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From: macklin@garnet.berkeley.edu (Macklin Burnham)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Pack Gun
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Date: 17 Jun 91 21:30:45 GMT
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In article <35656@mimsy.umd.edu> ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu (Gary Coffman) writes:
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#I've tried snake shot in everything including .44 mag. It usually makes
#the snake angry. The best way to deal with a snake is to avoid him. A
#second choice is a hiking staff. If you just like killing snakes, a
#.22 hollowpoint through the head leaves them dead. A 4" barrel .22
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Maybe Gary can answer a question that I've had for 20 years or so. A guy
once told me that it was easy to hunt rattlesnakes with a .22 rifle: all
you had to do was point the rifle with one hand in the snake's face, and
it would move its head to zero in on the muzzle. I've never been a position
to try this. Was the guy putting me on?
Mack Burnham