So the other night the wife and I were out walking in a wash out here (in AZ) and here goes this nice rattler across the trail. I'm not really one just to kill snakes because "the only good snake is a dead one" but I would like to get one to skin and grill. It would have been perfect If I had some snakeshot on that walk because he was moving and therefore not coiled up so I could have concentrated the lead shot around his head so as not to eat too much lead with the meat.
I did a search on the Internet and found a decent recipe for .357 snake shot using cardboard cut wads and 7 1/2 or finer shot. I have loaded and tested a couple dozen of em and they seem to work just fine no excess pressure etc. I am really wanting to load some up in .38 spl just because I have more .38 brass and it just so happens that some while back I scored a 25# bag and a coffee can full of lead shot 7 1/2 at a yard sale for like $10 so I guess I wont have to melt it all down after all.
I am mainly interested in loading up some .38 spl cases and using home made cardboard wads rather than buying the plastic shot capsules. I haven't really turned up anything fruitful for .38 I found one site that had .38 shot and for the top wad they used a .358 round ball which I would like to stay away from just to keep away from a single heavy projectile that will possibly ricochet/travel farther. I would be very interested in something that has a quieter report as well as those .357 loads I made are good and loud.
PM me with load data please do not post in here, Likewise if anyone wants the .357 load I was using I am more than willing to give that out in PM, It does differ slightly from the load that was on the particular website as he really says something like "use X.X gns of a fast burning powder such as XXXXX or XXXXX or XXXX".. I did reduce the load they stated and used a powder mentioned and its good... but that sort of vagueness isn't really comforting.
I did a search on the Internet and found a decent recipe for .357 snake shot using cardboard cut wads and 7 1/2 or finer shot. I have loaded and tested a couple dozen of em and they seem to work just fine no excess pressure etc. I am really wanting to load some up in .38 spl just because I have more .38 brass and it just so happens that some while back I scored a 25# bag and a coffee can full of lead shot 7 1/2 at a yard sale for like $10 so I guess I wont have to melt it all down after all.
I am mainly interested in loading up some .38 spl cases and using home made cardboard wads rather than buying the plastic shot capsules. I haven't really turned up anything fruitful for .38 I found one site that had .38 shot and for the top wad they used a .358 round ball which I would like to stay away from just to keep away from a single heavy projectile that will possibly ricochet/travel farther. I would be very interested in something that has a quieter report as well as those .357 loads I made are good and loud.
PM me with load data please do not post in here, Likewise if anyone wants the .357 load I was using I am more than willing to give that out in PM, It does differ slightly from the load that was on the particular website as he really says something like "use X.X gns of a fast burning powder such as XXXXX or XXXXX or XXXX".. I did reduce the load they stated and used a powder mentioned and its good... but that sort of vagueness isn't really comforting.