best rifle for pythons

[the_skunk]

I hunted water moccasins - 12 guage to the head. You hit a 20 foot rock python with 22, he will chase your butt

 

[W.E.G.]

Bichon Frisée rigged with claymores.

...or rusty 12gauge single-barrel

 

[anothernewb]

I'm with the others. I'm thinking street sweeper style shotgun.

 

[brnmw]

The very best weapon for this application is obviously a Colt PYTHON!!

My favorite, but for this particular question I would use that only with exploding .357 Mag. bullets! Along with an 8" barrel with a scope, I am not getting anywhere near a real Python!

 

[LeonCarr]

870 in 12 Gauge loaded with 2.75 inch #4 Buckshot with a full or extra full choke. With headshots it will put the smackdown on the big serpents.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[osprey176]

Lemay,great picture of the croc.Thats gotta make launching the kayak real interesting.

 

[Pat4x4]

Gamo pellet gun to the Head, Or a .50 BMG.. both will kill it

 

[Art Eatman]

Looks to me that the most practical firearm would be a semi-auto shotgun with an extended mag. 12-gauge, with at least #4 Buck.

Extended mag mostly to help deal with an unwanted degree of adrenalin rush if El Gigantico shows up.

 

[Cocked & Locked]

12 gauge shotgun for me. But I would carry my back up snake just in case.

 

[Kachok]

12 guage, snakes are not thick bodied animals so super deep penetration is not needed, neither is alot of range, you are not likely to see a snake outside of shotgun range. A shotgun will maximize trauma by virtue of alot of wound tracts. That said a high speed 223-243 cal with rapid expansion bullets is likely to blow them in half.

 

[BullSkater]

We have loads of snakes here in South GA. I have killed a lot of the poisonous ones when possible. Snakes are easy to kill with about any gun. The trouble is when when you try to shoot one they are most often moving. A 20 gauge shotgun or larger work great. As far as shot size it depends on the range. Turkey loads should work about as good as anything. You would loose to many shot opportunities with a rifle or handgun.

 

[Art Eatman]

I've read many a post where somebody says that they don't like to take a shot at a deer's neck. Movement, small target, etc. Looks to me like a snake is likely to be much like a deer's neck.

So, closer range, shotgun. And the snakes under consideration in this Everglades deal can be well over ten feet long. I want high odds on a hit at fifteen or twenty yards, and lotsa damage from a hit.

 

[Blue68f100]

The consensus is "The best rifle is a SHOTGUN....."