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That was my thought as well. Luckily this was the only one of 25 or more I've killed that has done this. Makes me wonder if it was one I had shot at and hit poorly that got away.

They definitely are. I have seen one develop a heightened sense of awareness. It could tell I was coming from 50yds away and would take off running at dog speed. First time I saw it happen I walked...

They are getting huge in NW Arkansas and I have seen them foraging in sub-freezing weather here over the last few years. I think they are packing on body fat to combat the cold. This is a relatively...

Have you pulled a crimped bullet and measured it? Check to see if your crimp is swaging it down in size.

I'm too cheap to buy brass for this but .454 would be nice if it uses small primers.

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I perfected my shot loads today using gelatin capsules. Detailed info in my wasp rice loads thread.
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Blowing up a can with 9mm #7.5 shot...

OK, I got it figured out and am happy with the results. No extra glue, tape, nothing needed to secure the capsules. Brass just needs a modification and then can stay for use with shot loads. I was...

The above is regarding skinks on the porch. I was admiring a really big one on my porch today amazed at his size when all of a sudden...WHAM!! An American Kestrel blazes across my porch and snatches...

Looking forward to your results. One thing I like about the capsules I'm using is that they are gelatin. Dissolve in water/biodegradable/digestable

Yep. You don't load a ton of these. I initially shot ~25 wasps but that culled the ones I had hanging around the house. It's been slim pickings since my initial foray into it.

Once I get this...

Still playing around with the capsules. I kinda fell into something with them. I took the piece of brass that I overcrimped. It had a waist in it 3/16" down. I flared it and then put the capsule in...

I think I have some in my reloading stuff. I'll check it out. I did do some capsules with wax but the ones with tape are stuck better abeit a bit tedious to do.

Thanks for the tape idea. The x-cut in the tip did it. I'm gonna beef up that lead shot load with more powder and see what it will do. This is fun stuff.

Forgot to add. The last x-cut rice capsule I shot was still inside the 9mm case after firing. It blew thru the capsule.

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Alright, played around with the capsules some more. Capsules hold 16.5gr of rice.
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I loaded them directly over powder with no wad. They did not open up at 2ft so I X-cut the tips and...

Dead on accurate. Get rid of mouse habitat, mice leave, snakes leave

I did use a cereal box wad because I wanted the capsule open to let the shot out. I only used the top or bottom of the capsules. I'll try a few closed and see if they open up.

Cutting the wads in...

I had some of the 000 capsules in the cart but figured they'd be too big for .38/9mm so I removed them. I'm happy with the increased load. I didn't think it would add that much but it looks to be an...

That might work. I'll give it a shot.

I played around with scrunching the full capsule down on a near full case and it snugged it up. With the tape it may be just right.

OK, here's the evolution of this for me. I wanted to add more rice. Bought some 00 gel capsules from Amazon. They measure .330" on the cap, .310" on the body.
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A full case of rice...

Muriatic acid works better and is tons cheaper. Check out Project Farm's vid on it on youtube to see the results. I've used muriatic on very rusty bolts and they come out white after a short soak.

Post up what size you are sizing your boolits to.

Also disassemble a loaded crimped round and measure your boolit to see if your crimp is swaging the boolit down in size

Bill Haast was a herpetologist who injected himself with venom and had high resistance to bites.

"Mr. Haast was bitten at least 173 times by poisonous snakes, about 20 times almost fatally. It...

Yep. My nurse wife came home from work today saying a patient came in to her urgent care clinic. Reached down into her flower bed and got nailed by one. Sent her the the ER.

Yep, copperheads are responsible for most bites here because they won't move when you walk around them and people step on them and get bit. I was setting up for a party here and backed up and bumped...