.357, .38, and .44 mag speer shotshells with rock salt?

[DaSandmanCometh]

44 Magnum Shotshells

This works much better than the capsules.

 

[CMD-KY]

I've found shotshells out of a .38 with a 2" barrel to be good for nothing. I think they might do better in the larger bores.

My experience has been different with the 2" .38 cal. I use #9 with Bullseye, rats, squirrels and copperheads die quickly within eight feet. I am rarely without my .38 when on the land. I have not used this at greater distances.

 

[SLT223]

I tried rock salt once in some shotgun shells and what resulted was a load of table salt at 20 feet. It's probably the noise more than the salt affecting the bull. You might try the plastic, primer-fired bullets with good effect.

I haven't seen those in years. an you still get the primer fired plastic rounds?

Edit:
Disregard my question. I see Speer still makes them.
http://www.speer-bullets.com/products/components/plastic_training_bullets.aspx

 

[wingnuut]

How about a bull whip

 

[Harkrader]

I've carried .44 shot shells to deal with camp pests for years. Most people want to hear that bears or such are the biggest problem when backpacking, but I list 1: insects, especially mosquitoes, and 2: rodents. The rodents will chew through a tent to get at sweat in a sleeping bag. They can climb ANY tree to get at food hung there (a total waste of time, in my opinion, and not possible in most evergreen forests), and will chew through backpack straps, belts and shoes to get salt from sweat.
Shooting distance was never more than a few meters and the shot always killed them quickly.
I've never tried or even thought about rock salt. I never had to control big domestic animals. Just ran fast and climbed up tall things.

 

[Forrest r]

Back in the 90's I used to use the blue speer shot capsules in a 38spl. Would fill them with 5 shot (10 to 12 pellets) & load them to p+ levels and shoot skeet with them in a 6" bbl 586.

This was on a standard skeet field where the birds went 40+mph & the center line is 21yds away. Never could hit any birds in the center stations (too far away) but they were fare game @ stations 1, 2, 6, 7 & 8.

It would be interesting to see how the chunks of salt handle the pressure and how much it crushes/deforms.