Why did the Lone Ranger use silver bullets?
Actually it is easier to make bullets out of lead than silver, lead melts at 327.5 C (621.5 F), silver melts at 961.93 C (1763.474 F). A silver bullet is also lighter and harder than a lead one which, most of the time, would make it not as effective as a lead one. A silver bullet might have a bit more range but wouldn’t have the spreading and stopping power of a lead one. However that might be an advantage for the Ranger, as he made a vow to “never shoot except in defense and even then never shoot to kill.” Later on in the original radio series, the Ranger tells Tonto that the use of silver reminds him of the cost of a mans life and the related expenses involved in firing a gun at a man. ( Apparently he kept forgetting about the expense of the silver bullets as he left them laying around all over the place.) That expense brings us to silver being “easier to come by.” Lead is cheap, silver ain’t. Unless your the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger had his own secret silver mine. There are thre
