Dangerous Games we Play.

[Butterfingers]

http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64304

My posts are on pg 2/3

Im afraid for thier saftey I hope Ethan gets back to me soon. People should really do more research before they jump into contriversial territory. Pure DU is relatively "safe" DU waste on the other hand is NOT.

The fact that his DU was "waste" and "came in rods" sereously concerns me. Waste comes from spent fuel rods. Fuel rods are oftentimes enriched with plutonium to increase nuclear yeild.

If this is the case and his source is not pure DU we have a health risk on our hands.

[nutz]

i just looked over it and i dont really understand... but uranium for better performance??? where do they come up with these ideas ??

[Butterfingers]

uranium is more dense it lets you fit heavier parts into smaller areas. Supposedly for "low pressure." More proof that this low pressure thing is getting out of hand...

[MikeCouves]

Yeah I just read it. Why do people have to have stuff like that. "Well my hammer is made of urnaium, it's magically radioactive so its better than yours...". God the paintball industry is nuts.

[Crazy]

those crazy cocker people

[Jonno06]

they want less kick,better performance,and a smaller size.Might as well use something radioactive right?

[Skoad]

might give your gun a neat little *glow*
:P

[Minimag4me]

No paintball gun or hammer or barrel or anything is worth cancer. If my chances of cancer are increased by .001% its not worth it. If it increases the risk of human side effects it doesnt belong in paintball or anywhere. Life and testicles are more important than anything paintball.

Point:If you want to risk your life to it for God or country or something you believe in, not a hammer. Dont be stupid, live/play safe.

[SoupRman]

Originally posted by Minimag4me
Life and testicles are more important than anything paintball.

im sorry but that was funny!

also my opinion this uranium hammer would be exposed to your facial area and your hands seeing as we shoot that way. and getting a -3 psi gain for low pressure isn't worth having a tumor in your brain.

[HoppysMag]

just think now not only can you say your cocker is radioactive, but you will have the glow and sterility to prove it!! I hope we dont have a case of "Cocker syndrome" ( ripping off Gulf war syndrome)

[pumpamatic]

Dude, I don't think it's that big of deal. You guys ever realize how many things have been proven to cause cancer? Heck, science discovered that particles in many hardwoods such as oak can cause cancer. Now, I don't think one little hammer made out of this hardly radioactive stuff can hurt you more than you staring at your monitor for a couple of hours or inhaling second hand smoke. Heck, I love doing my hobbies too much to just throw them in the garbage and live in a shell because dealing with these materials may run the slightest risk of cancer. People get too scared of everything, the way I see it I have a better chance of getting killed in a car accident than I do getting cancer from issues like these. But if this stuff actually isn't what Ethan thinks it is, I'd be covering my garbage with some lead fast.

[SyntaxError]

sounds a bit dangerous if ethan doesn't know exactly where he got it, and if its completely depleted. Doesn't depleted uranium still have some radioactivity?

[banzaimf]

I have this theory that I have been espousing to my friends.

You shove 10 pounds of anything up a rats butt everyday for 1 year and it will develop cancer.

banzaimf

that being said... would I use one? probably not.

Most of the nuke fuel problem is from plutonium not uranium (as I recall) and yes, the military does use it in large quantities as ammunition. The only apparent negative sideaffects so far are on the recieving side of said ammunition. Other possible issues arise when DU is turned into a very fine powder and gets into the lungs. Then again, baby powder is a risk if enbough of it gets into your lungs. So.. the moral of the story? Don't blow up your cocker with High Explosives and it should be OK. There is a trace amount of radioactivity in your food when you pull it out of the microwave too.

Banzaimf

[rx2]

Waste rods? I would be highly suspicious of anything that hasn't been certified. Even the ammunition-grade depleted uranium used in armor piercing ammunition is still able to emit low levels of radiation (although a negligible amount, especially in comparison to all of the carcinogens we are exposed to daily). Of course, I don't think (or at least I hope) no one would be fooling around with anything they weren't positively sure was a safe grade of DU. Even then, it seems a little silly to go through all of the trouble for such a slight benefit.

[Hysperion]

i disagree, as my unit was formerly 11M or for you non military types bradley ifv guys....we dealt with du tipped armament....it was in a much bigger form then 4oz.....as of 7 months ago we are now air assault light infantry but anyways I think butterfingers is right, if it's from nuclear rods and tipped with plutonium then it's dangerous, otherwise it's not concentrated enough to cause any harm....my .02