snake shot

[Duallydog]

You can custom load your own snake shot. My dad uses a Colt single action .44-40 but there isn't any preloads made for them, so he reloads his. As for the plastic casing I can't remember if he is using a different caliber or not. The most effective snake death with snake shot is when that blue cap holding the pellets is what goes through the head.
A good way to figure it is if a guns loading system lets the snake shot come in contact with another round it will not work. Unless you load it directly into the chamber. We've done that some when we need a little more reach or tighter grouping and we just drop it in the firing chamber of the lever action .44-40.

[annabelle]

Originally Posted by Boatnik

Copperheads are the real nusiance snakes in these parts. I have been thinking strongly about getting a "Judge" to carry when I am on the tractor just for such an occasion. Sure I could and have run them over with the wheel or bushhog but where is the fun in that? A three inch .410 of #8's at twelve feet from a pistol would make for a real bad (or good from my point of view) snake day.

Going to get one for my wife to carry against Rattlers and Copperheads. Not bad for PD either.