E-BAY!!!

along the lines of a railgun or coilgun

Answering own question: yes.

Reason: tested in real life.

the force of objects being attracted by magnets. the coils or solenoids act as magnets and the projectile (which must be able to attract to magnets, often iron or steel is used) is attracted to the coils. but when the projectile reaches the coil the coil must be turned off so the projectile keeps going instead of stopping at the coil.

* the production of magnetometers based on SQUIDs, * digital circuits (including those based on Josephson junctions and rapid single flux quantum technology), * powerful electromagnets used in maglev trains, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machines and the beam-steering magnets used in particle accelerators, * control magnets in particle accelerators and fusion reactors (tokamaks), * power cables, * RF and microwave filters (e.g., for mobile phone base stations, as well as, military ultra-sensitive/selective receivers), and * railgun and coilgun magnets.