Silver Bullet

[Wayne Smith]

You are looking for a jeweler who makes his own settings. Not someone who puts together what someone else has made.

[charlie b]

The two jewelry makers that I knew had vacuum chambers for casting. The ceramic molds are just porous enough that the vacuum draws the silver (or gold) into the tiniest features.

You might search for a 'Silversmith' as well as a jeweler. As mentioned above, many jewelers buy all their components and just assemble the products.

[Hickok]

A boolit cast of pure babbit would last forever.

[gwpercle]

I remember the "Guns Magazine" series of articles that got started with the "Lone Ranger" and his silver bullets . Casting in a iron mould didn't work ... that month's episode was a Hoot ! I believe they couldn't get a decent boolit cast in silver ...lack of heat in both melting pot and mould gave pathetic almost boolits ... they ended up going to a jewelers who had melting and casting equipment , he made a wax boolit and used the Lost Wax process to cast one or...they might of had him turn one on a lath ...I forget ... anyways the next series of articles was working up a load and next was the shooting.
But back to problem at hand ... find a jeweler who can turn one on a lathe and finish it nicely ... Remove the boolit from an unfired 22 LR so he will know how to shape it and have the dimensions .
After getting it made simply insert into that fired case and crimp it into place.
I would have the Jeweler look at what you want to do and have him make a nice mounting for attaching to a chain ... it sure would look nice on a nice chain and mounted ...something more than just a hole drilled through the case with a chain run through it !
Special gift for a special daughter !
Gary

[kenton]

Where are you located? I know of a jeweler in central Il who I know wold have the skills and equipment to make something like that.

[beagle]

Years and years ago I dabbled into that "once" and that was all. Used a Lyman "dipper" ladle and a torch to melt. Candidate was a 358311. The problem is to get everything right. Mould has to be hot as hades and so does the ladle and silver. I used some scrap sterling and a couple of mutilated coins. Due to the small amount of silver and the requirement to keep everything hot, I was never able to get a bullet without wrinkles and after a while gave up and dumped the melt into the pot. Sure made the bullets harder.
The lathe turning sounds like the best approach./beagle

[GregLaROCHE]

How about taking a copper jacketed bullet and silver or chrome plating it?

[Shanghai Jack]

These guys make and sell silver bullets. No 22 though.

https://minutemanammo.com/

At 150 dollars a bullet I'll pass -

[waksupi]

Go to a jewelry maker, and have him turn one on his lathe.