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Post subject: Silver Bullets  Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:20 pm |
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Ok
I know how silly this may seem on the surface, but does anyone know anything about silver's characteristics as a bullet material? Relative hardness to lead, melting point, etc????
Someone at work is an amatuer silversmith, and he knows I cast bullets for my reloads- so far just melted wheelweights. He says he'd give me some silver scraps to experiment with if I wanted.
That got me thinking, which can be dangerous.
Just curious if I did do this, what would happen if I tried to shoot one?
My bullet molds are all aluminum, so I don't know if molten silver would be damaging to them. Any metalurgists out there?
TIA for any info.
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:54 pm |
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Your aluminum molds would melt before the silver. If you conquered that problem, your silver bullets would be 7.5% lighter than lead ones.
From http://www.webelements.com/
Quote: Silver:
Melting point: 961.78 °C (1763.2 °F)
Density of solid [/kg m-3]: 10490
Lead:
Melting point: 327.46 °C (621.43 °F)
Density of solid [/kg m-3]: 11340
Aluminum:
Melting point: 660.32 °C (1220.58 °F) Oh, and Silver has a Mohs-scale hardness of 2.5; lead is 1.5.
(I'm not a metallurgist, just a Googler.)
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Brewman
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:22 pm |
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Thanks! I guess no Lone Rangering for me for now.
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:05 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:13 pm |
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I always carry a set of silver bullet on nights with a full moon. I also usually carry some hollow points stuffed with garlic and a crossbow with wooden stakes for bolts.
I'd worry about the pressures created in the chamber when silver bullets are fired. Being that they're harder, they won't go down the barrel as easily since they will be harder to force through the rifling. That may cause excessive pressures 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:08 pm |
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JCinMN wrote: Being that they're harder, they won't go down the barrel as easily since they will be harder to force through the rifling. That may cause excessive pressures Not to mention excessive barrel wear.
I prefer to drink my Silver Bullet from a can. 
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:40 am |
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OTOH, copper has a Mohs scale hardness of 3.5, and that doesn't seem to hurt my barrel. How about steel jackets?
You need to check out this site:
http://www.bulletforge.com/
Forget the garlic, go for that hollowpoint with the diamond in it. 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:05 am |
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chinakay wrote: OTOH, copper has a Mohs scale hardness of 3.5, and that doesn't seem to hurt my barrel. How about steel jackets? You need to check out this site: http://www.bulletforge.com/Forget the garlic, go for that hollowpoint with the diamond in it. Yes, but that's a thin coating of steel or copper or whatever else you have on there (teflon). But bullet itself is still lead which would be subject to deforming to the pattern of the rifling.
I suppose jacketing would be more wear and tear on the barrel coatings though, what's the hardness of chrome?
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