Silver Bullets Options

I couldn't find a thread on weapons. More specifically blatant weaponery, like daggers, guns, arrow, sword etc so feel free to move this topic or creating a new thread. I'm looking at making silver bullets right now and I was wondering if there was a specific way they're suppose to be made. And no, they won't be for just looks.

Getting silver is not much of a problem. I'm not sure if a mixed silver alloy or coat silver bullet does the same job as a pure silver(or close to pure). I've tried making a mold out of polymer clay, but apparently the mold shrinks a bit when it's fired in the oven. The bullet turns out a but smaller than the casing. Size is a .22 caliber. I'm a bit nervous when it actually comes to taking apart a bullet. Although I've only done it once before, it was out of stupid curiousity. I'm still looking stuff up, like tools, and safety instructions.

Actually I've been teaching myself how to craft rings, I just happen to have some silver leftover from that. I'm not really a gun ho kind of person. Interersting enough my dad told me about a weird experience back in the "old" country. But that's a story for another time.

Greetings 'plainsight'

You can buy a kit to make your own bullets. However if the 22 is rim fire you can not re use it. Its pretty simple to put in the primers powder and then pop in the bullet head. They actually sell a little machine to do this with. Please do not pry out the bullet heads. You could lose a finger like that bro!

This link may help.

http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/shootin...,547526,00.html

I suggest making the cast a bit larger and then filing the silver a bit if its too big to fit.

Warning! If you make the heads so big they jam in the barrel the gun could explode in your hand!

Test fire by putting the gun into a vise and pulling a wire a safe distance away from the gun preferably behind something to protect you from shrapnel.

I am pretty experienced with bullet reloading but I think I would enlist the help of a pro to get the cast for the slugs.

If you are not handy with guns then I seriously suggest you hire someone to make the bullets for you.

Reloading is dangerous but I always enjoyed that aspect of it.

What are you hunting any ways? Weredeer? lol.

This post has been edited by Edunpanna: Jan 29 2007, 09:00 PM