On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:36:42 -0700, pyotr filipivich wrote:

Tim Wescott on Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:45:39 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
So, I've been re-reading my various Patricia Briggs werewolf books, and
one of the recurring micro-themes is various characters whining about
what a crappy material silver is for bullets, because it's too hard.

So -- has anyone who's done reloading also handled pure silver, that
hasn't been alloyed with whatever to make it hard enough for jewelery or
silverware? Is it really too hard to make decent ammunition from?
Would a hollow-point silver round fail to fragment nicely?

(I'm not going to have silver bullets in my survivalist kit -- I'm just
wondering, from a practical standpoint, if the claim about silver being
too hard is really true, or just un-educated author bullsh**).

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Now, for taking werewolves, you might want to use a lead bullet as
a sort of sabot for a silver penetrater.

I was thinking along those lines myself. I don't know how hard it would
be to cast or fabricate the silver pieces, but if there's a serious
werewolf infestation in the Pacific Northwest that's probably what I'd
want to do.

This has the additional advantage that you can start with jewelery-grade
silver, which will be easier to come by until it becomes obvious that
said werewolf infestation is truly an issue.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com