which gun should you use to kill a snake?

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Why harass non-venomous snakes? ...was my question... I'm not a snake lover, but you claimed to be... It seemed incongruent.

Les
 
quoheleth, As I recall those guns were 16 inchers not 18 inches.
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Crap.

So much for my "concealed carry battleship."

My search continues for something with more firepower.

The M1A1 Abrams, although lacking sheer size and mass of its round (the MISSOURI & IOWA threw 2500+lb shells), offers the ability to shoot & scoot, plus has excellent armor to repel the snake's one offensive weapon. Wonder if CDNN has any???

It's not the size of the snake. It's the size of the fear the snake generates.

(By the way... I knew we only had 16 inchers. I don't know why I wrote 18. The Japs sailed two monsters w/18" guns, I believe, both sunk without being able to contribute anything signficant to the war besides fear-factor. One got torpedoed before even making it into a single sea battle. Didn't know the Brits had 'em, too.)

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Gun? You don't use a gun to kill a snake! I use the same thing I use on wild hogs--a sharpened popsicle stick. I'll admit to carrying a back up betwixt me teeth for hogs, but there's no need for that sort of extravagance for snakes.


-Matt
 
The Japs sailed two monsters w/18" guns, I believe, both sunk
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That would be Yamato and Musashi both armed with 9 x 18.1"/45 Type 94 firing a 3,219 lbs projectile up to 45,960 yards at 46 degrees. Each gun weight 363,000 lbs set in a 3 gun turret which weight 2,730 tons, 3 turrets per ship. Each turret weight as much as a destroyer.

One got torpedoed before even making it into a single sea battle
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That would be Shinano which was started as the 3rd ship of the Yamato class but after Midway the incomplete Shinano was finished as a carrier. So there was suppose to be three Yamato class ships build but before Shinano could be completed as such the aircraft carrier proved itself.
 
which gun should you use to kill a snake

I have a TC 45/410 that I use 2 1/2" 1/2 oz #9 in for the Water Mocs here at the farm here in south La. It is good out to 25 yds- no problem! Have taken out 3 in the last 5 days. The hunt is on!!! After losing a dog and a close miss with the wife in the last two yrs it has become a personal thing with me. I hope you understand-if you don't-Oh well!!!
 
No gun is necessary unless it is a really big snake like in the tropics. A walking stick is plenty should it be necessary to dispatch a snake and it usually in not necessary. I don't kil poisonous snakes anymore unless they bite me or they are in my yard and likely to get stepped on by the unawares.
 
I would use my beloved Mosin Nagant 91/30 with it's 18" rusty screwdriver/bayonet. :D It's nearly 6 feet long with the bayonet attached so even if you miss with the first five rounds you can use the bayonet.

And I would know because I have successfully bayonetted two full cans of diet soda with one stroke! :neener: It was, however, in self-defense. Because diet soda tastes like crap.
 
A few years back my neighbor called me over to show me the snake he had killed. He said he wasn't sure what it was but it was huge. He also pointed out the striations(sp.) on the scales. It was sure enough big-about a six foot long black racer. That was the worst year ever here for snakes. We had a water mocassin get in the garage. I got the same neighbor to kill it. You can call me a coward but he was in a corner & I just didn't want to go into a corner after a snake. I also didn't want to use the 20 gauge on concrete. I try to leave the black racers (constrictors) alone as they hold the others back.
 
It depends on the snake.

Hoes work work well on some.

A reasonable stand-off distance for others, so guns work better than a bow and arrow (unless you're a good archer).

There are probably some snakes (not around my place thankfully) for which I'd want to use the previously suggested 16" gun broadside. I'll gladly sit back about 5000 yards and call in fire missions. Mambas come to mind. From what I've heard, they are fast, aggressive and deadly and they will actual chase you. That's what Naval Gunfire is for. :D
 
The only snake worth killing on sight in the US is a Water Mocassin. (This is contrary to my last statement (#90).) Those things give me the bigeebies. Can't think of a better application for the Taurus 45/10.
 
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According to this site, 5 of the world's 10 deadliest snakes are found in Australia.

http://crikeymatemosaic.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/the-deadliest-snakes-in-the-world/

#2 The Eastern Brown Snake is common where I live.

I don't hesitate to use a 12g shotgun with birdshot (7 1/2) on any snake near the house - especially since we have young children. I found one in the bathroom once that I killed with a shovel since I didn't want to shoot the toilet but I prefer a shotgun.
 
best to just avoid them, but if it is necessary to kill them, a shotgun is the easiest way to get the job done.
 
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