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The bullets have a chisel face tip to chip out rock on impact .
+ mass production of shells easy .
+ use for all those weapons .
- creating mass to remove .
Is a 'mass hit' or 'explosion hit' better for rock cutting ?
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What are you degrading here? Enemy fortifications, or something? |
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// mass production of shells easy // |
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Easy perhaps, but not cheap. This is not cost-effective at all, and is very dangerous since you'd have bullets ricocheting all over the place. Sorry, not a good idea. - |
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Better to be blasting the shit out of the rockface than out of Shiites or Sunnis or American soldiers, methinks. + |
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//Better to be blasting the shit out of the rockface // You mean like statues of the Buddha? [-] |
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I don't even understand what this idea is. [-] |
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Could be handy in some tight spaces where you can't swing a hammer, but still stick in a gun barrel. |
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//Is a 'mass hit' or 'explosion hit' better for rock cutting ?// |
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Depends. You get 2D+4 for your standard bullet, and then you need to know the HP of the wall. |
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Does it have any magical armour we should know about? |
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I don't think these chisel-faced bullets will interact well with rifled gun barrels... |
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Which isn't a problem if you're not trying to snipe the rock face from half a mile. It does, however, preclude the ammunition being used for less peaceful purposes. |
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Not sure of the use for this though; I'd suggest it might be quite expensive. |
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//Could be handy in some tight spaces where you can't swing a hammer, but still stick in a gun barrel.// |
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please tell me you were joking, [kbeckham]. |
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I like this idea as a means of producing sculpture. I posted an idea once about using shotguns and spraypaint to produce art, but deleted after I realized I had probably read about William Burrough's endeavors in this medium, then half remembered it as my own idea. |
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I can imagine a project in which a soft substrate is used (soapstone? alabaster? sandstone? wax? plastic? ) and carved using bullets. Each piece would be rendered (in all senses) with a different caliber weapon. There would be a lot of trial and error. One might want to use a tripod. |
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Thought (or lack of it..)
The bullet would have a tip like a pick but its
weight is such that on impact fall off centre to chip out rock . The bullet body would be hard enough to get to the rockface but soft enough to transfer weight and deform to counter ricochet . |
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more targeted than blasting , human shaped tunnels .
more fun ???
If rock is the source , shouldn't we open up more of it . |
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I think you'd be quite surprised at how precise blasting can be. How do you think they carved the faces in Mt. Rushmore? |
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Dynamite...then concrete. |
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