Re: plated bullets in glocks and hk's ?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Downzero</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RADcustom</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Downzero</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fast eddie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Its not a plated bullet. It is a copper jacket to which the bullet is either soldered to or chemically bonded to the lead core. Note each reference discusses the copper "jacket" You normally do this research yourself (LOL)
http://www.chuckhawks.com/bonded_bullets.htm
http://www.clearwater-bullets.com/
http://www.officer.com/print/Law-Enforcement-Technology/Putting-Bullets-To-The-Test/1$27983
And for the love of Christ, can you guys act like men and not children?
Name calling accomplishes nothing. Disagree with the post, not the person.
Are there a bunch of repetitive posts here? Of course. Are a lot of them silly to some of us? Absolutely. I continue to stress the fact that you chase away the real shooting talent from this forum with this "Internet AirSoft Gunfighter mentality".
I have no authority to demand anything from any of you other than being someone that has fired a few rounds of ammo and someone that tries to help those less experienced.
Thanks, Rant Complete </div></div>
Please inform me as to the "difference" between "chemically bonded" and "plated."
It's just language. </div></div>
Both of you need to take a Chemistry class.
Chemical bond occurs when a lead bullet is submerged in a copper rich solution and a chemical reaction takes place that leaves a copper deposit over the lead. A copper wash, popular with 22lr bullets.
Plated bullets involve electrical current passing between an anode and the part (the bullet) in a copper solution. It forms a much stronger bond and allows more control over the thickness of the plating. This is how the gold dot bullets are made.
Jacketed bullets are formed wrapping a thin copper sheet around a lead core. No bond is formed between the two metal.
Copper has a much higher melting point than lead. If you tried to dip a lead bullet in molten copper, it would liquefy upon contact.
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I have taken a chemistry class, thank you very much.
Plating is a chemical process. Electrical charge is the strongest way to make a chemical bond.
+1 on the molten copper comment. I'm actually wondering wtf he was thinking. Molten copper? Yeah right.
Plating is an electrical process. </div></div>
Then why did you ask?
While plating is a process that involves + and - charged ions, not all plating processes involve a rectifier(power source).