I now have a .30-06 that is an old military rifle sans scope, and a 20 gauge shotgun. I need a revolver so I can buy some snake shot for the summer and fall. Had a 4+ foot rattler near the driveway in the last two weeks.
I'm curious as to why you don't shoot the snake, with the 20 gauge, using birdshot ?
My land isn't flat, going up the small bluff behind the house, it would be nice to have a revolver.
I can relate.
I live on a 160 ranch, and it has hills on it.
While I don't have a snake problem...I do have a deer problem.
I have to fence in any place, I want to place a garden.
I have a high fence around my orchard, so that helped, until they learned to dig under the fence to get in, and then I had to fix that. LOL