Talk:Silver bullet

message: Can anyone give a precise definition of where this term was coined? (Arguably in some early werewolf story, but which one)? Nixdorf 07:38, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, having a disambiguation page was the right thing to do. Aapo Laitinen 22:19, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

message: If the vulnerability of werewolves to silver bullets is not authentic folklore, but was introduced in the 1940s, how could Potocki have known about it? Burschik 10:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authentic folklore? 

message: Isnt silver bullet used to kill vampire too?
Bram Stoker's Dracula, Chapter 18:
"a sacred bullet fired into the coffin kill him so that he be true dead"
Other stories contain references to vampires being killed by silver bullets, including Kohta Hirano's Hellsing, although that is a 20th century reference.
--I agree. Since vampires are folkloric, saying that vampires are not affected by silver bullets is silly, since each story has a slightly different version of vampires.167.206.48.220 (talk) 17:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vampire 

message: "Functionally, however, silver is both lighter and harder than lead and makes inferior bullets, at least for modern firearms."
Silver has a Brinell hardness of 24.5 MPa (Source Wikipedia: Silver) Lead has a Brinell hardness of 38.3 MPa (Source Wikipedia: Lead).  This would make lead a bit harder than silver.
Wouldn't a bullet being torn apart cause more damage than one that stayed whole? Regardless, I would like to call into question the reason for comparing Silver to Lead right in the middle of the folklore section. Is this really necessary or appropriately placed? It seems rather irrelevant either way. 159.242.252.197 (talk) 13:30, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's actually a good point. There are a number of subtleties to the ballistics here, and the material shouldn't be present without some referenced discussion of that. Mintrick (talk) 19:11, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead vs Silver

message: Are entirely irrelevant. Honestly, the entire page's existence is questionable on Wikipedia; this is pure dictionary material. Mintrick (talk) 00:39, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Then nominate it for deletion. Until then, those example ARE relevant. Just saying they are not is your POV and meaningless. You apparently are so busy deleting material you don't have 5 minutes to think about why you are deleting things other than vague hand waving. Be specific. Green Cardamom (talk) 04:18, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples of use 

message: The article was previously about the idiom. I have reorganized it to focus on the folkloric use of silver bullets, with the appropriate nod to its general use as an idiom. Mintrick (talk) 13:26, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization 

message: The silver bullet being used to kill werewolves did not start with Hollywood.  There is at least one historical reference to this from 1767 when Jean Chastel used a silver bullet to kill the Beast of Le Gevaudan.  
"Chastel said that he prepared himself according to certain ancient traditions.  His double barrel musket was loaded with bullets made from a silver chalice which had been blessed by a priest."  -The Werewolf Book written by Brad Steiger, and he was of course quoting older works.
* I think this needs better documentation.  See the "Authentic folklore?" question.  75.15.157.153 (talk) 09:42, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins of the Silver Bullet? 

message: I was the one who originally added the sentence about Grimm, and it has now twice been changed to silver bullets fired from a gun(which is kind of redundant).  In  Jack Zipes' English translation it says "but the witch was protected against lead bullets... the huntsman knew just what to do: he took off three silver buttons from his jacket and loaded his gun with them, for her witchcraft was powerless against them"(Tale 60 - The Two Brothers).  It's a minor thing, but the fact that my edits were first changed and then reverted without explanation offends me a little.  If people had changed it to silver bullets while deleting fired from a gun I might be a little more understanding, perhaps it's useless details, but if we're keeping fired from a gun - there's no reason not to include the fact they're buttons. Jethro 82 (talk) 16:44, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't see any edit explanation and assumed it was vandalism. Thanks for explaining. Editor2020 (talk) 01:17, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grimm's fairy tales.  Buttons vs. Bullets. 

message: Unintended coincidence in this article's first paragraph, or a curiously apt metaphor? — "penicillin was a silver bullet that allowed doctors to treat and successfully cure many bacterial infections" — Whole article here on Medical uses of silver. Fascinating. Rairden (talk) 06:58, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Antibacterial effects of Silver