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From: cbl@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu (Chris Luchini)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Pack Gun
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Date: 20 Jun 91 14:39:38 GMT
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In article <35823@mimsy.umd.edu>, magnum@mimsy.umd.edu (News Moderator) writes:
#
#I was hiking with my SO over Memorial Weekend when I shot a rattlesnake.
#I'd always thought that my .357 Mag would be an appropriate weapon until
#it came time to shoot the snake.  He was coiled up in a pile of rocks!!!
#The possibility of a ricochet with the 158 grain .357 seemed much more 
#likely than the .22 rifle I was also carrying.  I opted for the rifle and 
#with one shot almost severed his head from his body.

	This whole thread has me riled! Why kill the snake if
	you don't have to? If you had time to switch to your rifle,
	you had time to get away from the snake. Unless of course
	you were going to eat it, roast rattler if fairly good.
	I guess what I'm saying is: If it's alive and you kill it,
	it had better be for a good reason {defense or food}

	BTW, the decision not to use the 357 is a good one, an aquantance
	of mine had $30k worth of surgery because someone took a shot
	at a rattler in a pile of rocks with a 357, part of the jacket
	came off and embeded itself in his eye. His eye was saved, but
	now he has 2 pupils.


#
#As for sticking the muzzle in his face... I could see no reason to get
#that close to a live rattler.
#
#After cutting off his head and rattle my SO wanted to look at his fangs.  
#I figured OK.  Reaching down I grabbed the head behind the jaw to push
#his mouth open.  SNAP!  He almost got me!  I guess that was a dumb thing
#to do.  If you do kill one of these critters, don't mess with his head.

	They can still bite for 30-40 min or so after the head is cut off.
-cbl
	
#-- 
#Brian Vandewettering - NRA, NRA-ILA, OSSA  -- Opinions are MINE!!!
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