Quick: plastic guns?

I think you'll find the law in question has expired as it was never renewed as required.

BTW Do these non-existent guns fire non-existent plastic ammunition?

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[This message has been edited by The Lone Ranger (edited July 27, 2000).]
 
As so astutely covered above - weren't none, ain't none & prolly won't be any ('cept for a "one of" that could be made with all sorts of extra machinations to get around anything at all).

Besides - the springs, primers, bullets, brass, et al would all show up on current airport "security" apparatus.

Die Hard II (Bruce Willis) also had some comment about the "undetectable platsic gun that costs more than you make in a month" ....

Point is: antis are idiots (in that they don't know any of the technicalities), antis are smart (in that it doesn't matter because most newsie-types don't either & will print it anyway), most of the generally dumb public is just as stupid & buy it all (Hey! you see what Dan Bather said? [yes, I know ... ;)], oh yeah, & even if the anti in question knows, they still lie 'cause the GDP doesn't have a clue & as an end result "something MUST be done about it all!"

For the children & if it only saves one life ....
 
Yes, many many gun FRAMES are made from plastic. The point you should make is so freakin what? The slides and barrels are always either steel or titanium & steel. So it's a complete myth that these guns evade metal detection.
 
Plastic bullets are non-existent? I fired some the other day ... inside my house, at a blanket-covered trashcan. :)

Our shooting buddy brought them by the house, I dunno who makes 'em. They use only primers, no powder, and you reload 'em by replacing the primers and then pushing them back together after you pick them up off the floor.

From five feet away, these cute little plastic bullets didn't even put a hole in my blanket -- or in the piece of paper we tried them on. So I seriously doubt they'd do much good as a terrorist weapon.

Unless of course the plane were full of people like the mom in ... oh, what WAS that movie? (Some Christmas flick?) "You'll put your eye out!!"

pax



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pax or anyone,

Can you find out the name of those bullets and let me know if they come in .38 spec.? I'm looking for a way for my daughter to shoot my revolver. Thanks for any help you can give.

Ledbetter
 
I stand corrected, and my post should have read "magnetic detectors" anyway.

I know Dillon Precision carries those plastic training rounds--check out http://www.dillonprecision.com/template/p.cfm?maj=63&min=1&dyn=1&

They're made by "X-Ring" and cost $7.50 per 50 for 9mm/38/357, $9.50 for .45 and .44 .
That's pretty cheap when you consider you can use them over and over and the only other cost is primers. They won't cycle a semi-auto but they'll still work; in a revolver it'll be just like converting it to an airgun with no recoil.....
 
Plastic guns are guns that shoot water or BB's. Glocks, Sigs, HK's, Ruger's all these guns have polymer frames, metal slides, and metal internals. These guns have no other special "killing power" or function that other guns dont. The only difference: polymer frame.
 
Ledbetter, Speer used to make them as well, and they still might. They're called T38's and T44's, for obvious reasons.
 
The plastic guns are used to fire those really cool ice bullets. ;)

I don't see why a plastic gun couldn't be made. Sure, it wouldn't be able to fire too many rounds before it fell apart, or SERIOUSLY lost accuracy because the rifling had eroded, but they are do-able.
 
The word plastic is a pseudonym of the word plastic. Folks were making "polymers" in the 50's. Light switches are made of polymer and Glocks are plastic...or is it the other way 'round...it's the same thing.
 
Led, Dillon has the rubber bullets. Speer makes the plastic ones in .38spl/.357, 9mm, 44 spec/mag, and .45 acp. I shoot the plastic acps in the house with just a magnum CCI primer. Many places will sell the speer products. I used a Dremel with a drill bit to expand the flash holes of some brass cases to I think 5/64ths IIRC. They can be re-loaded over and over - just need a hand priming tool and you seat the bullets just by pusing them in by hand. I use a couple of pieces of carpet as a backstop. I would think the rubber bullets would hold up better. The plastic ones will break if they hit something hard (hence the carpet).
 
I don't understand why the big concern about being able to get a plastic gun through airport security, from recent news reports out of NYC all you have to do to get a metal gun through security is be able to run fast :)

When the Glock first came out the NYC Pistol License Division would not allow anyone with a pistol license to
purchase one. It took about two years to figure out that the gun showed up just fine when x-rayed.
 
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