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03-12-2009, 08:40 PM
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I carried one of my two Body Guards loaded with Blazer bird shot rounds for snake medicine when I fish. Recently, when I fired at a big snake (BIG), the cylinder got stuck. Shape of the ammo? Too hot and swelled up? What?
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03-12-2009, 08:40 PM
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I carried one of my two Body Guards loaded with Blazer bird shot rounds for snake medicine when I fish. Recently, when I fired at a big snake (BIG), the cylinder got stuck. Shape of the ammo? Too hot and swelled up? What?
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03-12-2009, 09:15 PM
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You mean you had no problem with cylinder rotation beforehand, but immediately after you fired the birdshot round it would not advance to the next position? That sounds like a case tie-up to me.
Could you release the cylinder and swing it out without difficulty?
Did you check the extractor rod to make sure it was solidly screwed in and hadn't come loose?
I guess it might be a couple of other things too. I don't know. I have a Bodyguard (649, recent manufacture), but this hasn't happened to me. On the other hand, I haven't shot it much either, and I haven't tried bird or snake loads in it.
David W.
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03-12-2009, 09:44 PM
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Let's see: No, I could not release the cylinder and swing it out for a long time; that's why I thought of heat; it fired a couple of rounds fine then bound up. I did not try the extractor rod for tightness; I think I'll go try and duplicate the problem and take better notice of what's happened. Thanks for your reply.
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03-13-2009, 11:10 AM
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The shot cups pull and bind up the gun. I've never had any luck with those things.
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03-13-2009, 12:07 PM
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You do have to crimp the living heck out of them. After I learned that, no problem.
I thought my crimp would cut the plastic case, it was so severe.
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03-13-2009, 05:49 PM
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Hi:
I would not use Shot Cartridges in my revolver.
I never found them effective for snakes.
I would carry whatever bullet weight shot to point of aim.
A short 410 shotgun would even be better.
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03-13-2009, 07:17 PM
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I usually load one for the first shot. Never had an issue with a capsule pulling out of the case and binding the cylinder. Handloaded #12 shot kills snakes graveyard dead.
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03-13-2009, 09:05 PM
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Photoman: that has a ring of truth. I double checked that the gun was clean, really clean. Those snake loads are pretty long. I'll shot a few and check the length of the fired round. thanks.
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03-13-2009, 09:07 PM
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I was shooting CCI factory loaded ammo.
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03-13-2009, 09:12 PM
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For what it's worth, I have killed snakes and ground squirrels with .40 CCI shot loads; probably ruined the rifling in my Glock.....
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03-13-2009, 09:30 PM
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probably ruined the rifling in my Glock.....
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Probably.
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