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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2606374, member: 15062&quot;]Surely you jest...&nbsp; Silvertips are not silver; they&#039;re lead with a polymer or aluminum silver-colored tip.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver is not an effective bullet material because it&#039;s lighter than lead (a lighter bullet is less effective than a heavier one) and it&#039;s harder than lead (and will result in greater barrel wear*).&nbsp; Not to mention that the melting point of silver is about 1000 degrees F higher than lead and to effectively cast a bullet the mold has to be close to the melting temperature of the metal being cast.&nbsp; This presents multiple problems with making bullets from silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several real-world tests have shown that silver bullets have less penetrating power at close range and are less accurate at longer ranges than equivalent lead bullets.</p><p><br /></p><p>* this is compounded by the fact that silver shrinks less than lead when going from a liquid to a solid state.&nbsp; Thus, a silver bullet made in a (lead) bullet mold will have a larger diameter than an equivalent lead bullet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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