No; I remember Clayton Moore saying in one episode (probably the pilot) that “The idea came from Tonto,” or something very similar.
As an aside, silver has approximately the same density as lead, and so the bullets would have similar properties. Gold, by contrast, has nearly twice the density, which would surely affect the ballistics (though for good or ill, I’m not sure).
Either a lower velocity or if there’s room in the case, more powder(or different) to compensate for the increased weight of the bullet.
It is harder though so you might sacrifice “stopping power” if you over penetrate. Although if you are only shooting to blow off hats and knock guns out of hands it is less of a concern I guess.
That assumes that velocity is what you want from a bullet. But the fact that they’re conventionally made from lead instead of, say, aluminum implies differently. If lead is better than aluminum, then maybe gold is better than lead. That’s why I said I wasn’t sure.
I used to watch the Lone Ranger all the time when I was a kid in the 1950s and 1960s. The “origins” episode was my favorite one of all, and I would eagerly await its broadcast maybe once a year. I remember his mask being made out of his brother’s vest. As I recall, the Ranger also acquired his horse Silver in that episode. He and Tonto found the horse after it had been gored by a buffalo, and they nursed it back to health.
Lot of back-to-health-nursing in the backstory. Young Reid for young Tonto, Tonto for Reid, LR&T for Silver.
Question: I also used to love TLR as a 50’s kid, but I never saw the origins episode. Is it true, as a friend once told me, that when Reid is recovering and asks Tonto where the rest of the Texas Rangers are, Tonto answers: “Other Rangers dead. You (pause) Lone Ranger.”
Yes, it is. As I indicated above, the TV pilot used virtually the same dialogue as the first radio show. Check out Jim Harmon’s book for more background.
That’s the way I remember it. But I haven’t seen that episode since I was kid, many moons ago, so I looked it up. Right here.
Cool. I’ve always liked the line, hoped it was true.
Yup. That line was in the episode I saw the other day.
It’s running on some religious station called WHT. Set your DVR’s!
And then there were the “back at the ranch” jokes.
“Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Lone Ranger, not knowing Tonto had disguised himself as a pool table, racked his balls.”
“Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Lone Ranger, not knowing Tonto had disguised himself as a door, shot his knob off.”
And so on.
I guess this is obligatory:
The Lone Ranger: “Tonto, we’re surrounded by hundreds of hostile, bloodthirsty indians. I don’t know how we’re going to survive.”
Tonto: “What do you mean we, paleface?”