Re: Odd-ball conversions and left field questions

["Lee Williams" <grizz@xxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Fortey <forteymj@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org>
Sent: 03 April 2001 09:45
Subject: Re: Odd-ball conversions and left field questions


><big snip>

>
> My thinking as to GDW's comment that 'caseless ammo
> doesn't work in vacuum' is probably that they 'phoned
> up H&K and asked 'will the G-11 work in a vacuum?',
> and H&K replied 'no' for some reason specific to the
> G-11. *shrug*. Something that it occured to me that
> we've not really addressed is the temperature. Vacumm
> of course does mean that heat is not actually
> conducted very well at all, but I'd be interested to
> see how some modern materials used in firearms hold up
> to the cold. Maybe that's the reason that the G-11
> wouldn't function in space? The composition of the
> rounds might suffer and either not ignite or perhaps
> even flake away into powder?
>

Gentlemen, my questions have all been answered after a quick exchange of
e-mails with Greg Porter of BTRC...you know, the guys who publish G3G?

Thanks for the input from you folks though ;-) It actually was useful.

Lee.