[meteorite-list] Meteorites as Ammunition

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:33:08 -0400
Message-ID: <C7E183BE89F14366A644E5F962D45190_at_greg323a964987>

Wasn't there a scene in 'Pirates of the Caribbean' where the dudes shoved a
bunch of metallic objects into the canon and fired it at the opposing ship
hitting one of the more hapless pirates in his wooden eye with a fork!


----- Original Message -----
From: "dave carothers" <carothersdl at gmail.com>
To: <countdeiro at earthlink.net>; "bill kies" <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>;
<meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites as Ammunition


> 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
>>>> IMCA 3536
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