# Diamond Bullets

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-bullets/200398>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 8, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-bullets/200398 "2003-09-08T22:22:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-bullets/200398/41 "2003-09-10T05:01:51Z")

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Nah… curare is more stylish

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-bullets/200398/42 "2003-09-11T22:41:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \*  
> \*\*Didja read the _Wired_ article? They’re talking about retailing synthetic (or “cultured” diamonds) for $5 a carat. Depending upon how many rounds the banana clip holds, I might be able to afford 'em. \*\*

Interesting question as to what the best weight for a diamond bullet would be. Carat is a measure of mass, right? Or is it volume? Say the diamond was the same volume as an M-16 round, how much mass would a diamond of that size have? Is ten carats reasonable?

If so, with your price you coulf fill a 30 round banana clip for $1500.

So I grant that you could afford to fill a clip, but you couldn’t afford to use it as the standard ammunition of your Army of Darkness in its attempt to dominate the world. 😛

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diamond-bullets/200398/43 "2003-09-11T23:24:39Z")

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Curare? Mere curare? Everyone knows that the STYLISH assassin uses tetrodotoxin derived from puffer fish. And if your victim doesn’t die, he goes into a zombie-like coma, from which he can recover weeks later, only to track you down and kill you.

[homer]  
“FUGU ME!”  
[/homer]

OK, nobody can really come up with a use for a diamond bullet. How about a diamond rifle barrel? I understand that although diamond is very hard, it is also brittle. Wouldn’t a diamond rifle shatter pretty easily?

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