Old Fashioned CRAP versus New Stuff ..

Thought of the day:

Testicular injuries have increased sharply among women athletes ...

Look, I write about "handguns" because I like them. - I'm getting too 'past-it' to be struggling to climb snow clad mountains seeking the elusive Thar or for pushing through dripping muddy bush to sneak-up on a Whitetail Deer in continuous Southland rainforest mist .. A couple of quiet hours on range on a sunny day - with trusted mates, and a can of cold ginger beer is a 'Good-One' for me.

"Pistols" come in different Brands - and are made from very different materials eh. - Polymer, scandium, titanium, aluminium, chromium, various alloys of stainless steel - 'old fashioned' 4140 Ordnance alloy steels .. Tritium gas and even zinc based crap "Pot Metals" like ZAMAK.

 

- When I worked in the plastics injection moulding industry we called the particular blended Glock Polymer, TYPE 6 NYLON - and those Stainless Steels needed to be carefully matched and differentiated on sliding surfaces to avoid friction GALLING issues. Steel ain't just steel .. while many of those early guns from the likes of Colt's weren't even made from steel - they were IRON and cast BRASS alloy, - the brass was often silver plated, as they didn't develop the shinier nickel plating until after 1843 -  Sometimes with German Silver front sights  (Not real SILVER .. it's a copper-nickel alloy). 

"Class - Who can tell me why are most modern firearms coloured BLACK ?"

"- Well children .. most plastics when exposed to sunlight are degraded & weakened by UV Radiation - so they learned to mix Carbon BLACK into the material to block the sunlight and then they add UV Stabilizer chemicals too." 

"That's why modern guns are black."

"Did you know that BULLET-PROOF GLASS is actually layered or laminated with a kind of tough plastic called POLYCARBONATE and it has to be changed EVERY year to remain effective - because the plastic slowly gets weaker from the sunlight?

A "BLACK GUN" ..

Now I really like Glocks - my bestest Glock currently would be the G 19X ...

Glock G19X - A Thoroughly Modern Pistol that Strangely, Is not Black:

Another favorite shooting gun - my four inch Webley Revolver ..

A Reputedly Weak Design Top-Break Revolver (this one Israeli Issued)

- in an "Under Powered" Obsolete Caliber 38-200

Plasticine can be very adult useful once the kids have finished with it .. to prove that 'old & useless' is typical modern bollocks

'Wadcutter' Bullets are outdated technology too ..

How Come they still Work?

- I like watches too, G-Shocks & Glocks make me smile ..

I can't work it out 😒.. women with penises - men having babies, & guns causing crime .. jeez.

Marty K.