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Ammunition Misfires: Flops and Oddities

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Host Logan Metesh of High Caliber History and Allen Forkner from GunBroker delve into the history of ammunition, focusing on less-known and commercially unsuccessful rounds. They dig into some of the good ideas on paper that flopped in the field, and other ideas that worked but were torpedoed by bad marketing.

  • Rocketball Ammunition:
  • Discussion of Walter Hunt's invention of Rocketball ammo in 1848, a caseless ammunition concept ahead of its time.
  • Overview of its mechanics and reasons for commercial failure.
  • The Volcanic Lever Action Pistol:
  • Connection between Rocketball ammo and its use in the Smith & Wesson Volcanic lever action pistol.
  • Examination of the pistol's design and its impact on the success of Rocketball.
  • Davy Crockett Atomic Watermelon:
  • A humorous aside about nuclear-powered concepts in weaponry during the Cold War era.
  • David Dardick's Trounds:
  • Exploration of the unique tround (triangular round) and its application in the Dardick open chamber revolver, a magazine-fed revolver design.
  • The Gyrojet:
  • Discussion on the Gyrojet firearms that fired rocket-propelled projectiles, highlighting the innovative yet flawed technology.
  • Daisy VL Caseless Ammo:
  • Insights into Daisy's attempt at producing a .22 caliber caseless ammunition and the legal and technical challenges it faced.
  • Extreme Shock "Fang Face" Ammo:
  • Analysis of the marketing failures and product issues with Extreme Shock's frangible bullets designed for air marshal service.
  • Remington EtronX:
  • Review of Remington's electronic ignition system in firearms and its lack of success in the market.

    • What are some of the failed ammunition inventions we may have forgotten? Did you own one of these flops? Are there any of these fails that you’d like to see revived? 

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