For a Fictional Story: Mixing metal (lead or silver) with other substances for ammunition
Hi everyone! I’m an author writing a modern day paranormal fantasy series, and I have a question about mixing metal with plant material.
I have a character using a shotgun with birdshot, which I understand is typically made with lead pellets. For the sake of my fictional story, I somehow wanted the pellets to be melted down and mixed with dried plant material or some sort of liquid tincture (in the story it is for a magical purpose). Then I’d want that combined substance to be reformed as pellets to be put into the birdshot. This would create a type of magical ammunition.
From my research it sounds like it’s very difficult to mix lead with any material besides other metals to create alloys. So I was thinking perhaps it could be another type of metal, such as silver? If not silver, are there any metal types that might work for this scenario, or should I consider an alternative idea? I want it to sound plausible, even if not completely possible. Thanks!