Muley Gil, I meant just the opposite. I've found that I usually have time to index the cylinder, dialing up some snake shot, when I see a snake, so set a cast bullet load to fire first. As someone else pointed out, a bullet that beheads ol no-shoulders but then glances into a distant neighbors picture window makes for poor neighborly relations....,Guess I'll just load 6 standard rounds and carry a snake load in my watch pocket from here on.