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?

Railgun Projectile

This is the projectile from a railgun the navy constructed. This motherfucker weighs 7 pounds and is made of aluminum. Note the "swallow" tail.

Notice

Due to scanner issues, I will not be uploading any drawn schematics for the forseeable future, so hang in there, guys, we'll get it fixed. I apologize for this inconvinience.

As a point of interest, I will be uploading some internet schematics and theoretical drawings of a railgun. Until then, folks...

Beretta Civilian Carbine

Now this is awsome: Recently, Beretta came out with a civilian carbine. Semi-auto, can take rounds from 9mm to .45, and it's got a shitload of rails to mount things on. I am impressed. Soon's I'm 18, this is what i'm getting. Max range is like 200 meters, too.

AR + Chainsaw = ?

If someone actually built an assault rifle with a chainsaw on the bottom, I highly doubt that it would find any use on the battlefield with soldiers; however, the SWAT teams could use it like a 2 for 1 deal...then they wouldn't have to use shotties to take down the door, they could just, like, rip right through it. Think of how f*****g scary that would be--a bunch of masked, armored men come in the door, and the chainsaws are running...that would be scary as hell! I'll also upload a pic of that tomorrow, I think.

(10 minutes later)

You know, that might just work. If you had a separate cell on the side of the gun, you could use a weaver mount to put the chainsaw assembly on...of course, it would have to be made of carbon or something to make it light. Use a 6.8mm round in the rifle, and you got it made! Wonder if I could sell this to the local PD...

Railgun Update

If I coat the rails in teflon for the first 2 feet or so, maybe thay won't be fried so badly. Also, the wires should probably be stereo grade...shit, this is going to cost a bunch. Oh yeah, I found out that this thing can fire a projectile at 2000 FPS. That is really goddamned fast. Like, that's faster than a sniper bullet. Holy H. Christ. Hmmm. I wonder if that's actually legal, since it isn't a firearm. If I fire it in the country into a dirt mound...and if I reinforce said mound with concrete...yes, I think that would work.

Making prints for this, I'll upload them via scanner, probably tomorrow. Oh yeah, if the FBI or CIA or whatever is looking at this, hi! I love you guys!

Railgun

So the railgun is a launcher that is based on the Lorentz Force. It utilizes two parallel rails that are bridged by a bar of metal (iron...?) that is called an armature. In front of it sits the projectile. A positive (+) current is connected to one rail, (I think the right one) and a negative (-) is connected to the other. When the power source is switched to "On", the current forces the armature forward, consequently forcing the projectile forward at high speeds.

I was going to build one of these, but my mom wouldn't let me use a few car batteries. Something about electrifying myself. Bullshit. Anyway, the railgun requires an enormous amount of power, therefore I would need...say, 4 car batteries. Oh yeah, if you have any electronics around (such as phones, computers, cameras...) they'll get kinda f****d up when the gun fires, because there is an enormous ammount of tesla (lightning) output, and the EMP (electromagnetic pulse!!!) will fry the shit out of the wires.

This is going to be a project for this summer. List of items I will need:

2 bars solid titanium (3/4", 4' long)
1 flat surface (probably a 3" thick piece of plywood)
2 packs of hose clamps (1/4", extra-strong)
5 shitloads of high-voltage wire
1 10-pack of high voltage capacitors
4 maximum charge car batteries (preferably lithium)
2 toggle switches (in case one breaks)
1 Solder Pen
1 can Teflon solution
And a lot of good luck.

Now it's just a matter of working up enough money to buy all this.

To Whom It May Concern

Hey everyone,

I have few hopes about many people viewing this page, but, hey, I've got a bunch of crazy-ass ideas. I hope there are other people out there who are like me. I will reserve some of my better ideas for later production, but this blog is dedicated to weapon blueprints/ideas and other sci-fi shit like that. Keeping in mind that most of these ideas would be plain silly to use in battle, it is fun to do this stuff. Okay? Alright. This is Echo, over and out!