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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2332
Real Name: Jeremy
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I'm headed out this morning to help my buddy work on his fence out in Copperhead territory. Having recently picked up a new/old .357, I figured I'd carry it while working.
At $25 per 10, not exactly the cheapest ammo I buy, but I figure these are for a very special purpose, so worth the money, right?
Eh, not so much. Wanting to see what the pattern was like....I shot a large grapefruit, with a cardboard backer. Judging from the spread, the shot was dead center of the fruit. With a 4" barrel, fired at less than 4', I expected all pellets to be somewhere on that 6" fruit. What I got was 2 grazes to the skin, and 2 pellets in the fruit. The remaining pellets patterned outside, going out to about a 10' circle.
I figure at a safe 6' distance from a venomous snake, it could take the full cylinder just to hit it once or twice. Nah....think I'll just stick with my shovel.
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Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:57 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52656
Real Name: Steve
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A 10’ circle or a 10” circle? Ten feet is an awful lot at a range of four feet.
Ten inches seems reasonable to me, and there should enough pellets to be deadly to a snake.
If you have a .22 revolver, then .22 shotshells are also a viable option.
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Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:54 am |
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RockHopper
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Location: Tulsa, Ok Joined: Mon Nov 25, 2013 Posts: 2332
Real Name: Jeremy
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Thanks for reminding me of this post Steve. That was supposed to be a " for inches, and not feet. And to be fair, I went back and dug the packaging out of the trash...only to realize that what I bought wasn't snake shot, but "pest control" shot, meant for something larger than snakes. CCI's branded snake shot uses #12 shot, with approx 3x as many pellets.....which means....this review is useless. DOH!
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