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Message no. 1
From: Gurth <jweste%smtp@******.HZEELAND.NL>
Subject: Re: dikoting bullets
Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 10:06:21 +0200
>A while back someone posted the prices for dikoting bullets.

That was me, yes.

>I showed one of my pals and he presented me with a problem with that.
>During the process, wouldn't the bullet's propellant burn off?

Hadn't thought of that...good point.

>I figure you could dikote the bullets before you put them in the
>cartridges but that would probably cost more for hand pressed bullets.

You could, I guess. People are reloading ammunition these days too, so
why couldn't you get hand-reloaded rounds in SR? But since dikoting costs
a lot of cash already, you could say that it's included in the price to
pull the bullet out of the case, and put it back in afterward. You
couldn't do it with caseless ammo, by the way.



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Message no. 2
From: jpinnow@***.im.med.umich.edu (Justin Pinnow)
Subject: Re: Dikoting Bullets
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 07:56:02 -0500
Farr wrote:

>What would happen with explosive ammo? (I guess the dikote process does
>require heat and would touch it off) but if you could dikote it it would
>penetrate a ways into the body then explode (through the armor then BOOM!)

So, go out and buy armor piercing explosive rounds. Dikoting is bound to be
MUCH more expensive and MUCH more difficult to get your hands on....there's no
reason for it. It doesn't have any advantages over already existing forms of
ammunition (that I know of), and it's extremely expensive to Dikote. So, why
bother?

Justin :)

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