Bullpup Sniper Rifle

Bullpup, for those who do not know, is a configuration where the clip of the weapon is placed behind the trigger, allowing for a shorter weapon and greater bullet travel. Let's say you have a FAMAS. It's about 30 inches, and the barrel is about 20 inches; the clip is located at the far rear, allowing the rifle to be short, but the barrel to still allow signifigant range.
Now, this may seem like a great idea, but there are some cons you should know about.
First, rifles with bullpup are harder to load and reload, as you have to reach back behind the grip, dump the clip, and pop another one back in, as opposed to simply moving your hand a few inches back to grab the clip when in standard.
Second, when using a bullpup rifle as a melee weapon, you run the risk of damaging the internal components of the stock in which the ammunition feed is located, increasing the possibility of malfunction.
And finally, the bullpup configuration is more expensive than the standard, because it is considered "odd" and therefore special machinery is needed.

Has anyone ever considered a bullpup sniper rifle, though?

How effective would this be? Think about it. The rifle could be standard length, but have a bullpup, say, .308 clip. Of course, these rifles already exist, in .223, but with some manipulation, one might be able to make one hell of a rifle.

Another project for my garage, eh?

Bushmaster ACR

Fuck the civ carbine, I want this thing for home defense. You can change barrels, upper and lower recievers, caliber, etc. This, my friends, is the emblem of mega-shredding badassery. Rock on!

Navy Releases Photos

These are pretty sweet. Yes, that is air converting to plasma behind the round.

Railgun--Physical Drawing

This is essentially how a railgun works, in theory, on paper. Don't hurt yourself trying to understand it, it's pretty complicated.

Plasma Rifle

I cleared this yesterday, figured I might as well release this to the public since it probably won't work (and if it does, well, we were all gonna die anyway...). So let's have a little chemistry lesson. Plasma is a gas, although nowadays scientists are lobbying for it to become a fourth element all unto itself. There are several forms of plasma, all basically based on how hot they get (like, there's a class one, class two...I'm just simplifying here, I don't know what the actual classification is). We all know a gas is a bunch of loose molecules bouncing around really, really fast. So. Plasma can be made, and as a matter of fact, those big glass orbs that you see with the "electricity" stemming from a core in the middle? Yeah. That's low-charged plasma. Our idea was that hypothetically, if you took a low atomic count foil (i.e., Tin, Aluminum) and vaporized it with a sudden jolt of high-voltage electricity, it would form plasma as the air energized and heated it beyond the "crisp or melt" point. (NOTE: The air around the railgun projectile in the picture I recently put up, specifically behind it, is plasma created from the friction of its speed and the air colliding with it.) I think if you got together a bunch of high-energy capacitors, a couple of large lithium batteries, high-voltage wire, a basic frame, a bunch of caffiene and a smart friend, you could build this. Keep in mind, this is all theoretical; I based my hypothesis on an article I read and multiple YouTube movies (just type in "Plasma"...it's absolutely stunning, all the videos that come up with legitimate experiments).

Effects: Predictable effects of a plasma bolt or ball would be total annihilation of whatever you were "aiming" at. Seriously, this stuff gets fucking hot. Theoretically, this weapon would be obsolete because the air around the plasma would energize, leading to a chain reaction where the user would end up frying themselves to a potato crisp. Now, if a bolt hit something, and if it was polarized, etc., it might implode temporarily, then explode outward with triple the force. These are all guesses, true, but provable guesses, educated guesses, probable guesses.

Guys, this is one I wouldn't do for that school science fair. I don't think the judges give away ribbons for blowing half the gym to hell and gone.

Navy Railgun Mobile Support?

This is a ship the Navy is building to support the railgun. The ship will have diversion systems dedicated to taking power from the battery that operates the ship's other systems. Does this sound like a flaw to anyone else?