snake shot in glock

[sc00ter079]

 I have a glock 23 .40 cal and i just purchased some snake shot rounds for when im camping but i really wanna see what one will do to a target so are they bad to shoot through the glock barrels  and if so what will it do to the barrel

[twyacht]

Is it a steel shot? I have heard different things about it in pistols, some good, some very bad.

Great question as I killed a garter snake the old fashioned way,.. with a garden hoe! For the animal rights folk out there, " I gave him every op. to go away right up until he tried to lunge and bite the crap out of me,... THREE times!  Oh,... and he was BIG. Maybe bigger in my head, but big enough. "Indiana Jones quote applies",.. I hate snakes, I hate 'em!.

However I have a little P3AT .380 and have heard steel shot can be very, very bad.

[m25operator]

Commercial shot cartridges are all lead, won't hurt a thing, do try them out on paper well away from your body, but up close 2-4 feet, at a  target the size of an egg, so you know where it hits, most of the cartridges will not cycle a semi auto, to find out if it will in your pistol, shoot some and be prepared.

[Big Frank]

I had some CCI shotshells that worked most of the time in my 1911 type .45 pistol. My guess it that they'll work most of the time in a .40 Glock. Buy at least two boxes so you can shoot a magful or more and still have a magful.

BTW garter snakes are one of the best things you can have in a garden. They eat slugs and bugs before the slugs and bugs get a chance to destroy your garden. They're shy creatures and last month when I petted one it just took off. But even if they bite you it doesn't hurt. If you don't like snakes I'd suggest you buy a bunch of Praying Mantis eggs. If you have enough praying mantises they can eat a snake's worth of pests. The worst pests I ever had in my garden was cats. They were so destructive I gave up on gardening after a few years. Sorry. I didn't mean to hijack this thread.

[kmitch200]

I have a glock 23 .40 cal and i just purchased some snake shot rounds for when im camping but i really wanna see what one will do to a target so are they bad to shoot through the glock barrels  and if so what will it do to the barrel

They won't hurt the Glock barrel and will cycle every time. My 23 and 27 would gobble up a whole mag full if I wanted them to.

I have been keeping one in the pipe for walking the dog.
If a rogue dog latches onto Fido, being able to fire a near contact round without the worries of overpenetration appeal to me. Being unarmed in my own yard while the neighbors mutt was chewing on my dog is NOT something I am going to allow to be repeated.
1911, G23 or G27 is getting screwed into mutt's ear. (but not hard enough to take it out of battery!)

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[alfsauve]

A couple of thoughts.

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"How did that snake get in your Glock in the first place?"

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In one of the recent issues of "Rifle Magazine" a writer is recalling his trip to Africa and tells about the many snakes he encountered.  Including the Cobra that one of the guides stepped over, then turned around and stomped to death........wearing only Sperry Topsiders with no socks.   So, who needs "snake shot".