[Pumpkinheaver]

Anyone have a good shot load they have been using for a while. The snakes are thick this year! I'm gonna start carrying my S&W 36 with me and I'm too cheap to buy CCI .38 shot loads.

[45crittergitter]

Loads are listed on the back of the Speer component shot capsule boxes, as well as in the Speer manual. I have had good luck with .45 ACP factory loads (CCI and Remington), .45 Colt handloads, .38 handloads, and .41 Mag handloads. I generally prefer large shot, but in these lil bitty cases, I found that smaller shot (#8 or #9) works best.

[Dave R]

Just be sure and shoot a few at paper so you can see how you pattern at different ranges.

I tried some 9mm shot loads in my Hi-Power. Beyond 3 feet (not yards), the pattern was donut-shaped, ensuring that anything I aimed at would be surrounded by shot, but would not actually get hit.