When working at the Ranch, I'm usually packing a Colt SAA 4 & 3/4" bbl in .45 Colt.
And 95% of the time the first loaded round is CCI .45 Colt Snake Shot Capsule.
It does a great job on big Rattlers.We're located on the Brazos River in N.TX and I kill Rattlesnakes year round, as our winters are usually pretty mild, and a lot of times, on a warm sunny day, snakes still come out to sun even in winter months.
Never had much luck with the CCI .22 LR Rat shot loads except in the barn for shooting rats in our feed room. The CCI 45acp Snake Shot work OK in a 1911,but like Travis mentioned, they will not cycle through any of my 1911's.
That's why I prefer the 45 Colt Snake Shot over all other Calibers.
I looked up the CCI .45 Auto snake load, interesting.
CCI says the load is intended for semi-autos only. Do not use in revolvers as recoil may lock up the revolver.
Midway USA says use CCI .45 Auto in revolvers only. Do not use in Semi-autos.
Talk about a disconnect.
It seems that the load works in some semi-autos and not in others. It also seems to work in most 1911's but not always. One has to try them and see what happens I guess.
