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Tanker6 · March 28, 2011, 11:10 AM

...ain't ya supposed to use the shotgun to shoot the snake -- not make him pose with it?

This hit a chord with me since I spent 20 minutes a weekend ago trying to get a shot at a copperhead that had wondered up to my house with my 1907 model 1897 that my daughter and I use for CAS. My wife was perplexed as to why I had one in the chamber and one in my hand....CAS-style.....while tryin' to get that little bugger (about 2.5 feet) to get away from the house so I could get a clear shot.

I finally had to explain to her that it often doesn't feed well from the magazine.....and no, that doesn't usually make a difference in SASS shoots since we load over the top one at a time anyway. She didn't "get it."

March 28, 2011, 11:10 AM	#11
Tanker6 Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 193	Hawg.... ...ain't ya supposed to use the shotgun to shoot the snake -- not make him pose with it? This hit a chord with me since I spent 20 minutes a weekend ago trying to get a shot at a copperhead that had wondered up to my house with my 1907 model 1897 that my daughter and I use for CAS. My wife was perplexed as to why I had one in the chamber and one in my hand....CAS-style.....while tryin' to get that little bugger (about 2.5 feet) to get away from the house so I could get a clear shot. I finally had to explain to her that it often doesn't feed well from the magazine.....and no, that doesn't usually make a difference in SASS shoots since we load over the top one at a time anyway. She didn't "get it."