Tungsten-containing articles and manufacturing processes for
tungsten-containing articles. The articles may include firearms
projectiles, such as shot, shot slugs, bullets, big game bullets,
lead-equivalent bullets, black powder bullets, etc.; radiation shields;
and weights, such as fishing weights, dart weights, golf club weights,
wheel weights, stabilizers, etc. The projectiles may be at least one of
non-toxic, lead-free, ferromagnetic, frangible, sintered, sealed, plated,
and/or jacketed. The manufacturing processes include various
powder-metallurgy and molten metal processes, and sealing, reforming,
intermediate structure, reshaping, plating, working, and jacketing steps
which may be selectively utilized. The processes may include forming an
intermediate structure and reshaping the structure under different
pressure or process to a desired shape. Powders of the
tungsten-containing composition may have a flowmeter reading for fifty
grams through a cone (without tapping) of less than 18 seconds, and the
intermediate and/or final article may have an extrusion constant of less
than 30,000 psi.