An automatic 9 will not cycle rat shot. You need a revolver or a single shot.

I shoot it in an old single action .22 revoler I have and it works fine. Not much killing power but it works.

I could cycle it manualy, or load them one at a time. Are accurate ?

You better be real close to do any damage, they are not real powerful. I have shot them at paper target to see the pattern and spread is huge at short distances. They don't work in an automatic, not enough kick to chamber.

Swampbuck, I have shot some through my 9, but if you put one in the chamber you have to shoot it. If you try to take it out the blue casing will come off the shell and the bb's will spill out. The blue casing will be caught in the barrel.

At least this is what happened in my gun.

good luck, craig

That is exactly the reason I bought the judge from Taurus. Shoots 45 LC and .410 through the same gun. Works great on snakes and is a lot of fun to shoot.

That's funny. I was JUST thinking about borrowing my dad's judge. It is a fun gun

Snakes?? Carry a stick. If it's farther away than stick length it's no threat to you.

I've shot plenty of snakes with my .380 revolver and I've found that shooting anything over 3' away does little or no damage, but it will sure scare the crap out of them.

works fine in my .2 or .357. Either one will kill a snake. Of course the 38 ratshot is very effective.

I use the .22LR and the .38 out of double action revolvers. They work pretty well on snakes out to about 10 or 12 feet. I actually like to use the .22LR a little better to be honest. I was setting trot lines one night with a buddy and we had a very large cottonmouth fall in the boat with us. As he stuck his head over the back bench in my jon boat, I took it off for him with those shot. It did take a little paint off the boat, but barely left a dent at all. Safe to use in a boat and won't sink you if you have to shoot the bottom of the boat. The .22 uses #12 shot and the .38 uses #9.

I'm not scared of snakes, so I don't shoot them. I notice alot of people on this site are a bit girly like that. However, I do use my .22 Buckmark to shoot rats, and it does a fine job. The .22 shotshells are filled with #12 shot, and good out to around 8-10 feet, but it spreads out quick. It will not cycle the slide, so I pull it to reload.

HAHA.

...w/357 or 38's...ream a hole the same size of #4's w/a pointy X-Acto...shake out #12...push-in the #4's and seal hole w/wax...cotton...or 'ya bubble gum so 'ya BB mini-balls don't shake...when you see a snake !!!...What's wrong w/'ya students ???...rats have done more damage to mankind than snakes ever did...cheers

Don't waste you money, I have some for my 9mm and like they said they will not eject, and I shot it at a piece of paper 6ft away and it didn't even go through the paper. You would have to get so close, the snake would actually be close enough to bite you.

Rat shot in my Sigma .40 S&W will cycle my auto loader just fine. It's not quiet, but it blows the action back like normal.