Instead of capsules, couldn't a guy use gas checks or home made wads from a milk cartoon? I haven't been impressed with the cci shot shells on paper. The closer the better, the farther away it seems like a donut pattern appeared on paper.
This is what I load. Two gas checks is all you need.
FWIW - My son shot a snake twice at a distance of eight feet with a CCI 38 special snake shot load and it slithered away. I finished it off with a 22 rimfire to the head.
