[meteorite-list] Meteorites as Ammunition

From: dave carothers <carothersdl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:00:58 -0400
Message-ID: <787B8921BA864F2A932C4E79A6E84F15_at_your291etg47cr>

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
----- Original Message -----
From: <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: "bill kies" <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>; <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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 <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>
>>Sent: Jul 27, 2010 5:33 PM
>>To: meteoritemike at gmail.com
>>Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>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!
>>> meteoritemike at gmail.com
>>
>>> 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
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