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Posted: 4/16/2008 1:34:26 PM EDT

It's that time again and the snakes are plentiful at the ranch. I need recommendations for a gun that I can keep with me at all times or at least leave on the ATV while roaming around the ranch.

There are lots and lots of copperheads and rattlesnakes that don't bother us, but there are some that make their way into the yard and other people populated areas.

I've looked at rat shot in .22s, the Taurus .410 revolver, the Snake Charmer and few others. Please let me know what you use ammo or gun wise.

Thanks.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:37:08 PM EDT

[#1]

I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:39:30 PM EDT

[#2]

I carry a S&W Airweight in a Blackhawk Serpa when checking my fences on my 4wheeler.

First two are snake shot, next three are gold dots.

Good for all sorts of pests, secure, and easy to carry.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:40:19 PM EDT

[#3]

I would get a cheap single shot .410

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:41:48 PM EDT

[#4]

All we ever carried in Montana was a long handled sharp point shovel. Some of thr rattlers get close to 6ft in length.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:42:09 PM EDT

[#5]

This is what I have on the ATV (stainless )... shoot Eley subsonic 22 LR HP.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:43:50 PM EDT

[#6]

NAA .22 mag are neat little guns. Easy to carry, powerful enough for snakes.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:45:55 PM EDT

[#7]

.410 or any pistol with rat shot. Killed a 3.5 footer the other day.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:46:15 PM EDT

[#8]

The Judge
www.taurususa.com/products/product-details.cfm?id=199&category=Revolver

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:46:45 PM EDT

[#9]

Old blackhawk with .38 shotshells loaded.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:47:11 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I would get a cheap single shot .410

Same.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:50:22 PM EDT

[#11]

I use an RG22 I bought at a flea market for $25 years ago. It's killed dozens of water mocassins with rat/snake shot. I wouldn't buy anything too pricey if you are going to use it as a tacklebox type gun.

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:50:47 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
The Judge
www.taurususa.com/products/product-details.cfm?id=199&category=Revolver

How is this thing to shoot?

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:52:06 PM EDT

[#13]

.22 Magnum S&W with Snake Piss antedote also known to carry very well in the front pocket of your trousers

Posted: 4/16/2008 1:58:58 PM EDT

[#14]

I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:13:27 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

what do you shoot the blackbirds with?

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:15:10 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

unless they present a safety hazard I'd tend to agree

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:18:24 PM EDT

[#17]

Single shot .410 or I had a Taurus ultra light in .45LC with shot I carried. Killed lots of snakes with both.

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:30:11 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
I would get a cheap single shot .410

Maybe a TC G3 break action pistol. You can use .45 Long Colt in it too

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:33:36 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

on that note I offer a Nevada Bull Snake

Comepletely harmless and sometimes mistaken for a Western DiamondBack just Sunning itself etc. until we came across it.

Hiwa thats a Rattler! Naw it's a Bull Snake! It's trying to crawl up your Leg!

No big Deal and never fired a shot

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:33:43 PM EDT

[#20]

Get the cheapest 38 revolver you can find and load it with snake shot.

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:37:26 PM EDT

[#21]

When it comes to snakes, I don't consider a 40mm grenade launcher to be overkill.

With that in mind, Serbu makes a really short 12ga that you can get with an AOW stamp. The Judge is another fair option. I don't like the idea of a single shot, what if you step in the middle of a nest?

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:37:32 PM EDT

[#22]

The Taurus JUDGE in .45LC/.410Gauge.

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:44:24 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

on that note I offer a Nevada Bull Snake

img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/Hiwathl/DSC00485.jpg

Comepletely harmless and sometimes mistaken for a Western DiamondBack just Sunning itself etc. until we came across it.

Hiwa thats a Rattler! Naw it's a Bull Snake! It's trying to crawl up your Leg!

No big Deal and never fired a shot

Great Basin gopher snake. Bullsnakes are east of the Rockies.

As per the snake gun, a .22 with shotshells would be plenty enough. Even a pellet gun will smoke them.

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:47:57 PM EDT

[#24]

seriously

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:48:05 PM EDT

[#25]

My XD40 cycles CCI shotshells just fine.

J

Posted: 4/16/2008 2:51:23 PM EDT

[#26]

I have the snake charmer, but never had to use it yet on a snake.

Posted: 4/16/2008 9:24:21 PM EDT

[#27]

Bond Arms Snake Slayer

www.bondarms.com/ifirearms.php

Posted: 4/16/2008 9:37:59 PM EDT

[#28]

If your a good shot a 10/22 would be fine. If you want a little more than a 12 or 20 gauge Remington 870 with some bird shot. You can also than keep some buck shot with you for the chance of running into something bigger you might want to shoot.

Posted: 4/16/2008 9:47:01 PM EDT

[#29]

One of my guys beat a snake to death awhile ago thinking it was a cobra. The ironic thing was, he used his ASP.

It was just an oil snake, which the locals here like to put on skewers, roast, and eat. I've had some, and they're tasty.

I just prefer to let them eat the rats, even if they are cobras. Kraits and Russell's Vipers, though, I will call and have removed.

I've seen these guys eating scorpions, but they go apeshit when it's a snake that isn't bothering them at all.

BTW: one for a .45 with CCI shot up the pipe.

Posted: 4/16/2008 10:19:13 PM EDT

[#30]

Spade FTMFW!

Why waste ammo?

Posted: 4/17/2008 4:28:27 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I don't waste my money on shooting snakes. I just walk around them.

If I want to shoot a pest, I shoot those god damn blackbirds that nest in my eaves.

what do you shoot the blackbirds with?

If they are in flight, a 12 gauge with 7.5 shot. If they are sitting in a tree on on a wire, a .22 long rifle bullet does the trick.

Posted: 4/17/2008 4:35:08 AM EDT

[#32]

http://www.gunshopfinder.com/marlin/410.jpg

from marlin...its a .410

that is of course if you want a whole new dedicated shotgun...or want an excuse to buy another one

Posted: 4/17/2008 4:45:39 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

God Dots are a bit overkill for a snake. I would be concerned about ricochets, over-travel, over-penetration, etc. "But officer, I was shooting at a SNAKE" aint going to cut it if you kill a 5yo on a playground half a mile from your snake encounter. Not a flame, JMHO.

I generally don't like to kill snakes unless as the OP stated thaey start to get a little too close to home and family. That being said, I have carried #9 shot in my .44Mag. the .22 shotshells are useless against anything bigger than a cricket. I don't own one but IMHO a .410/45LC revolver would be perfect for snake patrol, even the two-legged kind

Posted: 4/17/2008 4:51:01 AM EDT

[#34]

The Taurus Judge looks promising.

Posted: 4/17/2008 4:53:32 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
I would get a cheap single shot .410

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:09:02 AM EDT

[#36]

get a cheap revolver from a million places load it with snake shot and be done with it.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:32:58 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

God Dots are a bit overkill for a snake. I would be concerned about ricochets, over-travel, over-penetration, etc. "But officer, I was shooting at a SNAKE" aint going to cut it if you kill a 5yo on a playground half a mile from your snake encounter. Not a flame, JMHO.

I generally don't like to kill snakes unless as the OP stated thaey start to get a little too close to home and family. That being said, I have carried #9 shot in my .44Mag. the .22 shotshells are useless against anything bigger than a cricket. I don't own one but IMHO a .410/45LC revolver would be perfect for snake patrol, even the two-legged kind

I might be concerned about those things to if I lived in an urban environment

I live in the woods. If I see a snake that simply must be killed it will most likely be on my property.

I see hundreds of snakes, I kill maybe 1 or 2 per summer. Rarely do I shoot one, but if forced I would use my carry gun like I said in my OP.

i do understand that city dwellers have different concerns than country folk.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:37:30 AM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

HEY!!!!!

Posted: 4/17/2008 7:29:40 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

HEY!!!!!

"a goblin" not "The Goblin"

Posted: 4/17/2008 10:58:12 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

Sure, but snakes can be hard to hit. And if you shoot 3 times that's like $2.00 worth of ammo.

Posted: 4/17/2008 10:59:34 AM EDT

[#41]

Ive never shot one, but the judge seems BADASS

Posted: 4/17/2008 11:05:08 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

Sure, but snakes can be hard to hit. And if you shoot 3 times that's like $2.00 worth of ammo.

truth

main reason I really can't think of one that I have shot

usually whack them with a stick or machete if I find it imperative to kill them

now if I lived in a place that was given to black mamba infestation or something I might feel differently about needing a dedicated "snake gun"

Posted: 4/17/2008 3:06:28 PM EDT

[#43]

Saw that off to 18 inches, remove the fowl mag limiter, and load her up with a mix of birdshot.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:06:06 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I consider my carry gun sufficient for snakes

I figure if those gold dots will stop a goblin they will suffice for the odd copperhead or moccasin I may encounter

XD40

God Dots are a bit overkill for a snake. I would be concerned about ricochets, over-travel, over-penetration, etc. "But officer, I was shooting at a SNAKE" aint going to cut it if you kill a 5yo on a playground half a mile from your snake encounter. Not a flame, JMHO.

I generally don't like to kill snakes unless as the OP stated thaey start to get a little too close to home and family. That being said, I have carried #9 shot in my .44Mag. the .22 shotshells are useless against anything bigger than a cricket. I don't own one but IMHO a .410/45LC revolver would be perfect for snake patrol, even the two-legged kind

I might be concerned about those things to if I lived in an urban environment

I live in the woods. If I see a snake that simply must be killed it will most likely be on my property.

I see hundreds of snakes, I kill maybe 1 or 2 per summer. Rarely do I shoot one, but if forced I would use my carry gun like I said in my OP.

i do understand that city dwellers have different concerns than country folk.

I agree with you. I see lots of them around. In fact I prefer having them around. They eat lots of rats and mice, which I consider more of a problem than any snake. Snakes don't carry disease, rats and mice do. Snakes won't tear up your property, rats and mice will.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:09:30 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

I agree with you. I see lots of them around. In fact I prefer having them around. They eat lots of rats and mice, which I consider more of a problem than any snake. Snakes don't carry disease, rats and mice do. Snakes won't tear up your property, rats and mice will.

I leave mine around, mainly copperheads, corals, and rat snakes. I don't think they eat too many mice compared to a feral cat, but life is just that much more exciting with predators around.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:37:50 PM EDT

[#46]

I'll use my IMI P21

Note the shells.

Posted: 4/17/2008 5:39:01 PM EDT

[#47]

any shotgun with bird shot will kill a snake

Posted: 4/17/2008 8:17:39 PM EDT

[#48]

Meet the Serbu Super-Shorty. This one is built on a Remington 870 frame. I recommend it over the Mossberg version even though it's more expensive as an 870.

Gotta love that it's only an AOW; the tax is only five dollars.

I used one for rattlesnake defense in Arizona.

Mike

Posted: 4/18/2008 8:48:41 AM EDT

[#49]

Another vote for a wheelgun.

I always used a Python with 2 snakeshot and 4 JHP's when deerhunting. Lots of rattlesnakes and copperheads in central TX back then.

Posted: 4/18/2008 8:54:39 AM EDT

[#50]

I love how people keep talking about using gold dots to shoot snakes

As if it makes much difference between ball and HP when shooting an animal that is 1-2" in diameter.

[yoda]So tactical, some people are.[/yoda]

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