Gyrojet Pistol with bust of Robert Goddard ... Gyrojets are powered by onboard rocket fuel. This means the gun itself can be much simpler, as the barrel and chamber don’t have to contain an ...

The Gyrojet, as this class of firearms was called, were quite odd. Though they sported beautiful wooden hardware, they blended elements ...

Gyrojet pistols used rocket propulsion to fire its ammunition. However, the guns were terribly inaccurate and were therefore discontinued. At the beginning of the 20th century, inventors tried to ...