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Homebuilder cranks out a DIY railgun that rockets projectiles at 27,000 joules

In the latest installment in home-build railgun projects, a hobbyist spent two years building a 250-pound mobile railgun and testing it out against everything he could find.

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Man makes portable DIY railgun in home workshop (VIDEOS)

Beating the military to the punch, an Imgur user claims to have made a working man-packed railgun with the help of off the shelf components.

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The US Navy Reminds Us that Speed Kills with Record Breaking Railgun (VIDEO)

What the hell is that? It’s a “heater” the size of a horse stable capable of shattering world records and whizzing a 20-pound projectiles seven times the speed of sound as was reported by both the New York Daily News and the Washington Post.  They’re calling it “an electromagnetic railgun” and i

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