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AR15.COM
11/22/2005 8:58:36 PM EDT
I found an interesting substence while surfing the net "bismuth" it has about the same propertys of lead, is about the same price, but melts at a much lower temperature, it wouldn't require a special melter you could melt it on the kitchen stove, it would seem it would be simpler to cast bullets with it, and it's more "politicly correct" unlike lead it's non toxic, and won't create the "contamination" issue that the environmentalists try to use to shut down ranges, plus it would seem that indoor ranges would not require ventilation systems....
11/22/2005 8:59:44 PM EDT
[#1]
Its alot more expensive, and somewhere said it does something bad.

Didnt you chew on lead pellets as a kid, they are soft.
11/22/2005 9:55:55 PM EDT
[#2]
Bismuth is very expensive compared to lead and there is much less of it on the earth (radioactive elements break down into lead).

IIRC the largest consumer of bismuth is for ammo and peptobismol.

SRM
11/24/2005 6:30:22 PM EDT
[#3]
Does anyone else have any information on this stuff?....
11/24/2005 8:58:41 PM EDT
[#4]
It's used to add mass to the ammunition fired by the FN 303 less lethal eye-putter-outer.