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[Alastar]

In my tests, copper, silver and bronze all performed well. Bronze seemed to do better against armour, silver against soft targets but differences were minor. Iron and steel seemed behind, but not by much.

the accepted hierarchy of adamantine > steel > iron = bronze > copper > silver applies to edged melee attacks with a reasonably large contact area... spears included, but not morningstars, scourges and knife stabs. Silver did about as well as steel for those.
Projectiles are very pointy and also have a capped maximum velocity, so density edging out toughness isn't unexpected.

[slothen]

can you 'copy' creatures with their equipment/attributes/skills setup in arena mode?  is it very very time consuming to set up large tests?

[Loud Whispers]

Huh, so silver bolts are extreme non-lethal bolts.

[Garath]

tell that to adventurer mark XXVII who got a silver bolt in his spine.

[slothen]

Huh, so silver bolts are extreme non-lethal bolts.

they pretty much incapacitate any target that can feel pain in one shot.

[Akura]

Huh, so silver bolts are extreme non-lethal bolts.

they pretty much incapacitate any target that can feel pain in one shot.

tell that to adventurer mark XXVII who got a silver bolt in his spine.

The good news is that Mark no longer has to worry about feeling pain. What with the bolt in his spine and all.

...I think? I'm not really sure is spinal damage stops pain sensation(or any sensation for that matter) in DF. People tend to die too quickly for me to ask "How much does pain do you feel?".

I generally make wood bolts, and import as much metal botls as I can. I just can't keep up the material supply for metal, nor can I keep up the supply of bolts for even a few marksdwarves with bone. And what's more is that whenever trouble crops up, I don't want my dwarves running around swapping bolts, so I keep all bolts for combat AND training. Wood bolts work well enough anyway.