Greetings, TFL shooters!
Funny this post went up. I just shot a 42" bull snake in my garage last night. I couldn't see the head or tail, and I sort of regret killing a bull snake, but my wife and I both had the "Heebe-Jeebees" from the hissing sound and sheer size of this thing. It was HUGE. I've never heard such a loud hissing sound coming from a snake.
.45 shot shells from Speer do not reliably funcion the actions of all autos, but some guns take a liking to them, and they shoot great. Try shooting a full pop can at about 5 feet. Wear safety glasses, and use you buddies gun because it's going to get wet!
The .45 and .40 Speer shotshells use a longer than normal aluminum case that is crimped over the shot and base wad. The base wad is a gas seal, and a clear plastic top wad retains the shot until the cartridge is fired. The case mouth typically will split some, and that is entirely normal. It was bent grossly inward to aid in feeding, and is not expected to have integrity after opening back up that far.
.44 Magnum, 9mm, .38 Spl, .22 LR, and .22 Mag Speer shotshells all have a plastic shot capsule that encloses the shot as it travels down the barrel. Whether this capsule breaks up in the bore or separates from the base wad after leaving the muzzle is not known. I do know that they are all deadly on close pests. Five quick shots of .44 at the ground will dig a two or three inch hole.
Lead in the bore? I've shot hundreds of these things at one sitting (.45 Auto), and I couldn't see anything in my gun that looked abnormal. My gun was just the same as if I shot 200 rounds of ball ammo: Somewhat dirty, but not filthy. I did not notice any lead built up in the bore.
One more thing.... I was helping a farmer friend of mine several years ago to move some equipment around. I was entering a machine shed and noticed some pigeons up on the rafters... I pulled out my 1911 (loaded with shotshells, but my buddy didn't know that...) and blasted 'em. Just as my friend was yelling that I shot a hole in the roof, down came TWO pigeons! I told him it was a shotshell, and he lit up light a light bulb! I gave him some, and now he uses them all the time.
Best regards to all the shooters out there.
Slim, out.
Funny this post went up. I just shot a 42" bull snake in my garage last night. I couldn't see the head or tail, and I sort of regret killing a bull snake, but my wife and I both had the "Heebe-Jeebees" from the hissing sound and sheer size of this thing. It was HUGE. I've never heard such a loud hissing sound coming from a snake.
.45 shot shells from Speer do not reliably funcion the actions of all autos, but some guns take a liking to them, and they shoot great. Try shooting a full pop can at about 5 feet. Wear safety glasses, and use you buddies gun because it's going to get wet!
The .45 and .40 Speer shotshells use a longer than normal aluminum case that is crimped over the shot and base wad. The base wad is a gas seal, and a clear plastic top wad retains the shot until the cartridge is fired. The case mouth typically will split some, and that is entirely normal. It was bent grossly inward to aid in feeding, and is not expected to have integrity after opening back up that far.
.44 Magnum, 9mm, .38 Spl, .22 LR, and .22 Mag Speer shotshells all have a plastic shot capsule that encloses the shot as it travels down the barrel. Whether this capsule breaks up in the bore or separates from the base wad after leaving the muzzle is not known. I do know that they are all deadly on close pests. Five quick shots of .44 at the ground will dig a two or three inch hole.
Lead in the bore? I've shot hundreds of these things at one sitting (.45 Auto), and I couldn't see anything in my gun that looked abnormal. My gun was just the same as if I shot 200 rounds of ball ammo: Somewhat dirty, but not filthy. I did not notice any lead built up in the bore.
One more thing.... I was helping a farmer friend of mine several years ago to move some equipment around. I was entering a machine shed and noticed some pigeons up on the rafters... I pulled out my 1911 (loaded with shotshells, but my buddy didn't know that...) and blasted 'em. Just as my friend was yelling that I shot a hole in the roof, down came TWO pigeons! I told him it was a shotshell, and he lit up light a light bulb! I gave him some, and now he uses them all the time.
Best regards to all the shooters out there.
Slim, out.
