That is really strange, I have never had it not work.. And I've shot more than a couple with it.
Yeah Ben...thats what everyone always told me...but with my luck....
I used to hunt them for their hides in Washington...Pacific Diamondbacks. Killed hundreds over the years.
I even had two get out from under the .38 bird shot! One had his head pinned and the gun was no more than 18 inches from it. Blew a crater where his head was, unpinned it...but somehow the pattern went around him
Out of the dusty crater came a perfectly healthy rattler,head intact, and he was open for business!
The other I just walked up on, he held still and I shot him...no problemo.....I opened my gun and was reloading that chamber when my partner yelled " Look out!" and I heard his gun go off. The snake had regrouped somehow and was having a go at my leg...caught a couple #8s on that one
( he was that close to getting the job done...)