Silver projectiles

[Andy]

Good points. I have cast bullets from Zinc which has a melting point about 100 C higher than lead, and it was wrought with difficulties, so this slver alloy with a melting temp about 400 C higher will likely be trying to say the least.

 

[CrazyNut]

There is an outfit in the U.S.A. that sells lead/silver alloy cast bullets, but their name escapes me.

Oregon Trail Laser Cast Silver Bullets

 

[DiMP]

On a slightly different note, I've often thought when making reloads for old WW2 guns it would be cool to replicate the look of the cupro-nickel jacketed bullets but aside from old surplus ammo I've never seen any before

 

[diabeticfreak]

With the price of silver, it may not be worth it unless you have a lot of vampires hanging around.

 

[Andy]

On a slightly different note, I've often thought when making reloads for old WW2 guns it would be cool to replicate the look of the cupro-nickel jacketed bullets but aside from old surplus ammo I've never seen any before

I haven't seen a bullet jacketed with cupronickel (about 75% copper/25% nickel alloy) in ammunition manufactured after WWII.

It has some strong points, but its downfall was that it causes metal fouling to a greater degree than typical "gilding material" which is about 95% copper and 5% zinc (brass). Incidentally, nickel is drawn to a magnet and hence people mistake these bullets as being steel jacketed.

 

[Andy]

With the price of silver, it may not be worth it unless you have a lot of vampires hanging around.

Everyone knows that vampires are extinct! It's for werewolves.

 

[Hitzy]

I haven't seen a bullet jacketed with cupronickel (about 75% copper/25% nickel alloy) in ammunition manufactured after WWII.

It has some strong points, but its downfall was that it causes metal fouling to a greater degree than typical "gilding material" which is about 95% copper and 5% zinc (brass). Incidentally, nickel is drawn to a magnet and hence people mistake these bullets as being steel jacketed.

I think the 7.5x55 Swiss used Cupro nickel up into the 80's....I think I have a box of it somewhere. GP90 used Cupro nickel into the late 90's.
K31 bores are usually pretty minty seeing a steady diet of that, not sure if they use anything special to remove fouling, thought they just stuff the bores with waffenfett grease until next shooting session session.
For the "look"...moly coated and polished bullets look the silver part mostly....easy to do too.