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06-12-2007, 09:33 PM
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my xd 45 possibly saved my life
i was up back packing by myself (the main reason i bought a 45) and was up in the mountains of idaho and at some point i must have scared a rattle snake it was about 3 feet away coiled up and ready to strike i grabed my 45 with the shot shells loaded for the first three shots and took a shot at him i was pretty sure this killed him butbetter safe then sorry. i had to manually cycle the gun and fired the remaing two at him and waited a little bit to make sure he was dead before moveing in for a closer look when i got up to him i took a stick and picked it up and the sucker was about 5 feet long to say the least i was a little freaked out but very glad i had loaded shot shells in (we have alot of snakes where i live and i figured that if i ran across anything it would be a snake but i had the other 11 rounds as 5 hollow points and 6 fmj) i was wondering if anybody else can credit their life to their xd? if so please share
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06-12-2007, 09:35 PM
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Thats Crazy! I need some shotshells...
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06-12-2007, 10:01 PM
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Not yet, fortunately.
Where in Idaho do you live? Where were you backpacking?
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06-12-2007, 10:04 PM
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boise idaho
i love in boise and i was up near idaho city (grimes creek) just drove in about 10 miles and parked and started hiking it really wasnt a fun hike at all even if the snake thing didnt happen i need to go fine some better spots. and find some good trails i just started up a mountain side.
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06-12-2007, 10:05 PM
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Go to the Tetons!
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06-12-2007, 10:28 PM
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Sorry, it's our fault (AZ), to darn hot here already. They all crawled north for the summer
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06-12-2007, 10:40 PM
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is shot shells bad on the barrel?
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06-12-2007, 10:45 PM
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Quote:
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06-12-2007, 10:53 PM
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are they both made of the same type of steel?
i know that as long as the shot is a "weaker" metal than the barrel you should be fine....
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06-12-2007, 11:20 PM
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The shot is made out of lead in the ones I used:
 http://www.cci-ammunition.com/defaul...=14&prod_id=24
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