Tony Belding wrote in a message to Paul Lee:
 PL> 5. If electronic ignition is used, how long does the battery last?
 PL> ALso, being small and therefore hard to handle in the field, how can a
 PL> soldier replace a battery under fire?
 TB> Keep in mind, no military rifle has been announced with 
 TB> electronic ignition. Voere presumably had plans for something 
 TB> like that, but nothing came of it. Instead they wound up 
 TB> selling bolt-actions sporting rifles.  IF I recall correctly, 
 TB> it only needed a small coin-type battery, and it was good for 
 TB> several thousand shots.
 TB> Some other things...  Voere claimed their ignition would only 
 TB> fire with an electrical pulse of exactly the right voltage and 
 TB> other characteristics, so it couldn't go off accidentally from 
 TB> static electricity or whatever.
I would have thought that rather than use a battery they'd have gone for 
something like the "striker" type of peizoelectric gizmo you find in some 
lighters these days.  No battery in there at all,  just the right kind of 
mechanical force applied and it generates a spark...
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