Q's for Etronx rifle owners

257izmycal

I have a post on the "Ask The Experts" board but have not received any feedback on it yet, so I thought I would post here also. Does anyone have any experience with them?
Please read the other post and let me know what input you can give my so I can make some decisions.

Thanks,
257

You're a statistic whether you want to be or not.

He Dog

257, there has been some discussion of the Etronx in the past here on the boards. I don't believe any of the (at least) regular posters has one, and so far no one has come forward to say they do. I think most feel that it is an overpriced gimmick not to be depended upon in the field. Change comes hard to old codgers, myself included, but even the young folks see little need to own one.

My heros have always killed cowboys.

rldowns3

I think one of the biggest gripes of these rifles has been availability of the ammunition.

257izmycal

Thanks for the responses.

257

You're a statistic whether you want to be or not.

mark christian

While I do not own a Remington 700 Etronx rigle I do own a Voere VEC 91 electronic rifle which fires 5.7X22 caseless ammunition. Electronic fired match pistols have been around for many years-- Hammerli come quickly to mind so the technology is not exactly new or cutting edge. My own Voere electronic rifle looks all the world like a standard Voere Model 2165 sporter and is top quality all the way around...but VERY European looking. Two 15 Volt photo batteries (Varta V 74 PX-- try finding those at Walmart!) fit in a recess inside the pistol grip and control an LED to indicate if the rifle is ready to fire or if the batteries are low. The trigger can be adjusted down to very low (under 1 oz.) release points and it is a pleasure to fire. The caseless ammo is nearly identical to the .223 Rem ballistically but has no brass case, it is simply a bullet centered in the compressed propellant with a metal contact point on the base. The rifle feed from a detachable five round box magazine and can be single loaded through the "ejection" port (there is however NOTHING to eject once the round is fired as it is totally consumed). The down side to this Germanic wonder rifle is that ammo is VERY expensive and hard to come by. I brought ten boxes back with me from Europe a few years back and have only one remaining...it will not be fired. That is what I can tell you about electronic rifles.

Mark T. Christian

bambihunter

I shot an Etronix when it first came out. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between it and a standard cartridge primer-fired version. If there was a real benefit and the ammo was available more often then I think it'd be worth it. I think many people were also worried about the idea of an "electronic" gun misfiring when wet, or not firing when that trophy of a lifetime walks by. I think most of these worries were unfounded, but I've never seen any endurance test results either.