Full Auto Gatling Slingshot Crossbow

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Apr 282011
 

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Gatling guns have been the first firearms with a firing rate close to modern machine guns. Their principle is easy: A set of rotating barrels is turned by cranking a wheel, with one barrel after the other firing a round when it is in shooting position. This makes them technically and legally a repeating gun, not a full auto one – but it is close enough.

The Slingshot Channel took the challenge to design a rubber powered version of Mr. Gatling’s great invention. And here it is: Eight 20 mm balls, on their way to the target in less than half a second. The theoretical firing rate is 960 rounds per minute, slightly faster than the popular M16 assault rifle.

The video also shows how you can fire single shots with the weapon.

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Apr 102011
 

It’s the wave of the future: a military helmet that allows soldiers to survive being shot in the head by high-powered rifles.

“When we found out that a strain of material was capable of sustaining rifle fire, then I started to move in the integration portion of putting it into a ballistic system,” said John Bourque, the inventor of the helmet.

He says new metal super alloy, named Kryon, will provide thousands of good paying jobs right here in Arizona over the next several years.

“The manufacturing jobs that are going to be created by an Arizonan for Arizonans..you know there’s a lot of things to be said for that,” said Bourque.

As for how the helmet works, we were invited to take part in a live demonstration.

With one pull of the trigger, you can see the end result: no bullet hole.

“History in Arizona. A helmet that sustains rifle fire.”

Commander Bob Lewis of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office in Naples, Florida says this technology will not only save servicemen and women, but it will protect his deputies.

“My job is to support my operators. It is my job to seek out the best technology out there to keep them safe, so that they go home at the end of the day,” said Lewis.

Currently, the helmet is produced by the hundreds. The company’s goal is to bump that number up to the thousands.

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