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Old 11-19-2003, 06:15 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally posted by 2wolves
Your point #2: Wooden bullets were used in the first World War and outlawed due to the savagery of the wounds.

#3: Anything that can be manufactured can be made in a home lab. I refer you to the particle accelorator built at home by a teenager and recently profiled in the NYTimes and other major publications.

#4: Don't allow yourself to be swayed by conventional wisdom. If you'd like to know what the next 'big' thing will be ask the experts and whatever they deem impossible will be it.

2Wolves

I did some more research and found a link on wooden bullets. Thanks for that.

As to a home lab, yes, some things can be made. Heck, go to Afganistan and you will find guys who can make you a machine gun or automatic pistol with little more than a couple of blocks of steel, a file and a drill.

Still, other things cannot be made by the home hobbiest, and I would classify advanced carbon/glass/ceramic composites as one of those things.
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