"Shot" cartridges

[Hutch]

I think they make better revolver ammo. My old habit was to carry 2 shot, followed by two mid-range cast bullet loads, followed by 2 earth-shakers while strolling the manse . No worries about cycling the slide or other malfs. I'm trying to imagine how much hurtin' goes down range from a Tommy gun firing this stuff. The mind boggles...

 

[Tharg]

Bought a "box" (aka - 10?) of them for my .357.

Got bored one day and decided to blow off 3 for the heck of it into a old book that didn't sell during our garage sale.

It was a hard back book about... 2 1/2 inches thickness, i'm guessing at a range of 6-10' away.

The pattern wasn't too bad if you wanted to hit something a book size =) (bigger than a paperback, smaller than those big hard backs)

At any rate... wasn't a whole lot of penetration, i rekon some of the shots (really tiny things) got 3/4 of an inch in... i know paper is a hard target because if thick will absorb a lot of energy... but seemed like they should do more.

Don't have any real world hit something living and what it did info... my point was that as one of my loaded guns would be handy for the seriously short distances in a house... and yet not penetrate too far if missed/partial hit etc... and like some have said... 1 or 2 of those.. then .357 starfire's finished out the 7 shot load... Add that to the fact that revolvers are inherently more reliable than an auto w/ odd ammo... and i like it =)

be interesting to see if .40sw shot shells would feed reliably w/ my HK USPc, so far its not failed to feed one shell since i bought it years ago =)

J/Tharg!

 

[Carl N. Brown]

so we can see what were talking about......

Shot shells for handguns (and bulletted ammo):

A. CCI .45 ACP shotshell; B. .45 ACP FMJ
C. .45 ACP, .45 Auto Rim and .45 ACP shotshell, handloaded for .455 Webley

.38/357 shotshell, .38 Spl LRN; .22s: C. CCI shotsell #12 shot; D. CCI Stinger
E. CCI CB long, F. Federal Long Rifle; G. Federal shotshell #10

A. 3" 11/16oz shot, B. 2.5" 1/2 oz shot Standard 410 shotshells; .45 Long Colt 1/3oz #9 shot;
.45 ACP CCI 1/2oz #9 shot(1911) and .45 ACP (webley handload) shotshells

 

[The Scandinavian]

I've used the the 9mm CCI shotshells out of a USP9F on rats at a range of about 8' (I was well hidden). The result? Instantly, stone-cold-graveyard-dead rats. They don't even twitch usually.

In my opinion they work well for the task they are intended for at sensible ranges.

Those people that have had "bad experiences" have usually tried to exceed the performance limitations of the type of cartridge. If you take a look at the size of the load of shot, and apply some common sense, I don't think you will be disappointed.

By the way, at least with the 9mms, all the blue plastic casing exits the barrel with the shot, there is nothing left in the case.

 

[lawson]

i found with snakes i often had to shoot several rounds of commercial snakeshot for the rattler threat to be removed. the CCI stuff is much better for rats and other furry pests. my dad's buddy makes his own snakeshot rounds in .45 Long Colt and .38 Special, and it's a lot more effective. the instructions he used to make them are found here

of course, if a snake is coiled, it's pretty easy to shoot them in the head from close range, and then make yourself a hatband.