13 Aug 08 14:37, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>> been thinking that since the replacement barrels for a Colt .45 ACP
 RN>> are relatively inexpensive, I'd go ahead and buy a spare in the
 RN>> event the shotgun loads have to be used.  The barrels are easy to
 RN>> change. I can do it blindfolded.  (-:-)

 RW>> Are these buckshot loads you're talking about available somewhere,
 RW>> over the counter? I've heard of reloaded ACPs with 100g of #8
 RW>> buckshot, but they won't operate the .45 slide. That's because there
 RW>> is no 'plactic' shaped bullet available. The load is seperated from
 RW>> a max of 4 grains of powder, by a copper gas plug, then the shot  on
 RW>> top with a paper plug holding all of it in the case. Even if it had
 RW>> enough power to make the slide move, I don't think I'd take any
 RW>> chances of a jam with nothing to guide it over the ramp. I'd stick
 RW>> with the much more reliable .45 FMJ instead...

 RW> THat's always been my other big leery factor of doing such tricks
 RW> with an automatic.

I have revolvers for experimenting. I've fired 'snake' shot in my Ruger 44
magnum revolver, for instance. I've also fired 'snake' shot im my Colt SSA
.22 revolver. Both rounds come with a plastic bullet that holds the shot
and it probably doens't have any impact on the barrel at all.

 RW> stepping outside the design parameters here could mean you blow off
 RW> your own arm or something else interesting.

I would be afraid of a jam with ammo that wasn't meant to be fired in a
Colt .45 ACP.

In that scenario where a man comes screaming at you with a knife in his
hand, that's a time when you need reliability most. There wouldn't be any
time to fix a jam. In that case, you might as well meet him with a club
for all the good a jammed firearm will do you.

                R\%/itt



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