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by Retric 581 days ago
He was over estimated the threat (Ed: or suggesting throwing it is more dangerous than firing it), the issue is capacitors suck.

A 95 MPH fastball which can seriously hurt has about 150J worth of energy. Meanwhile a professionally made coil gun using a lot more capacitors hit 10J and this isn’t nearly as powerful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GR-1_%22Anvil%22