Xm556 microgun - what happened

[DeliveryBoy]

What happened to Empty Shell? They developed the fully functioning 5.56 minigun that was allll the rage in cool factor, then completely fell off the radar 7 years ago. Anyone heard or seen anything since?

http://www.emptyshell.us/xm556-microgun/

[DrjonesUSA]

Tagged to stay on this & also; I'll take 3!!!

[BrokerB]

Wow..10" barrel. That is sweet. How small can you get a 24v battery pack and weight with 2,000 rounds?

[DB>]

Perused their website... looks like they more or less shelved development is what I read between the lines... and they expected it to be limited to the military and LEO market, no fun toys for us subjects....

[BrokerB]

Leo!!!???? Wtf would they use that for?

[Rez805]

Perused their website... looks like they more or less shelved development is what I read between the lines... and they expected it to be limited to the military and LEO market, no fun toys for us subjects....

I suppose you could go with the "redneck" option

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywM9jcqraw

Interestingly, GE tried to make one in the 60's but the external ballistics didn't quite the applications (e.g., helicopters). They did try to market it for vehicles and infantry.