Silver Bullets?

[Myk9noseknows]

You forgot the Holy Water and garlic shavings underneath each expanding petal...hahaha

[Jack the Toad]

Originally Posted by kimberwhip

these are 45ACP

Sorry, but there is no Silver in a ww silvertip. Aluminum in the .380, .32 and .45. Nickle plated copper in .44 and .41 Mag. .

[Myk9noseknows]

Yeah, he seems to like making posts even if they don't go with the thread topic. Like nobody here has seen a Win SilverTip before, we're talking real silver here, not a generic knockoff that 'looks' silver, geesh
Check out the "disturbing picture" thread. He posted a picture that makes no sense. Maybe he's a tourist trying to get his post count # really high, really quick so he's no longer labeled a 'newbie'
Don't know, don't care to, it's just very strange

[kimberwhip]

I was aware of the lack of silver before I posted. They are as silver as you can get them, that's the point. Go melt down your jewelry and prove me wrong. Seemed like a joke post anyway. Maybe I should stop posting all together? I thought the purpose of a forum was so you can discuss topics.

[kimberwhip]

Originally Posted by Myk9noseknows

You forgot the Holy Water and garlic shavings underneath each expanding petal...hahaha

My picture is more on topic than your comment..... Whats the deal here what is wrong with people today? Did I step on your shoes or something? Ill ask permission to post next time I guess.

[JustSomeGuy]

Originally Posted by sourpatch45

mythbuster tried this and they figured out that silver shrinks more when it is poored into a load mold resulting in a bullet thats too small.

you could

1. have a specific silver mold (i dont think they make any but im sure someone could make one if you had enough cash)

2. put some silver in a lathe and get it to the exact size it is supposed to be.

3. buy a silver bullet from someone that makes them


thats what i didnt like about that mythbusters one on the silver bullet. all they tried was the lead mold and gave up and called it busted. They have a machine shop and lathe and could have easily made a correct silver bullet and that would have been a much better comparison of the difference between lead and silver on various targets.

personally i would love a lathe turned silver bullet for a 308 or 223 with a nickel or black case, now that would be really cool, but on if it were real



To JustSomeGuy: that said silvers melting point is just a little bit higher then lead......... you are wrong

silvers melting point: 1763.3 f

leads melting point: 632.43 f

so silver melts at 1100f higher then lead.....That is not even close to "Silver has a melting point not that much higher than lead" -quote by JustSomeGuy

silver melts at more then DOUBLE the temp required to melt lead and like i said it shrinks more when cooled then lead does and wont work correctly in a regular lead mold since the bullet will be undersized, thus letting gas escape around the bullet and possibly not spinning the projectile. in the end you will have a slow inaccurate bullet if you use a lead bullet mold to make silver bullets

Well... two things: 1) No one uses pure lead for bullets except perhaps people who cast lead balls for muskets, so the temperatures required for most lead alloys used in bullet making for modern cartridges is considerably higher... like in the 8-900 degree range. And yes, after checking with some jewelers pure silver does have a considerably higher melting point. My experience with "sliver alloys" is limited to silver solder which I have used in various forms for both guns and jewelry making. So thank you for your contribution on that.

2) I did say that they would shrink at a different rate and there was no guarantee about the size of the bullet from a mold (meaning standard lead alloy bullet mold) if you used silver.

Still... it is not beyond the means of someone to be able to melt silver with readily available torches of several types. It may be possible to use a 10mm or .40 cal mold of say... 135grn lead bullet type to get an acceptable bullet of silver for a 9mm, but it would probably have to be put through a sizing die to assure its correct diameter and concentricity or roundness. Most people who cast their own bullets do have such dies and use them, so this is not a big deal. Being as werewolves are kinda rare, the bullet in question would most generally be mostly a conversation piece anyway and I doubt someone would be using them for target practice given the cost per round.