Were the RNFP rounds jacketed? OR Lead?
I feel both are basically target rounds. On small game there might not be any difference. They are not really designed for large game.
But then sometimes one has to use what's in your hand when it's needed.
When I was about 20 and still lived at home on the farm I came home one evening after work, This was 1965, Dad had a brand new Chevy 1/2 ton PU and he was sitting on the top of the cab, coat less in a driving rain. He also had his SS 16 gauge in his lap. Mom was sitting in the cab.
I'm taking this abbynormal picture in when a large hound ran around the truck biting it as he circled. He was salivating heavily and it was foamy. Dad yelled don't get out he has rabies.It was not our dog, but we once had one that contracted rabies and the saliva was similar.
I drove up to the farm house door and waited until the dog left me and went back to circling Dad. I jumped out, ran into the house and grabbed my Colt SA 2nd gen in 38 Special. It was loaded with 158 gr RN. I stepped out and as the dog ran by I hit him behind the shoulder. He ran into the barnyard and out the other end.
I saw water in a puddle splash, I thought I may have shot under him.
Dad was a shotgun wizard, quail nor ducks were not often missed. For some reason Dad missed the Dog with both BBLS and had to jump in the truck bed and climbed on the cab. The truck had a manual xmission which Mom did not know how to use. So they sit there waiting for me.
Dad took the tractor up the farm lane the next morning. The dog had run about 75 yards and dropped dead. Dad looped some hay bale binder twine around one leg drug him off and dug a shallow grave.
I had shot many a squirrel and rabbit with Dad's, now my Ruger Single Six while they were running. Dad told everyone what a great shot it was. Just behind the shoulder and thru the heart. I never said anything. I actually wanted to hit him in both shoulders to drop him. It worked out so I left it at that, but I knew it wasn't the great shot I wanted. My only solace was I had to wait until he made a wider circle around the truck, I did not want to hit the truck or Mom or Dad so I had this in mind as I shot.
