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Originally Posted by josh8042
P.S. If they could find a way to make a frame entirely out of scandium, you could probably expect the retail price to be in the 100's of thousands per unit. It is an exceptionally rare element.
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I think the price of Scandium was $3500 a pound a few years ago. The weight of the frame alone, not including lockworks, cylinder or barrel or grips is probably only 6 or 7 ounces a the top. Meaning you'd have well under a pound used.
But as I understand the metal, it doesn't make a good frame by itself. Its subject to corrosion. But alloyed with aluminum, you get almost all of the strength characteristics at a much lower price. It would be nice if S&W were to publish some of the tensile strength numbers.