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Toppers · 06-09-2007, 08:37 AM

Just curious if anyone has links or can explain what materials go into the composite part of our guns. It's pretty amazing plastic, whatever it is. Never scratches, oil/gun cleaner doesn't phase it either.

ElJimmyStrappo · 06-09-2007, 09:38 AM

Polymer.

Melted down from 'nylon polymer'. (Napoleon Dynamite.)

Niner4Tango · 06-09-2007, 11:23 AM

It seems "polymer" is the best answer. I always assumed they are made out of Nylon with a glass fill for rigidity and better compressive strength. Most composite rifle stocks are "nylon". Nylon 6 is the most common for casting in industry.

Nylon though is just a generic name for some family of polymers. I started digging through some research to remember their characteristcs....but then I started having some wicked flashbacks on organic chemistry class and the very hot, but very strict, Slavic woman professor I had and then I just sort of decided "Nylon" sounds good.....

06-09-2007, 08:37 AM	#1
Toppers XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 51	Science behind the composite Just curious if anyone has links or can explain what materials go into the composite part of our guns. It's pretty amazing plastic, whatever it is. Never scratches, oil/gun cleaner doesn't phase it either.

06-09-2007, 09:38 AM	#2
ElJimmyStrappo XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SE Idaho Posts: 1,316	Polymer. Melted down from 'nylon polymer'. (Napoleon Dynamite.) __________________ The Carry: Springfield XD 9 Service - Crossbreed Supertuck & DGR with #16 and #22 springs. The Tack Driver: Sako Vixen L461 .222 Rifle with Bushnell 4X Scope A real tack driver! The Fun Gun: Marlin .22 LR with Bushnell 7X Scope The best weapon anyone can have: a brain. "The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." -John Steinbeck "Beware the man who owns just one gun, he will know how to use it."

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06-09-2007, 11:23 AM	#3
Niner4Tango XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SW Washington Posts: 446	It seems "polymer" is the best answer. I always assumed they are made out of Nylon with a glass fill for rigidity and better compressive strength. Most composite rifle stocks are "nylon". Nylon 6 is the most common for casting in industry. Nylon though is just a generic name for some family of polymers. I started digging through some research to remember their characteristcs....but then I started having some wicked flashbacks on organic chemistry class and the very hot, but very strict, Slavic woman professor I had and then I just sort of decided "Nylon" sounds good.....