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Are bullets sufficiently magnetic to be attracted or
redirected by even very strong electromagnets? I have no
experience handling lead but I doubt it. |
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Lead (or any other non-magnetic metal, such as copper) will
be slowed as it passes through a magnetic field, due to eddy
currents. But this slowing will be very slight, I think. |
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A bullet might be deflected if it passed through a non-uniform
field, but then again it will be deflected far more if it passes
through a non-uniform wall. |
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Seeing as lead bullets are non-ferric I assumed this was
supposed to pull the guns out of the shooter's hands. |
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//lead bullets are non-ferric// You're right, but they are
metallous, which means they can be affected by relative
motion through a magnetic field. But your interpretation
might make more sense. |
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Actually, someone should do the experiment. Set up a long
tube with toroidal r.e. magnets all along its length (spaced
out), then fire a bullet down it and see how much the velocity
is reduced. |
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What if you used lead magnets instead of iron ones? |
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They'd work just fine apart from the magnetism bit. |
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I suppose the number of body piercings are a low number per capita. Although some individuals are very far from the norm. |
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This has reminded me of a related idea I came up with
probably over ten years ago. I should post that. |
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[Later] I posted it: [link] |
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The idea was to deflect and/or capture the gun, not the bullets. |
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Yea, I caught that. Wonder how big the power supply backpack would have to be to have a glove with a super-magnet that could do this. Be like Darth Vader or one of those spandex wearing super heroes with super magneto powers. |
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