Bill says "...just about any firearm". Just about any muzzle loader with a patched round can eat balls made of meteorite material, or anything else for that matter. It wouldn't surprise me if we learned that some enterprising conquistador had heated up some Campo and used the balls in his matchlock..or a canon.
Does anyone care to expound on what temp one would have to heat an iron meteorite to be able to pour the melt into a mold to make a musket ball? Could different classes of irons have different melt temperatures? Would inclusions be easily seperated? Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: bill kies <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 27, 2010 5:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites as Ammunition > > >Projectiles made from meteoric iron and it's related inclusions would destroy >the barrel of just about any firearm. > >Bill > > > > >Hi Count and List, >I wonder, has anyone ever fashioned bullets out of iron meteorites? >Best regards, >MikeG > >On 7/27/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote: >> Attention List! >> [email protected] > >> Aliens have developed a reliable source of weapons grade meteorites and a >> reliable targeting system. However, it can be defeated if one remains >> indoors. >> >> http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/835482-man-hit-by-six-meteorites-is-being-targeted-by-aliens >> >> >> Count Deiro >> IMCA 3536 >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
