Further Adventures w/Rice Loads

[bulasteve]

Or...getting soft in my ol..middle-age. Or know the potential for damage per load/gun you have. In my garage I use 2 old fashioned standard mouse traps, one glue trap and a 5 gallon pickle crock to keep the number of mice down. Usually get 6-a dozen per winter. This winter put a standard trap and a glue trap in the back corner of basement just to see...no evidence in the house seen, but ya wonder. Nothing caught in the house all winter, am happy, until this am, glance down at the glue trap, next to loading bench, and a little whiskered face is looking up at me. An hour later, decide a quick death is needed. All five 250gt HP's come outta the Bulldog and two rice loads go in, cylinder indexed to proper place. Eyes n ears, though ears not needed really. First pop from @ 8ft.. Kinda sandblasted one side of mouse, quickly moved closer and at 3ft mouse cut in half, DRT now. The rice load did not mar the white paint on the cement floor or block. Some blood splatter to clean up after 2nd shot. It is a good thing to understand what different loads do at different ranges, and tweek as necessary while still being safe. Ya knew I had to be trying to make some kinda point, right ?  

[bulasteve]

So..the larger the bore size, cartridge size, the wider the range of munitions that can be launched. If rice loads are so useable around the house in 44's, and there is a 480 just'a sitting there.. egg roll loads ? Kidding, incendiary ? Too much caffeine is what I'm thinking, but heading to work soon, here.

[bulasteve]

I'm thinking, little itty-bitty naplam canisters..yup.

[jsh]

I have some issues with a pack rat and some wood bees, maybe double tap the rat?
I am thinking 45colt or 480, any thoughts?

[bulasteve]

Lots of thoughts ! 3grs of Bullseye, a Walters wad or reasonable facsimile, then rice to just below the rim, and crimp, over another wad/card. I layer Elmers glue over my wad/card, and magic marker an "R" or the shot sixe, in case it is a shot shell. I tape a piece of paper towle over a paper plate and try from different ranges and angles to understand the lethality of the loading. I have to patch a couple of palces in my vinyel siding...more testing required. A glancing blow kinda shot is best to protect to background surface.

[BigBore44]

Steve
I'm gonna hit the beach, Errr I mean bench shortly.
I'm planning on loading up some (SS) snake shot #8's for the 44 Spl.
I'm also gonna branch out and try some (RL's) Rice loads and the #8's SS loads in the 454 Casull
I'm betting that the 454 will be perty potent with RL on carpenter bees. Hopefully I'll find a couple water snakes to try the SS out on in the next day or two.
I want to KNOW FOR SURE how they behave/work before I trust them on woods walkin with a good chance of running into a Timber Rattler!!!
I'm sure the 454 SS would be the better of the two calibers, but I would most likely have the Bisley Flattop 44 spl with me, so testing will be done on ALL of these loads.

BigBore44

[bulasteve]

Sounds like lots'a fun !