Snake Loads

"Ive tried to follow the Box O' Truth recommendation for snake loads, but is it much better than buying the already made bullets...?"


First off, #12 shot is the only thing you should even think of using for snake loads. A .45 Colt capsule will hold approximately 1000 #12 pellets and a .44 Special somewhere upwards of 800. .38 Special? You'll be lucky to cram in much more than 600. And remember that many commercial loads will not cycle a semi-automatic, and others are not recommended for use in a revolver. How can you tell when you've done the deed? If you're not all but totally obliterating a pie plate at 10 feet you've got the wrong load. You want the slitherer in question to be chewed nearly in two by ONE squeeze. You can look it up, but I believe that some snakes are highly venomous and not to be wounded, or pissed off. No squiggling, no, gee is it dead, no mercy. When I looked at the Box-Bore and saw him counting 17 hits at 8' on the target using his .38 and 49 holes from the .44, I clicked my way out before tossing the keyboard through this oversized monitor. The holes should be too numerous to count, but I expected nothing less from the master of ineptitude.

Forget what CCI sells as loaded shot, as they're all but worthless. You have three alternatives; load your own, have someone load for you, or forget about it. There are no commercial shot loads worth a damn at anything farther away than 4 or 5 feet tops, and for me that's far too close. Again, cram 600-800-1000 #12 in each caliber, and if you dont see close to one chewed-through hole then you've done something wrong. There are plenty of powder charges available from experts who know powder, but I do not. And for the love of Pete don't go counting every last shot. Weigh 20 or 30 then remember your grade school math to arrive at the total number. At the end of the day it's simply cram the CCI capsules until they are as full as full can be and fire away. I included the total number of shot just to provide a clue as to how off base Box was, but a little more or less won't hurt and you've simply GOT to do better than he did by simply half trying.