shot loads in the sixgun always seemed like a waste of time and good powder. I have factory shot loads for the .38/.357 Magnum that I bought more than 25 years ago for some reason and never shot any of them. I used shot loads in the .22 rifle but they were just for blistering the neighbors dogs when they came nosing around my goats.
I always found a full power .45 Colt or .44 Magnum or .357 Magnum worked quite well on snakes and other crawly things without resorting to shot. If I need to use shot I like to shoot an ounce and a quarter of it at one time. 
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Starline 500 Linebaugh brass order has been on back order --
- Jeff Spencer, 2024-12-18, 18:44
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I had 327 Federal Magnum
- AmBraCol, 2024-12-20, 14:26
- Graf’s shows it in stock. (nm) - Shawn D, 2024-12-23, 18:50
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It's a bit of a waste but I make brass from
- WB, 2024-12-19, 08:52
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it's not really a waste. When it first came
- Gary Reeder, 2024-12-19, 11:49
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it's just what handgunners have to do
- Jim Taylor, 2024-12-19, 12:33
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And we are a bit short of enough 480 Achilles
- Jim Taylor, 2024-12-19, 12:42
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We must sit sometime and discuss full length
- WB, 2024-12-19, 14:25
- To tell the truth I've never had any interest in that ... - Jim Taylor, 2024-12-19, 15:19
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We must sit sometime and discuss full length
- WB, 2024-12-19, 14:25
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And we are a bit short of enough 480 Achilles
- Jim Taylor, 2024-12-19, 12:42
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it's just what handgunners have to do
- Jim Taylor, 2024-12-19, 12:33
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it's not really a waste. When it first came
- Gary Reeder, 2024-12-19, 11:49
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I had 327 Federal Magnum
- AmBraCol, 2024-12-20, 14:26