Shooting two rockets from the GyroJet pistol! (Camera 1)

[SolarisBlitz]

Developers of Cobalt: :ilied:

[off2theright]

A spud gun has the same projectile velocity as the "rocket gun" at this short range. And likely the same killing power.

[MrRobertRuark]

At this distance the "bullet" is not yet up to speed...

[Parabloop3r]

What was the idea of this gun...? What was it supposed to do?

[SerialSnowmanKiller]

@Parabloop3r It amounts to what is essentially a pistol-sized rocket launcher. In most guns, the bullet is propelled by means of an explosion. For the gyrojet, each 'bullet' is a tiny rocket. It's quieter than a normal pistol, and has almost no recoil. But the downsides were numerous. Ammo is very expensive, it's inaccurate at anything other than short range, and at that range the 'bullet' is not up to speed, so it has very little punch.

[SR91Aurora]

And..... nothing happens :P

[le5king]

How Much Is The Price Of Each Rocket Now Around $50?

[AdvisingSpore73]

@le5king yeah

[weaponeer]

I came very close to buying one years ago. this is one pistol I would love to shoot some high speed video of.

[123666420]

beavis...... he said cock

[suoupavlichenko1]

@davetonia1233 oh okay that explained. I thought it was a form of rocket launcher, that's why i expected an explosion.

[suoupavlichenko1]

I don't even see the impact or an explosion...

[davetonia1233]

@suoupavlichenko1 There's not supposed to be an explosion. All thats happening is that in effect a tiny rocket motor is propelling a bullet.

[Bastiest]

@davetonia1233 Funnily enough, I was expecting sort of "explosion" as well.

[jfhowell12345]

Thats a nice way to blow 100 dollars

[TheBic4]

MY favorite gun i want one!

[captainprice4827]

haha it didnt work!

[BlueDragen25]

This gun was manufactured not nasa but the military had a idea for a hand held missle for more acurracy than a bullet they hired nasa to build this gun because they are the ones who made a rocket whell they did make the bullet but it cost anbout 100 dollares they sent it to the m ilitary for test fire those people lost eyes because of this. They made a assult rifl and pistols. They found this weapon obsolete so they stoped the maufacture of this weapon

[MrXoury]

$50 a round = not cheap

[shawlaballa]

that is a super slow round

[alex1231577]

@shawlaballa the bullet speeds up as it travels. so at close range its basicly pointless. and the bullets are 50 dollars each :l

[isaazman123]

@shawlaballa

the bullet reaches full velocity after it has traveled about 50 ft

[Card0Sold]

Horrible accuracy. Worse than a musket.

[smpcracker]

that was the stupidest shit.

[finklfe]

not as cool as i thought it would have bin

[mikethenascarfan]

@finklfe hahha- same felling- but when you think about the engineering and design- its a damn miracle everytime that thing fires a round

[JJalaskoski]

How much would it cost to fire that weapon for 12 seconds~?

[ataraxic89]

@JJalaskoski more than Sasha

[zeldaboy4]

rockets?

[baby2kent]

12mm? I thought it was 13mm?

[ibanezkid07]

@baby2kent yea they are 13mm

[CheeseSteakJim]

@ibanezkid07 they were remade in 12mm after the Gun Control Act of 1968 made it much more difficult for civilians to own weapons over .50 caliber. 13mm translates to about .51 while 12mm is .49 caliber.

[TheBic4]

@baby2kent both 13mm and 12mm mark 1 was 13mm but that made the bullet more slow so mark 2 made it faster and cheaper

[TheBic4]

@baby2kent ahh thats the mk11 he is shooting which is 12mm and mk1 was 13mm

[NOTQUITETHEREGAMiiNG]

@baby2kent it was but it got changed dues to a new law stating 13 mm was a destructive device but 12 mm was not :)

[elliswrong]

@baby2kent It began as 13mm, but when the gun control act of '68 came around anything over 50 caliber (half an inch in diameter) was classified as a destructive device and thus regulated and taxed. They later introduced the MKII version with a 12mm cartridge to stay out of NFA territory.

[Phenixtri]

@baby2kent military version was 13mm but civilian version were made 12mm to avoid having them classified as a destructive devise and the ATF tax stamps.

[DayLight95]

@baby2kent Lolno. The 13mm was classed as a rocket launcher so they decreased the calibre.

[benspreen]

dear santa.....

[ultrajd]

$200 bucks down the drain...Or should I say out the barrel.

[ricochetVendetta]

From Vietnam ?