Gold bullets

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Ulzgoroth

That is true, but while it's typical for a heavier bullet to have more energy, it seems to me that it would be unexpected for that effect of greater mass to result in higher muzzle velocity. (Not impossible, but it seems like you'd have to have a propellant burn curve that's highly unsuited to the lighter round.)

That would probably be true in a situation where you're burning the same amou8nt of propellant to the same degree.

This should not be the case with gold v. lead with black powder. With the gold you should be (and apparently are) burning more powder completely inside the barrel as opposed to shooting unburned (or partially burned) powder out the muzzle.

Gunpowder is cheap and usable by idiots (mostly) but don't assume it's efficient (especially at low-ish TLs).

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by Fred Brackin

That would probably be true in a situation where you're burning the same amou8nt of propellant to the same degree..

No, in that situation it would be impossible, rather than unexpected but explicitly not impossible.

[AlexanderHowl]

Larger amounts of powder tends to result in barrels bursting, as most of them only have so much tolerance beyond their normal capacity.