Please excuse my ignorance....

[deuxlatch]

...but what the heck is a "rail" gun? Is it another term for a semi auto or anything not a revolver?

 

[Ritten]

...but what the heck is a "rail" gun? Is it another term for a semi auto or anything not a revolver?

Not quite...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun

 

[SpeedRacer]

I've also heard the term used for 1911s with an attachment rail, ie Colt Rail Gun

 

[freedive10]

Check out GUNBROKER. LOL!

 

[Phill]

If you're referring to benchrest shooting

 

[freedive10]

If you're referring to benchrest shooting

I hear these are CRAZY expensive!

 

[Bosco]

It's a magnetic device that drives a projectile at an extremely high speed. The amount of power it takes though makes it inefficient. It's a great "futuristic" weapon though in video games and movies where you don't have to explain where you're getting enough power to make it so deadly.

 

[deuxlatch]

Thanks for the responses. I heard the term used in reference to 1911s in the past which is where the confusion came from.

 

[#1bambam]

Thanks for the responses. I heard the term used in reference to 1911s in the past which is where the confusion came from.

I have heard a lot of shooters cal the 1911 style as a rail gun reffering to the slide riding on a"rail".

 

[deuxlatch]

I've also heard the term used for 1911s with an attachment rail, ie Colt Rail Gun

What is this attachment rail you speak of?

 

[3fifty7]

Just forward of the trigger guard.
Colt added a Rail Gun (railed gun) to their catalog a couple years back.

 

[deuxlatch]

Just forward of the trigger guard.
Colt added a Rail Gun (railed gun) to their catalog a couple years back.
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Man that just adds a certain degree of awesomeness to it.

 

[3fifty7]

I must disagree give me a classic any day.

 

[deuxlatch]

I must disagree give me a classic any day.

I can appreciate a purist.