Hi All,

Please don’t laugh - I was just wondering - Do they make them somewhere? How should I go about getting some made, Call Gun Stores?

Thanks for the help as always

~Urkslaven~

All lead bullets have some amount of silver in the alloy. Some caster advertise that they use silver in their alloy; but I doubt that there is anyone making pure silver bullets.

Having problems with:

Vampires?
Mother in law?
Ex Wife?

Isn't silver harder than lead? If so I wouldn't expect much expansion. Winchester offers their Silvertip line (actually aluminum jackets). They are available from most ammo sellers, even in .41 Magnum and as reloading components.

Any custom bullet caster could cast silver bullets but with the price of silver today, and you think the price of regular components is high!!

There was an article about this in Gunworld years ago, sometime in the 80s. Jack Lewis, I think it was, also tried making some back in the 60s. As I recall, he burned up a couple of bullet molds as he was forced to melt the silver with a blow torch. More recently, Mythbusters tested some and found lackluster penetration.

Back in the 80s, someone was selling silver bullets molded into the face of Dracula for a few bucks a pop.

Are you trying to build a Lone Ranger display, or has a werewolf or vampire been a problem in your area? You can always try loading some silver dimes into shotgun shells ala the Billy the Kid legend.

FYI, Silver bullets are only good for werewolves. The silver source has to be from a melted silver crucifix. Garlic and crucifixes will repel vampires, only sunlight, fire & wood stakes through the heart will kill them. Get the correct weapon if you're going to hunt these critters or you'll be in deep s%!t. Greg

http://www.bulletforge.com/

Take your checkbook...
They are for presentation only, not practical for shooting.

I knew that I'd seen this somewhere, so here's the results of a test using dimes loaded into a shotgun- note that they didn't use silver dimes but modern ones - http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot35.htm

In the Mythbusters uncut section, under silver bullets, here's the clip of Adam and Jamie trying them. http://dsc.discovery.com/video/index.html?playerId=2037...categoryId=210013704

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Originally posted by Win712:
FYI, Silver bullets are only good for werewolves. The silver source has to be from a melted silver crucifix. Garlic and crucifixes will repel vampires, only sunlight, fire & wood stakes through the heart will kill them. Get the correct weapon if you're going to hunt these critters or you'll be in deep s%!t. Greg

Wow Greg...Sounds like you've had personal experience there.

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Originally posted by rdrancher:

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Originally posted by Win712:
FYI, Silver bullets are only good for werewolves. The silver source has to be from a melted silver crucifix. Garlic and crucifixes will repel vampires, only sunlight, fire & wood stakes through the heart will kill them. Get the correct weapon if you're going to hunt these critters or you'll be in deep s%!t. Greg

Wow Greg...Sounds like you've had personal experience there.

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Not really hands on experience I just remebered some details of old movies with Bela Lugosi (Dracula) and Lon Chaney Jr. (Wolfman) from Univeral Studios from my childhood in the 50's and 60's. Greg

Back in the 70's there were some copper issues and Hornady released some 500g[.458 dia] in loaded ammo and as a component made of nickel silver.
I have some loaded in .460 Weatherby from the factory! It makes for an awesome 'silver bullet'!
Its funny - I haven't run in to a werewolf large enough to waste one on nor the occasional cousin of Count Dracula!

Only silver bullets I have any experience with are the ones made by Coors.

The Lone Ranger must have bagged his share of werewolves in his day. {For those of you that are too young to remember, the Lone Ranger only carried silver bullets in his Colt SAA.}

Yes. It is possible to make some silver bullets.

Don't go to a jeweler- they will charge you out the wazoo!

Go to a dental lab- if you have a friend with one- they'll charge you what they think it's worth.

Takes a ceramic mold to cast them- just like making teeth. I am trying to get my friend that runs one (he made a couple of .452 Dia. for me) to try to run a few. He hates working in silver though...it's not as forgiving as gold, and much more finicky.

Just what he's told me. I just wanted a couple for conversation.

According to the Pewter smith at the RenFest, Pewter has a high enough silver content to effectively dispatch werewolves. You can cast pewter in a regular bullet mold.

Also I have been told that you can make acceptable looking presentation bullets with lead free plumbing solder that contains silver. Preheat your mold a little more than usual and pour slowly.