to the gun-people aboard

[micha]

http://www.swissminigun.com/

for the technician in me, this is quite impressive, but somehow pretty disturbing at the same time...

what do the people who produce them think will be done with these thingys?!?

[UFORocks]

Pretty cool. But like you said, what do they think someone will do with a 5cm pistol. Hell if it was made of ceramic or plastic it wouldn't be easily found at security check-points.

[circle of the tyrants]

Here's the tech data on the ammo:

Type : Rim fire cartridge-Metric English
Calibre: 2.34 mm. - 0.092126 in.
Bullet length: 4.53 mm. 0.178346 in.
Bullet weight:0.128 g. 1.9753 grains
Cartridge length:6.1 mm.0.240157 in.
Cartridge diameter:2.34 mm.0.092126 in.
Rim diameter:2.8 mm.0.110236 in
Live ammunition total length: 9.13 mm.0.359449 in. Average V0:130 m/sec.-426.5 f/sec.
Bullet energy:1.0888 J.0.8030 ft-lbf

Not the kind of gun you'd want to use to kill a man. With less than 1 ft. lb. of energy, it probably wouln't penetrate most common clothing.

[rjohnstone]

Now that's what I call small.

I wonder how many TSA guys would not give this thing a second look?

[OnlineStageGear]

It could break the shin and cause a nasty infection....

[fett]

With the accuracy of the gun, you couldn't shoot yourself in the foot if you were standing up. Just stupid.

[StukaJU87]

We got a memo about these where I work. It is so tiny, it could probably pass some metal detectors unnoticed. Not good.

[micha]

yeah, that's why I heard of these too. my dad's working as a cop, and he got informed about these too.
I'm still not sure they're that harmless. depends on the kind of ammo you load I guess. on the other hand, I know shit about guns...

[UFORocks]

It could break the shin and cause a nasty infection....

If its powerful enough to break a bone, then its certainly powerful enough to kill. Something like that could pass right between the ribs and rattle around doing all kinds of damage, like shrapnel.

Nasty little bugger.

[donf]

You'd probably piss someone off if you shot him with that. :ROTF:

[TreeFitty]

It could break the shin and cause a nasty infection....

...and hold a Wally World security guard hostage.

[horns666]

My dad has a north american arms 5 shot .22 cal..about that size.

Hey it's better than nothin'..it'll kill ya...so

a .22 cal is one nasty round..it'll fuck you up!!

[horns666]

...and hold a Wally World security guard hostage.

That's a classic!!!

[horns666]

wow that gun is about half the size of the North Armerican arms baby derringer...NICE!!!

I like it..I may buy that for my pop!!

[Zerberus]

My dad has a north american arms 5 shot .22 cal..about that size.

Hey it's better than nothin'..it'll kill ya...so

a .22 cal is one nasty round..it'll fuck you up!!

Dude, it´s not a .22 but a .09, the actual bullets are about a third the size of a bb

I don´t see these rounds as having enough mass to cause real damage. The velocity is impressive on paper, but if a penny shot point blank out of a modified rifle won´t usually break the skin, I don´t see how these much lighter rounds could be dangerous to anything larger than a Barbie Doll