Something I bought recently

[ducktapehero]

A Smith 638. I love it despite the fact I can't hit anything with it. LOL
I'm still experimenting with ammo. I've been trying 158gr stuff but I think I'm gonna drop down to some 110gr stuff.



http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a354/ducktapehero/Smith638.jpg





I also have a Bulgarian Makarov on layaway too. One of these guns will be my CCW when I get around to getting it. I'm not overly concerned about it as in Missouri it's now legal to conceal in a car without a permit and I work from home. I rarely venture out in public, usually a quick trip to the gas station or Wal-Mart.

[Rocketman]

"in Missouri it's now legal to conceal in a car without a permit"

Kinda brings a new meaning to the "show me" state now don't it?

[BEST45CAL]

Sweeeeeeeeeet piece, Duck...really nice. Are you using the .38+P's?

[Native American]

Nice looking piece! I own 2 Ruger SP101's (one .22 cal, the other a .357 magnum) and they look quite similar. And yes, with a 158 gr load it bucks pretty hard in the hand. Meant for close-range work, obviously. I've got mine stoked with .357 magnum plastic-tipped "buckshot"-type, for maximum indoor safety and maximum perp stopping power.

BTW, I notice in an ad for one of the local gun stores they're selling something called "snake load", which appears to be a similar sort of thing, with a bunch of pellets encapsulated in the tip. I assume the idea is it will come out of the barrel and immediately open up into a spray of pellets, thereby giving one a better chance of actually hitting the snake?

Anybody have any experience with that load? Snakes weren't much of a problem up in MA, but they apparently are here in AR, and I'm thinking maybe I should get some of that stuff. The stuff I load my .357 magnum with doesn't disperse the pellets until it hits something, so it wouldn't be useful in terms of increasing the odds of hitting a snake.

[Geoffrey20005]

Native, they thing to watch about that snake load is that it is pellets. If you fire the load very often in a good gun, it will ruin the riflings and pit your barrel. While this is less sever in a handgun, it still pits the barrel, which will then ruin the accuracy of your gun. I would recomend buying another gun, maybe a slightly beat-up one from a pawnshop to use with the snake-shot. I don't know about much higher velocity guns, but I shot a few .22 shotshells in my rifle before, and they are mostly designed for hitting something within about five feet of you. (you could probably put an egg up on a post 15 feet away from you, and the pelets won't break the shell). As for self-defense against a person, they don't penetrate deep enough to have much stopping power. You might get a little deeper penetration with a .357, but that still wouldn't be more then about 1", and then all you have done is really pissed some guy off.

Also, check the price on that snake shot at your local store. Depending on which caliber you want to use, pistol shotshells have been around for a while. This might just be another way of marketing the exact same shotshells for a higher price.

-Geo

[ducktapehero]

Sweeeeeeeeeet piece, Duck...really nice. Are you using the .38+P's?At the moment I have some Magtech 158 SJHP standard pressure in it but they're not as accurate as I like, or it could be me but either way I'm gonna try some 110gr stuff.