Silver Bullets Anyone?

[Art708]

make the bullet in wax, invest it, burn it out, melt the silver and use a small casting maching machine to cast it. If you know a dental technician who works in a lab he could do it for you easily.

 

[fatcat4620]

You can get some aluminum .458socom bullets if you just want the look.

 

[popper]

Seriously

Somebody did the Lone Ranger test years ago. IT DOESN'T WORK & VERY INACCURATE

. They were cast, pock-marked and didn't group at all. Now add the silver to lead for strength, yes.

 

[4895]

I think it would look trick to have a set of silver .44 bullets in my gunbelt for my blackhawk .44mag. I don't plan on shooting them for target or accuracy. I can't reliably hit much of anything past 40 yards with pistol sights for that matter. Anyone here know where I can find cast iron bullet molds?

 

[blarby]

Saeco

 

[Curt Blunt]

Gun World magazine, back in the sixties did this while a couple of the staff dressed up the the Lone Ranger and Tonto. The bullets cast in a Lyman rnfp mold came out undersized. That much I remember. So, if you just had to have one cast you'd need a mold appropriately larger in diameter to allow for the shrinkage. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[mikeadams]

If you have the money, you can always just buy them:

http://www.bulletforge.com/calibers.php

 

[Kernel]

Could electrolysis plate silver onto and copper jacketed bullet? If yes, the bullet would look like silver and require a tiny fraction of silver metal vs. a pure silver bullet.

Experiment. Items: glass mayonnaise jar, some wire, 9v battery, old silver dime, copper jacketed bullet, dilute vinegar solution…..

Hint: if you plate copper onto the dime, reverse the wires.

 

[4895]

Kernel, that is the best idea I have heard of yet. I will try that and record what happens. Thank you.