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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KnightTemplar" data-source="post: 17666" data-attributes="member: 689">Here is the story of the gyrojet family of firearms.The gyrojet pistol was an interesting concept. It fired 13 mm rocket that was designed to spin like a rifled bullet towards the target.The firing method was unique as well, the hammer was actually in front of the round. Upon the trigger being pulled fully the hammer would push the round backwards onto a fixed firing pin in the back of the gun, igniting the round.Unfortunately the concept proved to work better on paper, as the rounds suffered from a lack of accuracy and a lack of velocity (rumor has it the velocity is so low coming out of the barrel that one could stop it with one's own hand, but I wouldn't want to find out). The projectiles needed to reach a certain distance before getting up to penetration speed. Being a gun designed for close range, this was unacceptable.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet</a></blockquote>