shibumiseeker
Grandmaster
A few years ago as a novelty I bought some .22lr with snakeshot capsules. I'd never carry them since I don't really believe in shooting snakes. When I encounter copperheads around the house and shop I dispatch them with whatever is at hand, and when I encounter them in the woods I go around them, no big deal.
I am in the process of building a tree platform for high angle training and today when I was out and about I noticed the carpenter bees had found it and were already starting to chew on it. So I got the air pistol out and just couldn't seem to nail the little buggers. I don't practice with it much, so I was hitting with in inch or so and it'd fly off and then I'd have to wait ten minutes for it to return. I tried loading several pellets in the barrel with no luck. Years ago I used to use one with table salt and tp wadding to nail wasps in the house but gave that up as messy and not accurate enough (though fun!).
So I loaded the snakeshot rounds into the Buckmark, took careful aim and nailed the little chewer. The wood had pellet marks but no real penetration and at the 20' distance the spread was about a foot across. One bounced back and hit me in the center of the forehead, didn't even leave a mark (and yes, I was wearing eyes and ears). It didn't cycle out of the Buckmark though, so a followup shot would have had to have waited.
Anyone else done anything different with snakeshot?
I am in the process of building a tree platform for high angle training and today when I was out and about I noticed the carpenter bees had found it and were already starting to chew on it. So I got the air pistol out and just couldn't seem to nail the little buggers. I don't practice with it much, so I was hitting with in inch or so and it'd fly off and then I'd have to wait ten minutes for it to return. I tried loading several pellets in the barrel with no luck. Years ago I used to use one with table salt and tp wadding to nail wasps in the house but gave that up as messy and not accurate enough (though fun!).
So I loaded the snakeshot rounds into the Buckmark, took careful aim and nailed the little chewer. The wood had pellet marks but no real penetration and at the 20' distance the spread was about a foot across. One bounced back and hit me in the center of the forehead, didn't even leave a mark (and yes, I was wearing eyes and ears). It didn't cycle out of the Buckmark though, so a followup shot would have had to have waited.
Anyone else done anything different with snakeshot?