.45 shot shells

by Slow Hand , Indiana, Friday, December 27, 2024, 22:02 (21 days ago) @ JohnKDM

These have interested me far more than they should have. Maybe reading Mr Nonte at an early age affected me…

I have some full cylinder length loaded .45 shot shells. The .45 acp’s are loaded for a 1917 Smith and made out of.308 cases fit in two shell ‘1/3 moon’ clips. And some .45 Colt cylinder length shells made up from .30/40 Krag or .303 Brit cases. Both shoot fairly well and deliver close to .410 shotshell results (which I have never been enamored with) but from memory both lead something awful
. Not sure what benefit either would have; I guess slight better chance of hitting a snake or something. I would. It truest either to out down any moms of bird or squirrel. I have tried shot shells loaded with a round ball out front way back in the past but don’t recall those results. If the round ball pushes out fairly accurate with a small cloud of shot behind , maybe it would us the best bet.

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