How much silver does a silver bullet need?

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1 troy oz = 480 grains
Last I saw, silver was $8ish an oz. That makes one round of 45 acp $4 or so. $2.50 should get you a 40 s&w, 9mm, or 38/357.
$17 for a box of 20 ----- (pick your favorite "premium" HP)
-but Gold Dots can't kill werewolves. :D
 
(I wanted to hang two lanterns in the Plummer building and ride through the streets shouting, "The inflation is coming! The inflation is coming!"

But then I realized that this is Minnesota, and their only response will be to raise taxes. So the quest is to find the perfect inflation hedge... hey, that's a great thread idea!)
 
Wooden bayone through the heart?

I mounted a wooden bayonet on my M1 for close work.

Only works for vampires though, and you've got to get 'em right in the heart.

'Spose I ought to rub an old black-and white photograph on the wood --get some silver on it?

(I was pleased to note that someone remarked that a dollar is now worth only 1/12 oz of silver. Most people get that backwards!)
 
"12-gauge "dime loads" "

"Alright, you. Get out of my house or I'm gonna give you three dollars... the hard way."
Alternatively, "Dime your murdering hides, meet your maker!"
 
Well, up here in the North, we got lots o' big ol' trophy W-Wolves, so me 'an brother AutoLite have developed the ULTIMATE load for them nasties!

Now before I let you know how we do it, I gotta tell you that it only works for .303 British rifles, which is OK, 'cause there are still tons of them around up here...More on that later...

So here is what you do....
1. Get yourself a box of 100 165 gr .308 polymer tipped bullets (no brand name dropping...You can figure it out)

2. Put said box of bullets in a metal fine mesh strainer.

3. Dig out your trusty Outers electro bore cleaning kit...(see where this is going?)

4. Immerse your strainer in the solution so that the bullets are completely covered.

5. Hook up the anode wire to a silver quarter or half dollar (the more the better and faster) and place it carefully on the bottom of the solution container, then hook up the other lead to your strainer.

6. Turn on your Electro bore cleaner and allow the wonders of electroplating to begin. And because you used copper jacketed bullets, the process is super high quality.

7. Every few minutes, use a wooden popsicle stick to stir up your little silver beauties...

8. After a couple of hours, your bullets will be plated to the required .0015" thickness, to bring them up to .311" diameter, at which point they can be loaded in your .303 brass.

9. Place really shiny strainer in plain sight so your wife can compliment you on how nice it looks, since you took all that time and effort to silver plate it for her...

Diretions for use:
1. Find Werewolfe...
2. Load Gun (NV Scoped, of course)...
3. Aim for the vitals...
4. Pull trigger...
5. DO NOT scream out "I got him with a silver plated bullet"
6. If you failed to pay close attention to step 5, then put another round into him just to be sure.
7. Call National Enquirer, CNN, CBS, NBC, American Rifleman, Guns & Ammo, Reloaders Digest etc; to inform them that you have the best story og the Millenium...
8. Accept highest bid for story.
9. Retire comfortably in the area of your choice and sip yoour favorite beverage while revelling in your inginuity.


* I make no claims to the validity of any of this, but it might work...:D
** Oh yeah... Remember to wear safety glasses... You would'nt want to put your eye out!
 
I guess it would be profitable to get into the ammo market by manufacturing a brand of PowerBall style bullets that have silver... I could make millions! Laugh all you want, you'd still buy a box.
 
My gun was blessed by a priest, but I think I might have to custom-make some werewolf/vampire/zombie bullets! It couldn't be that difficult, right? I think the PowerBall idea is superb! Sounds workable, and even if you are just using them on your average assaulting criminal, they'll work just as well, right? May as well prepair for weird things...
 
Silver has always been a good antibiotic. The ancients believed if it cured infections, then anything of an evil vapor would likewise succumb. Never heard of the 30 pieces of silver fable before, but since truth is always more interesting than fiction I'd stick with the least amount of asking a reader to suspend disbelief as possible. Would make a far, far better story, too.
 
In reality, the transformation from man to wolf requires incredible amounts of energy. Lycanthropes harness the lunar power of a full moon to achieve their monstrous metamorphosis. Silver disrupts the organo-magical pathways that transmit the moon's energy to the transformed tissue. Experiments carried out during the Coolidge administration proved that optimum disruption occured when many small particles of silver were forcefully inserted into strategic places in the monster's body. Specifically, loads of #3 silver buckshot fired at a range of not more than 20 yards into a werewolf's groin, chest, and left auditory meatus will cause immediate and permanent disruption of all lycanthropic function. HTH.
 
How much silver does a silver bullet need?
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NONE! Do you hear me? NONE I say. Silver doesn't work... Never has... Old wives tale. Waste of money and time - yeah - that's the ticket - waste of money and time to put silver in bullets... :p
 
I wouldn't take a chance. If I'm going up against werewolves, I'm melting down the heirloom tea set and casting my own.

K
 
From Monster Hunter International by Larry Corriea - Coming Soon
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You are so making me want to write that monster hunting novel I've been thinking about for years.

I was sweating the bullet description, as you came dangerously close to an idea I had for the book. But, fortunately, you zigged and I zagged so we're safe. ;)
 
I can remember a test of silver bullets ala the Lone Ranger in one of the rags years ago. The silver was a real dog to cast in a bullet mold. (Much higher melting point than lead.) It was too hard. Accuracy was lousy.
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That's my understanding as well. The only way to make them is to MILL them one at a time. Gold works far better. Silver would be easiest to deal with if made into penetrators and carried along by a sabot.
 
I'd stick with the least amount of asking a reader to suspend disbelief as possible. Would make a far, far better story, too.
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My book is about people who hunt monsters for fun and profit. People who have a hard time suspending disbelief probably aren't going to pick it up at Barnes and Noble. :p

Cromlech, it will be on Amazon, I'm assuming that the UK version would be able to get it also.
 
My book is about people who hunt monsters for fun and profit.
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RE: Monster Hunter International - Great idea for a book and I will be buying it. Will we be able to order it off of Amazon or will it be necessary to go thru another distributor.

RE: Silver bullets: Couldn't you just alloy the silver with the lead?
 
Kill them with silver bullets?

Don't need to kill them, just mess them up enough to keep them from running, then use a gas of gas and a lighter.

Dog boy might not be killed, but him and his whole pack sure as all heck know which backyard is marked "do not enter".

other notes: in spite of the lack of silver, werewolves either do not survive or do not return when fed through a woodchipper. Same applies for vampires.

Grumpy oz on werewolf relations

Somewhere out there a supernatural critter support group is having weekly meetings trying to recover from the emotional trauma of meeting up with a particular grumpy human , and I like it that way.
 
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