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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
the part so far that has to be made of metal is the barrel, but people have been playing with ceramic to make barrels with.
They had an all plastic gun in the movie Line of Fire, but there are no all plastic guns available right now
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The bolt in the firearm must be relatively heavy and the ABS-stylr plastics are far too light. A lighter bolt would require a much stronger recoil spring and the plastic would not take it.
Also the plastics cannot handle the temperatures generated by the fired round and can therefore not be used for barrels.
"Line of Fire" was just that................a movie.
Lots of shit in movies that doesn't really exist.
