Casting silver bullets

j_h_smith · Mar 31, 2017

Dingo3 said:
But what if one used 3% antimony?

You would have to have 103% silver to compensate for that.

photoracer · Mar 31, 2017

Just buy some Winchester Silver Tips and fake it.

km04 · Apr 1, 2017

photoracer said:
Just buy some Winchester Silver Tips and fake it.

LOL!!!!!

Pinecone · Apr 1, 2017

Trekker said:
I cannot remember which manufacturer it is, but there is one commercial producer of lead bullets that advertises that there is some silver content. It is just a tiny smidgen though. Would it be acting as a hardener in place of the antimony, or is it just a marketing gimmick?

I would wonder what smelter is being used by casters back in the 60s if they were tossing in a silver dime. Lead melts at a much lower temperature than silver, so the smelter would have to well past the normal lead melting point to reach the silver melting point. I expect that a modern commercial smelter made specifically forecasting bullets would not be designed to much exceed the temperatures for melting lead.

What I read was that it made the bullets look better, and fill out sharp corners better.

It may be a thing with the eutectic point, that the silver, in contact with the molten lead, melts at a lower temp that pure silver.

Half-cocked · Apr 1, 2017

Dingo3 said:
But what if one used 3% antimony?

I can't believe it took 40 posts.

Sticky · Apr 1, 2017

Half-cocked said:
I can't believe it took 40 posts.

km04 · Apr 1, 2017

Half-cocked said:
I can't believe it took 40 posts.

Yeah, can't believe it made it that far either.

iH8DemLibz · Apr 1, 2017

Time to dip a silver quarter into a pot of 740 degree lead and see what happens.

Sticky · Apr 1, 2017

Nothing.. the melting point of a typical silver coin is 1615*F

edit - a good reference... http://www.kitco.com/jewelry/meltingpoints.html

j_h_smith · Apr 1, 2017

iH8DemLibz said:
Time to dip a silver quarter into a pot of 740 degree lead and see what happens.

Nothing. You need another 1000 degrees to melt silver.

JohnnyE · Apr 1, 2017

Dingo3 said:
But what if one used 3% antimony?

That process takes two weeks.

Mark75H · Apr 1, 2017

Just buy some copper bullets and silver plate them. Cheaper, easier, more accurate. Shoot them and don't worry

Mark75H · Apr 1, 2017

I've been more worried about The Lone Ranger showing up than this

Dingo3 said:
But what if one used 3% antimony?

JohnnyE said:
That process takes two weeks.

(if you don't get the reference, never mind)

km04 · Apr 2, 2017

this thread has only made me want these damned bullets more now!!!!

j_h_smith · Apr 2, 2017

km04 said:
this thread has only made me want these damned bullets more now!!!!

Did you ever tell us what caliber you're looking for? I may have missed that.

hodgepodge · Apr 2, 2017

Mark75H said:
I've been more worried about The Lone Ranger showing up than this

j_h_smith · Apr 2, 2017

Mark75H said:
I've been more worried about The Lone Ranger showing up than this

(if you don't get the reference, never mind)

Don't worry, he's driving 55 mph in the left lane. It will take him some time to get here.

Pinecone · Apr 2, 2017

j_h_smith said:
Nothing. You need another 1000 degrees to melt silver.

That is the melting point of pure silver. But in contact with molten lead, it might incorporate into the mix at a lower temp.

Multiple materials can do strange things.

Many meal mixtures have certain proportions where the mixture melts at a lower or higher temp that either of the individual components.

mbtech · Apr 2, 2017

silver bullets

I do not remember were these came from. the bottom marked-super-x 38 special

km04 · Apr 2, 2017

j_h_smith said:
Did you ever tell us what caliber you're looking for? I may have missed that.

I may have, but if not, .38 special.

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