http://outdoorbeasts.com/2015/12/gun-is-made-from-the-rarest-metal-on-earth-ok-the-metals-isnt-from-earth/

 

The thing is made from a meteorite

 

 

 

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Kewl. They ain't cheap to begin with. Whew

 

 

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Meh...im not impressed.

Ambitious indeed! Im placing my prediction of fail in this endeavor. There is a lot of issues with forging meteorites into usable steel. Knife makers run into this all the time. Many times it just turns into an un-forgeable crumbly mess. Add the size blank needed for a 1911.... well, ambitious indeed!

Ambitious indeed! Im placing my prediction of fail in this endeavor. There is a lot of issues with forging meteorites into usable steel. Knife makers run into this all the time. Many times it just turns into an un-forgeable crumbly mess. Add the size blank needed for a 1911.... well, ambitious indeed!

In knife making, one of the more common problems is getting the blade hard enough. Which is why they usually laminate the meteorite metal. In a pistol, the hardness is much lower. Something like 32 on the Rockwell scale vs 52-62 iirc.

 

A barrel of standard barrel steel, removable/replaceable breech face, and a hardened impact face in the frame like you might see on an aluminum alloy frame would get you a good chunk of the way there I suspect.

IF it forge welds to begin with. Im not even talking about the heat treat phase, Im just talking about forging it into a usable blank.

IF it forge welds to begin with. Im not even talking about the heat treat phase, Im just talking about forging it into a usable blank.

Yeah, but my reading of it is that they got slabs of a big space rock. They are likely just going to mill it and probably heat treat it. Or vise versa.

 

 

I don't think it could just be machined in its natural composition and be useful. It will need to be smelted or forged. Which is why I think it will be a challenge.

"The pistols will likely be sold at auction and without a doubt will be the crown jewel of any museum or private collector interested in either meteors or firearms. Cabot has been offered $250,000 from a collector based on concept alone but estimates on the value have ranged from $500,000 to over $1,000,000."

 

Totally geared to this guy:

 

"Only man who could miss with a gun like that is the one who can afford it" - Dawn of the Dead.