Bushwhacker
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Got a Ruger Gp100 with 4inch barrel and a Sp101 with 3.5 inch barrel which one is the best to use "shot shell", also is shot shell good for Squirrel, rats, snakes? At what range?
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Shot shell in revolvers
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CCI makes fine shot shells for a 38/357 revolver... but the difference between a 3.5 and 4 inch barrel is not enough to worry about.
But, that little shot (about a #12) is not going to do much on a squirrel beyond more than a couple of feet and not much better than that on a rat.
It is called snake shot for a reason, and even then 5 or 6 foot is a good maximum distance for that caliber and size of shot.
But, that little shot (about a #12) is not going to do much on a squirrel beyond more than a couple of feet and not much better than that on a rat.
It is called snake shot for a reason, and even then 5 or 6 foot is a good maximum distance for that caliber and size of shot.
Bushwhacker
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I guess a good pellet rifle or a 22LR is going to have to put on the list.... to reduce the local backyard population of squirrels 
And I wouldn't want to get within 5 or 6 feet of a rattler, my luck I would miss!
anyone got any recommendations for a good pellet rifle?
And I wouldn't want to get within 5 or 6 feet of a rattler, my luck I would miss!
anyone got any recommendations for a good pellet rifle?
You need to shoot patterns from both your guns. Some do better than others with shot cartridges. I have an S&W 686 with a 4" barrel that I can break skeet from station #8 with about 2 out of 3 shots. I also have a 3" model 66 that does not hold nearly as good a pattern.
I have killed chipmunks on the run with shot cartridges from a .22 magnum. That was at a range of around 8'. I am sure that you could dispatch a squirrel if you had one that close. The .38 Specials will shred a snake at 6'. I have done in a couple, and the CCI cartridges work almost as well as a hoe
Clemson
I have killed chipmunks on the run with shot cartridges from a .22 magnum. That was at a range of around 8'. I am sure that you could dispatch a squirrel if you had one that close. The .38 Specials will shred a snake at 6'. I have done in a couple, and the CCI cartridges work almost as well as a hoe
Clemson
You might see if you can pick up a Marlin 25MG Garden Gun. It was a bolt-action, box magazine fed, smoothbore chambered for the .22 magnum shotshells. It does not currently appear on their web catalog, but you could get them for under $200 new, so used in good condition should be pretty cheap.