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lethal. A
coil-
gun uses a magnetic field to accelerate a bullet up to projectile speed.
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The coil gun was predicted to shoot at 22.7m/s. The actual velocity of this particular shot was 21.25m/s. Launch position and slight variations in capacitor bank voltage can have a larger effect than this on velocities.
