> 15 years or so ago, in my handgun speed shooting days, I became friends with > an ex-race car mechanic (Jim "Wizard" Ward for you car freaks from the 60s) > who would make barrel weights for his guns out of what he called 'Mallory > Metal'. > > I didn't pay a whole lot of attention, as the resulting weight was far too > much for my taste, and I never figured out what it really was, but Holy > Hernia, Batman! Was that stuff heavy...'course he had access to a machine > shop and who knows how hard it was to tool. > Mallory metal is one of the tungsten alloys used for counterweights, etc. http://www.cmwinc.com/cmwmet.htm Get your money out, it ain't cheap. At least it is not as hard to work as say, Tungsten carbide which requires diamond abrasives and lots of shop time to cut up. Doc RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
