It wouldn't be practical to melt meteorites to make musket balls. That's
not to say that iron meteorites couldn't be used as ammunition just as they
are. The blunderbuss had a large enough bore and muzzle to accpt smaller
meteorites as is. In fact it wasn't uncommon for users of the blunderbuss
to load it with rocks, nails, and anythnig else that happened to be around.
Same with canons.
Dave
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To: "bill kies" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites as Ammunition
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!
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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
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