From various materials handbooks:
COMPARISON OF PROPERTIES, PLASTIC VS SS STEEL
........................Glass Reinf. Nylon 6/6 .........Type 416SS Hardened
...........................(Typical for Kel Tec)...........(Typical for S&W, etc.)
Property
Tensile Strength psi .......27,000...........................180,000
Modulus psi.................1,200,000.....................29,000,000
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Max.Temp,degF...230F long, 465F short.......850F long 1000Fshort
The most important property, besides tensile strength, for a pistol is the modulus of elasticity, which is the resistance to stretching, warping, bending, whatever. If we could use high speed photography during firing a plastic framed pistol, we might be shocked to see how much it bulges and flexes during recoil.
I got rid of all my plastic, toy
pistols several years ago.
Just my opinion. Opinions are like, well you know what, everybody has one.
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