RE: [DL] Gunsmithing and PC's making guns

["Ashman, Joel" <jea2@c-cor.com>]

What I was trying to say was this:


If you had 10 cubic inches of steel, and 10 cubic inches of steel tempered
by Ghost Rock, they would weigh the same.  The GR tempered steel would be
stronger, provided it survived the tempering process, remembering that GR
burns hot enough to melt steel.

If you chose to make something out of both steels, say a dagger, then they
would also weigh the same, and again, the GR tempered dagger would be
stronger for the weight.  You could, opt to use less GR Steel, and have a
lighter, thinner dagger that was the same strength as the steel one, or a
shorter one that would be stronger and lighter.  But you couldn't say that
GR tempered steel was lighter then regular steel

My thought is that GR Steel should be an alloy of steel and ghost rock.
This would put it into the realm of titanium class of weight/strength ratio
(Mass might be a better term to use here).  Titanium is light, for its
strength, and tough it is flexible, it is difficult to bend, puncture, or
otherwise deform.  That is why it is used for aircraft wing components or
armor plating (in A-10s)

Remember too that strength is as much a function of good design.  Aluminum
and carbon fiber are also light, but their real strength comes from the
design of the item being built.  A good example is a bicycle frame.  

--Joel



-----Original Message-----
From: Damian [mailto:westfam@awesomenet.net]
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:23 AM
To: deadlands@gamerz.net
Subject: Re: [DL] Gunsmithing and PC's making guns



> I don't like the sound of that.  That wouldn't make GR Steel any lighter.
> It would make it stronger

same thing.  stronger means you use less steel for the same strength, or
slightly more for more strength and less weight, or same weight, masive
strength.  : )


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