On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 04:34:13 -0400, Tom Gardner
wrote:

On 8/16/2015 1:26 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 10:45:39 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

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**).

Pure silver is quite hard as is. Its NOT gold..which is quite soft

Gunner


No gas checks needed! make them grove size and load like jacketed, they
won't obturate much if at all. Would silver plated work on bad guys?

Good question. I think with the price of silver..Id drill a .250 hole
in the end of a lead slug and insert a silver core..or several silver
core pieces. Even a chunk the size of a .22lr bullet ought to get
into the boiler room.

Which reminds me..you boys seen this yet?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-.../3325900/posts

http://weaponsman.com/?p=23014

We do live in interesting times.