This sounds better:
“.38 Special shotshells are centerfire handgun loads primarily used for close-range pest control and small-game hunting. The most common type is the CCI Pest Control round, which features 100 grains of #9 shot in an aluminum case, achieving a muzzle velocity of 1,000–1,050 FPS and 222 ft-lbs of energy.
Key characteristics include:
Construction: Rigid plastic shot capsules designed to break on the rifling, creating a dispersed pattern rather than a solid slug.
Variants: The CCI Big 4 load uses 84 grains of #4 shot for longer range and higher energy against larger pests, while specialty options like Doubletap SnakeShot use a wadcutter base for tighter patterns without relying on rifling for spread.
Usage: Ideal for tight quarters and snake control, though effectiveness depends on barrel length, with longer barrels generally producing better patterns.
Compatibility: These rounds are safe to fire in firearms chambered for .38 Special or .357 Magnum.”
I’ll just note that in the 10 years of living at the new [to me] Western Compound, 2 Rattlers have been dispatched on the [seasonally hot] driveway.
[No nests have been detected.]
Vigilance is much like the [now old] Boy Scout Motto of: “Be Prepared”....
USED EXACTLY THAT KIND OF AMMO AGAINST SNAKES WHEN I LIVED IN SO CALIF & RODE HORSEBACK ALL OVER OAT MOUNTAIN.
GOT 7 IN ONE YEAR ALONE.