Comments on: A 9V battery feeding a capacitor provided the energy to ignite the new type of primer

By: DJB

DJB — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 02:43:50 +0000

The EtronX had primers, but the primers were different than those used in standard cartridges. It was never about primerless cartridges but eliminating the lag time of the mechanical trigger and firing pin system.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/electric-cartridge-primers-gone-but-not-lamented/

They are no longer available. Any gun requiring EtronX ammo is now a club unless it is rebuilt to fire standard cartridges. The system is anything but a solution to today’s primer shortage.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 15:00:11 +0000

Mike in Boston notes the problem that electric ignition could solve today: there don’t seem to be enough primers to go around.

Electric ignition solves other problems though. First, it means you can make a trigger as light as you’d like, with no loss of reliability. Further, you can place that electronic trigger anywhere you want; it doesn’t have to be right next to the firing mechanism. This make a “bullpup” rifle more practical. Unfortunately, since it also makes fully automatic fire easy, no one wants to produce a semiauto gun with electric ignition; its legality would be in question.

By: Mike in Boston

Mike in Boston — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 02:27:24 +0000

“it’s a solution in search of a problem”

I found the problem:

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/trying-to-reload-your-own-ammo-there-is-now-a-primer-shortage/

By: Wang Wei Lin

Wang Wei Lin — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 01:11:49 +0000

Electric ignition of propellant is interesting, but it’s a solution in search of a problem.