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Title: World's smallest working gun is shorter than a matchstick and fires bullets just 2.34mm in diameter
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Daily Mail Online
URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... lets-just-2-34mm-diameter.html
Published: Apr 21, 2015
Author: John Hall
Post Date: 2015-04-21 20:05:12 by cranky
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Views: 6672
Comments: 16
- Two-inch long pistol is the world's smallest fully-functioning revolver
- Tiny gun fires purpose-made bullets that are just 2.34mm in diameter
- Weapon was created by Paul Erard in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds
- Each gun costs a staggering £300,00 to make - but is on sale for just £4,500
- But new owners will require gun and export licences before they can buy it
These images show the world's smallest working gun - which is shorter than a matchstick and fires purpose-made bullets just 2.34mm in diameter.
Created by artist Paul Erard in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the petite pistol measures just two inches long but fires with one joule of power.
The gun currently holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest working revolver, and the bullets it fires - which were designed specifically for the gun by Mr Erard - also appears in the book as the tiniest live ammunition ever created.
Small but mighty: Created by artist Paul Erard in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds, the petite pistol (pictured left alongside a full-size revolver) measures just two inches long but fires with one joule of power
Miniature: Looking like something fit for James Bond, the petite pistol measures only two inches long
Calibre: The 2.34 calibre bullets the gun fires (left) were designed specifically for it by former watchmaker Paul Erard. The bullets hold the Guinness World Record as the tiniest live ammunition ever created
Looking like something fit for James Bond, the petite pistol measures only two inches long. With a height of just 1.3 inches and only 0.3 inches wide, the gun could easily be hidden up 007's sleeve.
The mini-revolver can be made to order in solid gold - with each one costing a staggering £300,000 to manufacturer, although former watch-maker Mr Erard is selling them for just £4,500 a piece.
Weighing in at just 0.6 ounces, each gram of the tiny gun will cost the aspiring owner £230.
The specially-made ammunition was also invented by Mr Erand and has an internal diameter of just 2.34 mm calibre - making them the smallest bullets ever invented.
Detail: The mini-revolver can be made to order in solid gold - with each one costing a staggering £300,000 to manufacturer, although former watch-maker Mr Erard is selling them for just £4,500 a piece
Not a toy: Weighing in at just 0.6 ounces, each gram of the tiny gun will cost the aspiring owner £230
Up close: The gun currently holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest working revolver
Speaking of his invention, Mr Erard said: 'Each gun has one joule of power, which is a tenth of the power of the average air rifle.'
'Each gun takes three months to make from order to production', the 69-year-old added.
Although the fully-functioning pistol was designed to be a piece of art, potential owners will require a gun licence to buy one and special export licences if they want to take it out of Switzerland.
This means that despite being smaller than a matchstick, the weapon is treated as a deadly weapon under European law. (6 images)
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Well, it is interesting, and impressive as a technological accomplishment.
But, from a practical standpoint, what the hell is it good for?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#2. To: cranky (#0)
Heck - you can fit a Taurus PT-22 in your slacks pocket.
What's the need for anything smaller?
#3. To: Stoner (#1)
...what the hell is it good for?
See my post #2
#4. To: Stoner (#1)
Speaking of his invention, Mr Erard said: 'Each gun has one joule of power, which is a tenth of the power of the average air rifle.'
A BB gun is more dangerous.
I suppose you could shoot someone's eye out with it if you could actually aim it.
Rich guy's toy.
#5. To: Chuck_Wagon (#2)
" Taurus PT-22 "
Nice. My small pocket pistol is a Colt Mustang .380. It is probably slightly larger, and heavier than the Taurus.
Si vis pacem, para bellum
#6. To: Stoner (#1)
what the hell is it good for?
"...the fully-functioning pistol was designed to be a piece of art."
There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
#7. To: cranky (#0)
The specially-made ammunition was also invented by Mr Erand and has an internal diameter of just 2.34 mm calibre - making them the smallest bullets ever invented.
There are a couple of things that are wrong and confusing with this statement.
First of all, "calibre" usually refers to the external diameter of the bullet (or internal diameter of the barrel of the gun, which is slightly larger)... but NOT the internal diameter of the ammo, which really doesn't make any sense.
Secondly, mm and calibre are two different systems of measurement (mm is metric for millimeters, calibre is English for decimal fractions of an inch). So this ammo may measure 2.34 mm OR 2.34 calibre, but not both "2.34 mm calibre" which again doesn't make sense.
An example would be that a .223 calibre (Remington) rifle takes 5.56 mm (NATO) ammo.
So 2.34 mm would actually be .092 calibre, or...
.0234 calibre might be 0.594 mm ammo....
But who knows for sure? Because "2.34 mm calibre" is so doggone wrong and screwed up that you can't even take a wild-ass guess at what they really mean.
#8. To: Willie Green (#7)
So this ammo may measure 2.34 mm OR 2.34 calibre, but not both "2.34 mm calibre" which again doesn't make sense.
It seems obvious that they intend 2.34 mm.
#9. To: Willie Green (#7) (Edited)
First of all, "calibre" usually refers to the external diameter of the bullet (or internal diameter of the barrel of the gun, which is slightly larger)
Are you sure about that?
The Win .308 and Win .307 use the same bullets (different case, though) and the Rem .222 and Rem .223 are both .224 in diameter. And just exactly what is the diameter of a .38 cal and why can I shoot them out of my .357 magnum? Just don't get me started on .303s (Lee, Enfield, Springfield, etc). And by the way, 5.56 (and 7.72) is a (NATO) chamber spec, not a caliber. The headspace for a .308 is 1.630-1.640, it's 1.635-1.645 for a 7.62, iirc.
If there is a correlation between popular name of a cartridge and the diameter of the projectile, it is nebulous at best, imo.
And the internal diameter of my barrels is smaller than the bullets I push down them, measured from the lands (the base of the groove is usually within a thousandth of an inch or so of the bullet diameter, plus or minus). Have you ever tried to put a .308 bullet down the mouth of the AR-10?. Better bring a hammer.
Obturation is your friend.
And here's a piece of trivia for you. The 30-06 was named that because it was a thirty caliber bullet introduced in 1906. It replaced the 30-03 (which was a 30 cal introduced in 1903). That's the way the Army designated the ordinance back then.
There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
#10. To: cranky (#9)
First of all, "calibre" usually refers to the external diameter of the bullet (or internal diameter of the barrel of the gun, which is slightly larger)Are you sure about that?
Well yes and no... LOL!
Sometimes it's the OD of the bullet,
sometimes it's the ID of the barrel bore measured from land to land which would be SMALLER than the OD of the bullet (bore groove ID is often approximately the same as bullet OD)
The Win .308 and Win .307 use the same bullets (different case, though)
And same bullet different case for .30-06 Springfield, .300 Winchester Mag, .300 Weatherby, .300 Savage and a boatload of other .30 calibre cartridges they've come up with to accommodate the different cases and powder charges they like to tinker around with to try to get greater accuracy at greater distances or whatever..
So yeah, I agree that there is no "standard" naming convention. But going back to my original comment, it does NOT refer to the ID of the ammo (which doesn't make any sense at all) nor does mixing metric and English measuring systems (" 2.34 mm calibre") make any sense. THAT I am certain... everything else, yeah, it's horribly inconsistant how they actually do it. LOL!
#11. To: Willie Green (#10)
nor does mixing metric and English measuring systems (" 2.34 mm calibre") make any sense
It literally does not but many shooters and (surprisingly, at least to me) writers disregard the literal meaning of the word and use it instead as a synonym for 'diameter'.
There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
#12. To: Willie Green (#10)
a boatload of other .30 calibre cartridges
Actually, the cartridge case is the key. For the Win .308 case, for example, there are .24 cal, .26 cal, .27 cal, .30 cal and .33 cal cartridges available.
But my point with the Win .307 and Win 308 was one is rimmed and the other is rimless.
There are three kinds of people in the world: those that can add and those that can't
#13. To: cranky (#0)
With the crazy active gunman shootings going on today... I'll stick to a dbl stack full sized .45 for carry conceal.
Imagine hearing some psychotic tool bag shooting up a mall you are shopping in with a few AR's and hundreds of rounds of ammo... and this toy gun is in your pocket.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#14. To: GrandIsland (#13) (Edited)
...shooting up a mall you are shopping in with a few AR's
and hundreds of rounds of ammo... and this toy gun is in your pocket.
Well THAT is when you implement 'Plan B' - run. Or hide.
#15. To: Chuck_Wagon (#14)
Well THAT is when you implement 'Plan B' - run. Or hide.
I'm more of a seek and destroy kinda guy.
How else are we gonna remind the libtard gun haters that gun ownership reduces crime... until a few of these nut jobs are turned into Swiss cheese by a concealed gun carrier.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
#16. To: GrandIsland (#15)
...a seek and destroy kinda guy...
With adequate cover and/or concealment, or the nutjob
is out in the open, and you have an accurate enough
and long enough range weapon, of course.
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