Silver Bullets

Thanks for the input guys. I like the zombie ammo idea. Sounds like real silver would be difficult to do. Maybe put a silver tip in a hollow point?
 
Years ago I found some silver tipped .30-06 & .30-30 and thought they would be cool for the werewolf factor. I still have 20 rounds of each in a plastic container for the novelty of them. It was from CanadianTire about 20+ years ago but without the box I can't recall which brand they are. If it matters I can look for the stamps. Probably Federal or Remington.
 
Coonan used to sell silver bullets and zombie kits. I looked at their website and they are gone now. They were there a few months ago. Getting the ammo here would have been problematic anyway. There is a company I see advertised in Handloader magazine that has silver content. Lasercast by Oregeon Trail Bullet Co. I don't know anything about them really.
 
How's about silver plating? Not sure if you talk to your local jeweler if that is something they can do. Give them just the bullet then press back into the cartridge. Polish then clear lacquer to keep it all bright and shiny.
 
JonMtl said:
That's right, you would require a crucible, flux, propane/acetylene torch and a mold to cast into. You could get away with using primitive techniques such as sand, soapstone or cuttlefish bone casting but it's a lot of work for a bullet that will not really function. This is why I suggested silver paint. You could even technically inlay silver into a normal bullet in various ways. One other option is PMC (Precious Metal Clay). PMC can be kiln of torch fired and shrinks a bit in the process. You may need to burnish it afterwards due to it's porosity. Heck, even colloidal silver could be used. Get creative...
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It's Wiki so grain of slat but...
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. A 2007 episode of Mythbusters[3] demonstrated a greater penetration depth of lead bullets vs. silver bullets. Results cannot be considered conclusive, however, as the show utilized a 250-grain lead slug in a .45-caliber Colt long shell vs a lighter (190-grain) silver slug fired at closer range. Later in a 2012 episode, it shows that silver bullets are less accurate than lead bullets when fired from the M1 Garand. Michael Briggs also did some experiments with silver bullets compared to lead bullets. After making a custom mold to ensure that the sizes of the silver bullets were comparable to the lead bullets, he fired them. He found that the silver bullets were slightly slower than the lead bullets and less accurate.
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nowarningshot said:
Anyone that says there are no vampires, has never met my X. Zombies, one runs into them every day. Some with zero feedback, even frequent this site.
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You forgot to mention those Union Thugs ....
Did Buffy the Vampire Slayer ever use guns?
Never watched the show...to spookey for the likes of me and Halloween isnt far off to be prepared for Vampires and Zombies.
Rob
 
Copper is hands down the easiest metal to plate. Gold, silver and just about any other metal that is able to be plated. So if you reload your own it would be easy enough to have a PROPER jeweler to plate up some copper jacketed bullets which you could then reload into some nickel plated cases. Or go with brass cases but wax them with a good auto body wax or some of that stuff used by museums.
 
Zen_Seeker said:
Years ago I found some silver tipped .30-06 & .30-30 and thought they would be cool for the werewolf factor. I still have 20 rounds of each in a plastic container for the novelty of them. It was from CanadianTire about 20+ years ago but without the box I can't recall which brand they are. If it matters I can look for the stamps. Probably Federal or Remington.
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I don't think that's real silver, I still have a lot of silver tipped 30-30 rounds
 
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