pellet rifle; make copper or iron equal to lead

Generally, in chemistry when you alloy one metal with another the result is a harder metal. I suppose it is difficult to get a copper or steel alloy that is as soft as lead for lead shot in rifles.

But I wonder if there is another way around the problem by coating a copper pellet with teflon or in the case of .22 rifles to make a steel bullet coated with teflon or some other material that equals the characteristics of lead.

A.P.

I'd suggest a .410 shotgun with steel shot.

A slingshot with steel balls might just work fine.

Or get a bow. Takes lots of practice, however.

Enjoy the bunnies. Roasted, barbecued, or stewed?

Dear Archimedes Plutonium:

Done. Used for penetrating kevlar jackets. Of course the heat will tend to liberate a little fluorine...

You could do like the Germans purportedly did in WWII. Make the bullets out of wood.

David A. Smith

Bismuth based ammo is now available. Soft and dense like lead but non-toxic to the environment.

I agree that lead is an issue. One of my nephews was permanently affected by the lead paint he ate as a child.

Why do you want supersonic speed?

Bob

Michael Moroney ( snipped-for-privacy@world.std.spaamtrap.com) wrote: : Bismuth based ammo is now available. Soft and dense like lead but : non-toxic to the environment.

You can also try tungsten polymer if you're rich.

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snipped-for-privacy@aol.com \(formerly\) (dlzc1.cox@net) wrote: : Dear Archimedes Plutonium:

: > But I wonder if there is another way around the problem by coating a : copper : > pellet with teflon or in the case of .22 rifles to make a steel bullet : > coated with teflon or some other material that equals the characteristics : > of lead.

: Done. Used for penetrating kevlar jackets. Of course the heat will tend to : liberate a little fluorine...

Actually, that was a politically-perpetrated myth. The PTFE coating was to allow for easier loading of cartridges into the chamber of autoloading pistols. The PTFE-coated bullets have no more effect on body armor than non-coated ones.

The full myth was hillarious. Apparently, tere were magic PTFE-coated hollow-points whilch would penetrate Class III body armor like a high-velocity, hard, armor-piercing bullet, then magically expand like a hollow-point hunting bullet. Laws of pohysics be damned! Politics beat physics any day!

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"hanson" wrote a bunch more crap:

You don't drive a car, do you?

"hanson" wrote

If I has been interested in responding to that I'd have responded to Uncle Al's post.

Use .17 mm tungsten carbide rod and figure our what length you could bet an high velocity and sabot the round leaving a tag on the end to help stabiles it more. If you could get a 1.5 inch bullet at 900fps you would have great range and if you hit him the bullet would shatter and do a fine job killing the rabbit

Gord> : Bismuth based ammo is now available. Soft and dense like lead but

What´s about using uranium munitions? they contain no lead, they are heavier than lead, they kill equal (and more likely more better) as lead. Uranium munitions are used with great success to stop tank invasions..............

Ask your local military base for more informations.............. Plutonium will also work either................