Was a little bored...

Hell, lead pellets are expensive enough!! I would have to sell all but one airgun to afford platinum pellets. Lol.

You forgot depleted uranium, which is actually economical enough to be used in military as an armor piercing projectile It is 70% denser than lead.

The health effects of that vs lead are bad!! I will stick to lead. Lol!!

Well AJ, you should first check the DU for a warning label to see if it is known to cause health issues in the state of California. If it does, just stay out of California when you use it. Imagine being the first kid on the block with an armor-piercing airgun.

I would rather just have an Abrams with real armor piercing rounds!!

If I remember correctly iridium is one of the rarest elements.

Not just the rarity that's the problem with some of these metals, but also their hardness or lack thereof.

"JDShapp"Not just the rarity that's the problem with some of these metals, but also their hardness or lack thereof.

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However, an alloy of gold and silver can be made to get the hardness to a level that matches the hard lead pellets that we like.

The thing is, the required twist rate goes down as density goes up. IMO, most airguns have a twist far faster than is needed for diablo pellets anyway. A near double the density pellet might start having overturning effects due to spinning too fast. (See Tippe Top video): 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItuAtgvkIkM


Like the Tippe Top, pellets have a center of mass well in front of the center of geometry.