Gyrojet Pistol

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

 

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

They made a carbine, too.  I saw both being fired at a gun show event years ago.  (They wouldn't let me shoot them....stingy bastards!)

 

IIRC, they weren't very accurate because the rocket holes were drilled so they would rotate the rounds instead of having a rifled bore, and when it was fired the rocket pushed the hammer, which was in front and drove the whole thing back to fire it, forward to re-cock it.

 

One of the most awkward and ugly guns I ever saw.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

WARNING: Language!

 

 Good video of Gyrojet being fired!

 

Link is:

youtube.com

/watch?v=gOtQElMEdi0&ab_channel=BrandonHerrera

 

 

[Three Foot Johnson]

I bought one at a local shop several years ago, along with six original rounds. The pistol appears to be unfired.

The barrel actually is rifled, to get around that short barreled shotgun thing, but it's so shallow you might miss it with a casual glance down the bore.

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Are the rounds pricey?

[Rip Snorter]

Unobtanium?

[Three Foot Johnson]

I've seen them sell for $300 each, but $150 or thereabouts is more realistic.

[Sedalia Dave]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Are the rounds pricey?

 

They get more expensive every time someone expends a round.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Are the rounds pricey?

Yes and they are not being made anymore....and I sincerely doubt anyone could reload them.

[Three Foot Johnson]

I read a post years ago somewhere about a factory worker installing a barrel backwards to see if the shallow rifling had any effect when it was spiraling the opposite direction the rocket jets were spinning the projectile... I thought about that a few seconds, and posted back if you had a piece of threaded rod, then you'd need a left hand threaded nut if you turned it around the other way. He was still adamant that turning the barrel around reversed the rifling.