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DPris · June 21, 2012, 10:55 AM

More trouble than it's worth & it appears you're more wedded to the individual gun than the idea of a more practical tool for snakes.

Any .38/.357 revolver, including snubs, with Speer shot, would be infinitely easier to carry, easier to load, easier to reload, more efficient over all, and wouldn't require as immediate cleaning.
You could mix the loads, with all birdshot, all bullets, or half & half.

Same simple efficiency with a basic & cheap H&R single-barrel shotgun in any gauge, as opposed to converting a rifled percussion bore into a smoothbore.

I'm too lazy, I'd just take the easy way.

Denis

June 21, 2012, 10:55 AM	#18
DPris Member Emeritus Join Date: August 19, 2004 Posts: 7,133	More trouble than it's worth & it appears you're more wedded to the individual gun than the idea of a more practical tool for snakes. Any .38/.357 revolver, including snubs, with Speer shot, would be infinitely easier to carry, easier to load, easier to reload, more efficient over all, and wouldn't require as immediate cleaning. You could mix the loads, with all birdshot, all bullets, or half & half. Same simple efficiency with a basic & cheap H&R single-barrel shotgun in any gauge, as opposed to converting a rifled percussion bore into a smoothbore. I'm too lazy, I'd just take the easy way. Denis