authentic silver bullet
anyone know how/where i can get an actual silver bullet....??
google is not helping me
it is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it
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Finding someone (or getting the gear) to load a bullet wouldn't be hard at all; melting the silver might be a little harder. I know one single bullet is more dramatic but I would rather have had a silver loaded shotgun shell.
shareThe OP is long gone, but regardless of that...
The easiest way to make a silver bullet is to get a silver rod and make the bullet from it on a lathe (any machinist could do it easily). For example, .375" is a standard rod diameter which is close to some popular handgun bullet diameters (9mm Luger, .357 Magnum, .38 Special, .38 Super, etc., all take bullets in the .355" to .357" diameter range).
https://www.riogrande.com/product/Sterling-Silver-38-Round-Rod-Dead-Soft/101981
With regard to casting a bullet from molten silver, it would be a lot harder to find someone who can do it. It's easy to find someone who can cast a bullet from lead, but silver melts at a much higher temperature than lead (621.5°F vs. 1,763°F). In fact, the gunsmith character in this movie couldn't have done it the way it was depicted, because his melting pot (a Lyman Mould-Master Model 61) has a maximum temperature of 850°F, which is less than half the temperature needed to melt silver. In other words, people who cast bullets probably don't have a way to melt silver, and people who have a way to melt silver, probably don't cast bullets (i.e., they probably don't have any bullet molds).
Once you have the silver bullet made, finding someone to make a cartridge with it is very easy, since lots of people reload ammunition at home. In order for it to look right, you'll probably want a nickel-plated case instead of a bare brass case, and preferably new or once-fired at the most, but those are easy enough to find.
That's an interesting post. Thanks for the info.
Considering the fact that silver bullets play such a large role in horror fiction, it really does seem like someone would have manufactured some, at least as a novelty item.