DA>DL> reliability.  The small relative size of bullets found in handguns
DA>DL> and rifles precludes them from being capable of carrying enough
DA>DL> explosive to do much else.  It is possible that very powerful
DA>DL> explosives could be used to overcome the size problem, but most
DA>DL> explosives capable of such power are also very stable and impact
DA>DL> alone would not be enough to ignite them.  I have several articles
DA>DL> on this subject that I can look for if anyone is interested.
DA>Many years ago a group of us spent some time researching this. We came
DA>up with a modified blasting gelatine that worked. We drilled out a 240
DA>grain .44 bullet and loaded the hole with the mixture. Then we inserted
DA>a .22 blank with the primer facing forward. It was fired from a Model 29
DA>with a 8" barrel.
That's basically what was done in the Civil War -- a hollowpoint minnie
ball was used, with a smidgen of powder and a .22 blank inserted in the
hollowpoint.
DA>One round toppled a 4" diameter black locust. In another test we
DA>demolished a five gallon can full of water and the concrete block it was
DA>sitting on.
DA>For the benefit of the federal agents reading this post, that was thirty
DA>years ago and I don't do things like that anymore because it's illegal.
Not to mention the fact that contraptions like this occasionaly detonate
in the barrel from the shock of firing. :-)
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