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Pistols made from a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite

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These (or some very similar) have popped up off and on for the last 5-10 years. The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 is as good a time as any to try again.
The way I read the story, they were machined from a large chunk of meteorite. The majority of Fe/Ni meteorites have a very large crystal/grain structure. This translates to hard and soft spots throughout. A meteorite is not a homogenous alloy, it is a combination of Fe, Ni and other metallic and non-metallic elements that crystallized out of a molten mass. The only way to assure a homogenous alloy is to melt the meteorite down and start there.

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I agree with an earlier post, We are all made up of stardust that is billions of years old. We even breath air that is ions old, drink water that is ions old. I even shoot bullets that are billions of years old. This type of marketing hype just doesn't work on me.
 
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