What is the difference between coilguns and railguns?

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What are some of the key differences in how they function and what that means in practical applications?

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Coil guns use magnetic coils to accelerate a magnetic bullet, then they shut the coil off so the bullet doesn’t get attracted back when it leaves the gun

A rail gun uses two electrically conductive rails to pass an enormous amount of current though a metal sort of shell thing that holds the bullet, the current that flows generates a magnetic field that launches the projectile

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