!

 

What is the point of rail gun competition? Is it to see who can machine the best non-practical gun for shooting groups?

My guess would be precision and accuracy. Seeing how well engineered something can be with the final test being is it accurate and is it precise. Maybe even durbility given the size of some of those things.

 

I really don't want to pee on anyones parade, and you are free to point and laugh all you want to, but these guys really are the ultimate in mechanical accuracy. They are capable of shooting 10 shot clusters at 50yrds you will only dream about or group with only a keyboard. This is not intended to be practical. Its about pushing the limits of rimfire accuracy and believe it or not, you are the beneficiaries of the fruits of their labor. The trickle down effect, if you will.

Mike

 

Rail gun accuracy

The point of the rail gun is to eliminate as many of the mechanical variables as possible. You still have to learn to shoot, read mirage, wind, and trigger control. Then there are the ammo variables to sort out. Just because one of these things might be able to place all rounds in one hole, if shoot in a vac. tube, doesent mean that you can pull it off at the range. There in resides the challange and the quest for ultimate accuracy......

 

I actually think they are pretty cool, and I'm really curious about them now.

 

I thought this was kinda ridiculous when i first saw these pictures. This is the first i ever heard of a rail gun. It would be more fun i think to make guns like this that shot .50bmg and shoot some long range target competition.

 

How accurate are these rail guns?

 

I've been checking these things out. Wow. Railgun guys must REALLY laugh when they start reading OUR 'tricks' that rely on Dremels and JB Weld.

It is a whole different world. I feel a new and really, really expensive addiction coming on..

 

I thought this was kinda ridiculous when i first saw these pictures. This is the first i ever heard of a rail gun. It would be more fun i think to make guns like this that shot .50bmg and shoot some long range target competition.

Just think of these as the minature league of what you envision. You seriously would need a tractor to move around a similar rail gun for .50 BMG. And the effects of wind on the .50 at 1000 yards are probably similar to the effects of wind on a .22 at 50 or 100 yards.

 

Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't having the scope that high off the barrel result in a miss matched paralex? That or you would only shoot at ONE specific range, making the gun even more useless.

I like the idea behind it, but why not just take a block of metal, ream and bore it and but a reciever on it while you are at it. It just seems like too much effort, work, and money to reduce your groups by a 1/4 of an inch at a set distance.