BEST SNAKE GUN

[Carbine Gypsy]

Funny you should ask***"""
FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN CLEARING BRUSH BY HAND. ARTESIAN WELL HAS BEEN FLOWING FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS SO THE CREEK BED IS OVER GROWN AND I DECITED TO CLEAR IT TO BUILD A FIVE ACKER POND. RATTLE SNAKES LOVE THAT COOL WATER AND SHADE SHORT STORY I HAVE KILLED 14 RATTLERS 38 SHOT SHELLS 158 PELLETS OF NUMBER 9 SHOT OUT OF A 2 INCH BARREL AIN'T GOING TO WORK CHECK YOUR PATTERN AT 10 FEET ONE OR TWO PELLETS IN A RATTLERS HEAD PISSES HIM OFF A 6 INCH BLACKHAWK WORKED GOOD FOR ME .BUT I ENDED UP BUYING THE BEST SNAKE GUN OUT STAINLESS 3 INCH CHAMBER JUDGE WITH 3 INCH BARREL NUMBER 6 SHOT WORKS GREAT...
SIDE NOTE IF YOU CATCH THEM ALIVE LOCAL TAXIDERMY BUYS THEM FOR $10.A FOOT FOR.THE LARGER ONES THEY MAKE FINE HAT BANDS.
DON'T FORGET SNAKE BITE KIT.

My hats off to you sir! Snakes send me into a sissyfied panic, I’m ashamed to say. Have killed one crawling up the side of my foundation with a Taurus Judge.

At the time, I first moved in, I didn’t have a mower so I had to hire a lawn crew. It’s a new build so I’m pretty sure the critters, bears included, weren’t pleased with their habitat being destroyed. Who could blame them.

Well, the sight of this snake crawling up my foundation trying to get under the siding brought the lawn crew to a screeching halt.

When informed I expeditiously retrieved my steel companion, took aim ina squaring position, steady against the house: the first shot nearly cut it in half. I had to walk up on him and execute him with a shot to the head that pretty much obliterated the skull. The Judge found the evil reptile guilty of trespassing.

Once inside I calmed my nerves(never let them see you sweat. Cool as a swan on top, but paddling like hell underwater ).

 

[BluesBrother]

I would use a 12 gauge of which I always have one at the ready. Some have said they prefer snake shot. Snake shot is approaching $2 per round. Why would you want to take a $2 shot when a $0.50 shot might be more effective for the task? Just sayin'

 

[Jevaughn]

My dad has an old .22 revolver with a smooth bore that my grandfather had before him. Don't know the brand or model, but it does pretty well with .22 shot shells and isn't very loud. He's the kind of guy who doesn't like live snakes, dead snakes, big snakes, little snakes, or crooked sticks that look like snakes. He wears it on his hip every time he cuts the yard and I've seen him blow the head off a skink at 5 yards because he thought it might be a snake without his neighbors calling the cops.

 

[J pace]

High Standard Double 9 CCI Rat Shot!...over 50 killed and none bit me...Best dam 22 ever...

Great 22 revolvers for sure, 9 shot double action, Swing out cylinder for easy reloading .What's not to like. My wife keeps this one in the tackroom in her barn.

 

[sj1]

I would use a 12 gauge of which I always have at the ready. Some have said they prefer snake shot. Snake shot is approaching $2 per round. Why would you want to take a $2 shot when a $0.50 shot might be more effective for the task? Just sayin'

Mrs. Sj1 agrees with using a 12 gauge first and foremost, but she wouldn't care what it cost. She doesn't want to see a snake at all, before, during, or after it gets shot. She preferred my o/u Stoeger for snakes. Or, rather, she preferred ME using it on snakes.

 

[fl57caveman]

load of 12ga birdshot lives for such as this

impresses the wife, that you thought of using the biggest and best to protect her from a deadly serpent.. kind of biblical even....

 

[poppop]

an m 101 105 mm gun with beehive rounds does it for me. i hate snakes

 

[Gumby Hunter]

Ouch. Lucky. **** Pro tip, the notches in the cylinder are hammer rests to prevent that. ALWAYS REST THE HAMMER IN THE NOTCH!

Some of the older models didn’t have those notches

 

[TGuns1451]

Some of the older models didn’t have those notches

NAA will replace and time new cylinder for free if it is older with no notches

 

[TGuns1451]

Some of the older models didn’t have those notches

Their customer service is AMAZING

 

[sj1]

load of 12ga birdshot lives for such as this

impresses the wife, that you of using the biggest and best to protect her from a deadly serpent.. kind of biblical even....

When we go anywhere that sells ammo, (gun show, Bass Pro, etc.) she asks me if we need more of that snake shot ammo..... "We"...I love it!

 

[Gumby Hunter]

NAA will replace and time new cylinder for free if it is older with no notches

That I did not know, thanks !

 

[fisheadgib]

When I'm walking around our place or the hunting camp, I'm carrying a stainless Charter Arms Bulldog Pug with two of my hand loaded #9 shotshells and three 200gr cast RFN's behind them. I've never needed more than one shotshell for any snake.