Michael S. Lorrey writes:
> > I have occasionally wondered about the idea of caesium-core bullets.
Oh, you need a lot of CsCl to kill a person. It's just expensive.
Cs is also very soft, and reacts violently with water and can ignite
on air. I'm sure that any damage due to its reaction with
water/resulting alcali will be eclipsed by the dumdum effect.
> > Do we have any ammunition experts on the list?
> >
> > (Reason for caesium: (1) it's denser than lead, and (2) it has an
> > interesting tendency to react with water.)
>
> I'm sure its not allowed or wouln't be because of its toxicity.