Wind-up rifles and clockwork guns.

Possibly the first "self cocking" firearm, essentially semiauto, was a spring assited revolver series built on old Colt Navy or army revolvers iirc.

>>33868344
You are essentially talking about high level nerf launchers.

I'm fairly sure that gunpowder has a lot more energy stored per kg. Also, gunpowder is very stable and robust especially when it's inside cartridges and so on.

>>33868770
You must have misread the OP.

You can get airsoft guns and air rifles powered by springs that can put a pellet out at 800+fps. With a more powerful spring I don't see any reason why you couldn't use one to propel a proper bullet at lethal speeds.

The power is limited by how hard the spring is to cock, no use having a spring rifle kicking out 2000+fps if it's impossible to pull back. I'd assume you'd need some incredibly bulky geared system to make it practical to fire.

TL;DR, probably doable, but it would be bulkier and more prone to failure than a good old fashioned gunpowder firearm

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>>33868641

This is that gun.

>>33869011
>However, the roman scorpio used torsion springs to propel bolts, so I can't help but wonder if torsion springs could be used to shoot bullets, making it a clockwork gun dependent on mechanical rather than chemical energy.
Did i really?

>>33869519
Yes. OP did not ask about superioty, you autist.

in b4 G11

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Found info on weapons powered by clockwork. Springs seem to be the less promising way of storing energy for whatever you need. The "Der Kustenbrander" ie The Coastal Fire Ship, somewhere between a boat-sized torpedo and an unmanned fire ship, tried clockwork before moving to compressed air. So it is basically what >>33869069 says.

http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/POWER/clockwork/clockwork.htm

>>33868654
Those things use springs?

>>33869011
>>33868770
>>33869519
>>33869519
He did, but it's alright, I'm quite the autist as well. Plus, he is right.


/K/ might like these links:

>Pneumatic Guns
http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/pneuguns/pneuguns.htm

>Underwater Cannon
http://douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/COMMS/underwtrgun/underwtrgun.htm

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>>33871790
Oh, this one as well:

>Ming military technology, ranging from the ingenious to the "on-drugs" designs:
http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com

Thanks for the time and effort to help me, everyone!

>>33871790
Yes, nerf guns use springs to fire

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>>33868344
I designed a spring-crossbow for a Ranger who a Crossbow wouldn't match the look for, it's overly complicated and ultimately pointless compared to a normal crossbow but it fits the gun looks if that's what you're going for.

Magic looking circle is just a simple enchantment that turns the crank for you if you're lazy, in theory it'd be fully functional in real life (though probably prone to breaking and a normal crossbow would likely have better velocity)

t. fellow /tg/ shitposter who had a similar train of thought