Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 18:38:37 +0100, D wrote:
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An ancient trick I learned is that you put them close to an industrial
strength electro magnet and rip out the bullets. Alternatively you can
but them in an MRI machine. I know in medieval sweden, this is what they
used to do!

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Lead pellets? Since 1988 the US has required non-toxic shot for waterfowl.
The cheapest is steel, which would possibly work. The problem is steel
doesn't perform too well. The other popular choices are bismuth, which is
diamagnetic, and tungsten, which is parmagnetic.
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Had no idea! The usenet is fantastic... all these little wonderful nuggets of information I would never run into on the regular old internet, without actively looking for it.