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Title: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: Naches Sportsman on April 20, 2013, 09:33:40 PM: I have made a little extra money this month and want to buy a pistol to use primrily for rattle snakes. I just want to be armed in case i see one while fishing or hiking in sagebrush.

What is every ones favorite? I was thinking a little 22 or something.

Not looking to spend a whole lot on it either.
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: KFhunter on April 20, 2013, 09:38:55 PM: I just step on em if they need dead, or thunk em with a stick if they in the brush/rocks :dunno:

Can't remember ever shooting one
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: splitshot on April 20, 2013, 09:44:08 PM: if you dont want to get gouged on getting a pistol, go for a 22. the ammo is/was cheap and easy to get. the gun is light and wont hurt your wallet. i would get one with at least a 4-6 inch barrel, cuz the longer barrel the more accurate but harder to carry. i have killed many rattlers with stuff all the way to a 7 mag, shotguns really do the trick on snakes. be careful removing the rattles, like stand on the head. mike w
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Post by: Widgeondeke on April 20, 2013, 09:45:08 PM: I will take along some bird shot for whatever gun I'm carrying.
for a cheap yet reliable .22: get yourself a Heritage Rough Rider revolver for less than $200
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on April 20, 2013, 09:49:02 PM: I bought an S&W Model 17 revolver back in '66. Loaded with 22 crimp shot cartridges it's instant death to rattlesnakes.
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Post by: DoubleJ on April 20, 2013, 09:49:50 PM: My feet. To back away and go in another direction
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Post by: ellensburgpo on April 20, 2013, 09:51:45 PM: Springfield XDS in 45ACP. Impossible to overkill a rattlesnake, dam things are the devil.
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Post by: DaveBTS on April 20, 2013, 09:52:17 PM: Don't be a pansy. Use a bow.
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Post by: 2labs on April 20, 2013, 10:17:00 PM: .22 ruger and bird shot.
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Post by: jyerxa on April 20, 2013, 10:36:09 PM: 44? or 22?

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Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: Kola16 on April 20, 2013, 10:36:27 PM: The only time I would encounter a snake would be while bird hunting, therefore I would probably shoot it with the judge (if I had it with me), or the 12 gauge. The judge seems cooler to me :chuckle:
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Post by: elk247 on April 20, 2013, 10:40:19 PM: I always liked that about the judge. With the 410 shell of course.
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Post by: splitshot on April 20, 2013, 10:47:06 PM: i want a judge! anyone want to unload theirs. i never thought about birdshot, what a great thought. we were good shots wthout it. lol mike w
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: Kola16 on April 20, 2013, 10:51:41 PM: Quote from: splitshot on April 20, 2013, 10:47:06 PM
i want a judge! anyone want to unload theirs. i never thought about birdshot, what a great thought. we were good shots wthout it. lol mike w
What is really fun is showing it off to someone who doesn't know about guns by shooting clay pigeons out of the air. That is the best! :chuckle: Or shooting 5 slugs (the slimy kind) with one shot. That is fun too :chuckle: :tup: They are a "blast!"
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: ghosthunter on April 20, 2013, 10:56:53 PM: Yep
Love my judges.
Judge and Circuit Judge the camping hiking dual.
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: uplandhunter870 on April 20, 2013, 11:05:00 PM: honestly its whatever gun i have in my hands (45colt, 45acp, every shotgun gauge, 270 made a mess) even let one of them nasty buzzworms fight with my weed wacker once, snake lost haha

personally though for a committed snake charmer id look for a 22 revolver, find a good used ruger single six or something to that effect, load it with 22 slugs and 22 birdshot capsules
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: jyerxa on April 20, 2013, 11:09:08 PM: I hear a lot of good about the judge. But my 44 is just about the same. :dunno: All depends how you load it up. Alter a projectile with shoot? Judge, 44 what's the diff?
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Post by: alecvg on April 20, 2013, 11:39:15 PM: Just its head down with a stick and cut it off with a pocket knife. That's what I do.
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Post by: hoyt2002 on April 21, 2013, 12:20:35 AM: the judge is great for snakes. Ive killed a bunch with mine.
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Post by: Jingles on April 21, 2013, 06:38:48 AM: My go to killer for rattle snakes is a pocket knife. following a hold to the ground with a stick
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: brush hunter on April 21, 2013, 07:04:28 AM: Quote from: jyerxa on April 20, 2013, 11:09:08 PM
I hear a lot of good about the judge. But my 44 is just about the same. :dunno: All depends how you load it up. Alter a projectile with shoot? Judge, 44 what's the diff?
Weight that's the difference, doesn't matter either way most times out in the field I carry my S/W .500/w 4"bbl
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: FALFire on April 21, 2013, 07:21:25 AM: How's about something like this. I don't use it any longer and purchased it originally for snakes.

Taurus 45Colt 4' Stainless???

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Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: Bone_Collector on April 21, 2013, 08:10:33 AM: Gotta love the .22 for wackin rattlers but I would go with a revolver if your going to be using bird shot because some times the rounds wont cycle in a semi auto.

B_C
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: SGTDuffman on April 21, 2013, 11:09:26 AM: Any kind of revolver would do. They make the shot shell rounds for just about any caliber they make a revolver in. That's probably the one type of round they aren't sold out of right now too. If you got something like a .357 or .44 you could have it as a bear gun too. If your sole concern is snakes, a .22 would be fine. That's one of the great advantages of a revolver over a semi. They're kind of like a shotgun in the sense you can shoot many types of shells through them without having reliability issues. Get a .22 you can shoot subtonics, primer only, blanks, short, longs, long rifles, shot shells, etc, all in the same cylinder is you have enough spots for that many types.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on April 21, 2013, 12:00:42 PM: Use whatever I have with me!
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Post by: coachcw on April 21, 2013, 12:40:38 PM: A stick !
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Post by: fishingfool on April 21, 2013, 01:02:57 PM: Hey, my favorite caliber is a long handled shovel with the edge filed sharp. Never jams, never runs out of ammo, I can make one jump up and down like a sewing machine at half throttle. Snake Mc nuggets. ff :twocents:
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: buckfvr on April 21, 2013, 01:29:14 PM: Quote from: jyerxa on April 20, 2013, 10:36:09 PM
44? or 22?

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Nothing I can add to that.............
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: duckmen1 on April 21, 2013, 01:34:41 PM: falfire how much are you asking for the Taurus 45. Just curious.
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: HighlandLofts on April 21, 2013, 01:52:26 PM: In have a Bond Derringer Cowboy Defender 45 Long Colt/410 shotgun, Top barrel 410 # 6 shot and 45 colt bottom barrel for bigger targets, I had a shell pouch made up that holds five 410 shotgun shells, two 00-buckshot, two # 6 shot, and one deer slug, five hollow-point 45 colt shells. A nice leather on the belt holster.Bond sells a bunch of models or derringers and a whole array of barrels that are interchangable with all of their guns. The are a nice light weight personal defence handgun as well. The gun should be in the $400 range and extra barrels go from $139 to $189. A high quality, very dependable and affordable handgun.
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Post by: mountainman on April 21, 2013, 05:09:54 PM: No Gun!
Title: Re: What is your go to gun for rattle snakes?
Post by: FALFire on April 21, 2013, 05:34:25 PM: Quote from: duckmen1 on April 21, 2013, 01:34:41 PM
falfire how much are you asking for the Taurus 45. Just curious.

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