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Old June 12, 1999, 09:03 PM   #4
James K
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GyroJet on the Moon??? If true, NASA is in worse shape than I thought.

A conventional firearm not only works in no atmosphere and no or low gravity, but is a lot more efficient. (Those curves showing bullet drop in the gun books are straight lines in zero g.)

Recoil is less, since there is no air column in the barrel to add to the bullet weight, and yes, both recoil and gas operated weapons will work.

I also seem to recall that there is some kind of international treaty that no nation will take arms into space - whether that includes a personal defense weapon, I don't know.
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Oops, got off the subject of the question.
Sorry, SSGMARKD, can you describe what the spring looks like and where it came from. I recall that those pistols weren't really meant to be taken down, but I'll see if I can help.

Jim

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