I’ve had two of the “Snake Slayers”, and with a 3” .410 and 6 or 7 1/2 shot they are effective on a snake, BUT the triggers are bloody awful. Shooting at any distance is “interesting” at best. With .45 LC,off a rest, accuracy remained lousy (long free bore before rifling, lousy trigger). I wanted to like one as a tractor gun, but after trying, twice, I gave up. I would never consider one of these things for SD against a two or four legged predator. Those supperposed .45 barrels do “look” intimidating, but if God forbid you needed to actually use it…��