I shot a rattler from about 2 feet away with a .38 special shotshell. Blew a baseball sized crater full of dust where his head was...
Problem was..I missed too! The pattern must have gone all around, but not on him. When he pulled his head out of that dust crater, let me tell you, he was open for business!
Maybe I better get a belly gun like yours.....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
The pattern must have gone all around, but not on him. When he pulled his head out of that dust crater, let me tell you, he was open for business! 
