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* Silver is confirmed to be dangerous to werewolves on the [[Discworld]]. Along with fire, it is one of the few weaknesses they have.
* Silvered weapons, mostly blades, feature in ''[[Anno Dracula]]'' as one of the few guaranteed ways to harm a vampire. ([[Jack the Ripper]] is originally known as Silver Knife.) Silver bullets also make an appearance; in one of the books' many [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] they're called "[[The Lone Ranger|the Reid design]]"
* ''[[Monster Hunter International]]'' notes silver is too soft to engage rifling correctly and has established several different kinds of silver bullet as work arounds.
** Silver shot is the simplest and (relatively) inexpensive as it is (relatively) easy to make. As shotgun ammo rifling isn't important. Only 12 gauge is mentioned, but it could exist in other sizes.
** US (and possibly other) government forces use frangible bullets with silver powder instead of lead. The company that makes these refuses to sell them to private organizations.
** Older hunters or those forced to make their own ammo would use saboted silver. Not especially accurate, but better than shot for longer ranges.
** Modern hunters use Pow'R Ball ammo with silver in place of the polymer. This is only offered in a limited number of calibers, primarily 45 auto and various 30 caliber cartridges.
** {{spoiler|Some Finnish hunters took things further and used fey blessed silver. This is potent enough an untransformed werewolf is seriously hurt just by touching it and one shot with it explodes}}.
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