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Originally Posted by Bombard
Maybe. Aluminum is about 2.81 g/cc. Glock uses a cusom nylon 6 blend, it's somewhere in the range of 1.24 g/cc. But straight Nylon 6 has a yield strenght of about 12000-13000 psi (it's safe to assume Glock's formula is better than that). Crappy sand cast 356 T6 aluminum yields at 24,000, and machined 7075 T6 (like Kimber uses) yields at 67,000 psi
So nylon's density is lower, but the strength for any given weight is much better for aluminum. Which is lighter in the final application depends on what constraints you're engineering to.
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That reminds me....
Q: What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers?
A: Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.
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