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Even better then that, wad up a bunch of change in a tin foil wad mixed with black powder and rolled into the tightest ball you can get it, puncture and insert canon fuse and tape to the "Shell" with just enough free fuse to stick out to light. You can apply a slow match or fire from a canon or big bore blunderbuss, makes for a nasty daisy cutter shell/grenade! Also works with small rocks, gravel!Close range blunderbuss and black powder cannon anti personnel loads.
Mix of change jar , junk drawer and bent nails won't fly far ,or with much accuracy. But I wouldn't want to be on the recieving end.
Load them into a 3" bore bp cannonClose range blunderbuss and black powder cannon anti personnel loads.
Mix of change jar , junk drawer and bent nails won't fly far ,or with much accuracy. But I wouldn't want to be on the recieving end.
I watched a movie yesterday (News of the World) where Tom Hanks smoked a couple of baddies with a gauge full of dimes.Cheaper than buckshot out of a 12 gauge, but you gotta warp them first
1982 was when they changed from solid copper alloy to a zinc slug with thin copper overlay. Just sit and rub a modern penny long enough and you'll rub right through the copper...There are true copper pennies still to be found in circulating coinage. Not a great many but they are there if you keep your eyes open. Have you priced copper washers lately? Copper pennies with a hole drilled through the center are a lot cheaper.
Ever tried this?There will be lots of lead in dead car batteries which will be much easier to collect,
My mother told me that would happen if I.... wait... Nevermind.1982 was when they changed from solid copper alloy to a zinc slug with thin copper overlay. Just sit and rub a modern penny long enough and you'll rub right through the copper...
YepEver tried this?
This is why I was asking about zinc in coins for alloying. I think everyone was misunderstanding what I meant; not using only the coins, but using them to alloy other metals.The lead in batteries is pure, so you need to add some tin to harden it for bullets
Maybe that's what lead to the misunderstanding.This is why I was asking about zinc in coins for alloying. I think everyone was misunderstanding what I meant; not using only the coins, but using them to alloy other metals.
SO did I - once - and my experience was similar.