Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27447621-20180223225208/@comment-27144409-20181012000304

Bajarias.josef wrote: I have plans for a sniper(.... railgun?) that can convert to an assault rifle One of the advantages of electically propelled projectiles is that you can adjust how much current is propelling them, allowing you to cary lethality via velocity.

You could have extending rails thatt telscope forward for better range, and dual settings for how much current each shot gets. If you're using it as an assault rifle, it doesn't need as much power, speed, or range, so for the same amount of power you could fire more rounds at less straining settings. When you want each individual shot to be as lethal and long range as possible, that's when you take time to charge up the shot with maxium power.