Silver Bullet

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Has any one ever made a real silver bullet cartridge just for fun/cool little conversation piece??
 
Lol I watched the movie Silver Bullet with Gary Busey the other day. Great flick :D

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bcsteve said:
Everybody knows that silver bullets are for werewolves!:rolleyes:
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LOL gotta agree

In folklore, the silver bullet is supposed to be the only kind of bullet for firearms that is effective against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters. Sometimes (not always) the silver bullet is also inscribed with Christian religious symbolism, such as a cross or the initials "J.M.J" (Jesus, Mary & Joseph).
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But regardless, from below is sounds like it would work just fine, but would be a pricey bullet.

Ballistic effectiveness
Silver bullets differ from lead bullets in several respects. Lead has a 10% higher density than silver so a silver bullet will have a little less mass than a lead bullet of identical dimensions. Pure silver is less malleable than lead and falls between lead and copper in terms of hardness (2.5 Mohs) and shear modulus (30 GPa). As a result, a silver bullet would have no difficulty accepting the rifling of a gun barrel as both lead and copper are common bullet materials.

The terminal impact is somewhat speculative and will depend on a variety of factors including bullet size and shape, flight distance, and target material. At short ranges, the silver bullet will most likely give better penetration due to its higher shear modulus, and will not deform as much as a lead bullet.
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I seem to remember reading an article in a gun magazine a long time ago where they tried this.

They ruined a few moulds trying to get them hot enough to cast silver and the bullets they did manage to cast didn't shoot very well.
 
You use the same process as you would for jewellery casting. It actually turns out really nice bullets. A bullet cast of wax is covered in a silicone block and then the melted silver is poured in and it burns/displaces the wax. Voila silver bullet. Silver was $4 an ounce once.
 
tigrr said:
You use the same process as you would for jewellery casting. It actually turns out really nice bullets. A bullet cast of wax is covered in a silicone block and then the melted silver is poured in and it burns/displaces the wax. Voila silver bullet. Silver was $4 an ounce once.
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You should read up on lost wax casting. Your instructions as given, could hurt someone quite badly.

The first sentence was correct, though.

Cheers
Trev
 
frykasj said:
I remember an article in popular science about it a while back. Theodore Grey cast one using graphite blocks, as silver would ruin an ordinary mold.
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This is why I said use silver solder. Easy silver solder at that - melts at a slightly higher temp than lead but no where near pure silver.
 
Now heres a question.. .how about a golden bullet.. 1 made out of pure gold i wonder how that would shoot.. :p
 
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