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Snake shot (also commonly known as rat shot and dust shot)^[1] refers to handgun and rifle cartridges loaded with small lead shot. Snake shot is generally used for shooting snakes, rodents, birds, and other pests at very close range. The most common snake shot cartridge is .22 Long Rifle loaded with No. 12 shot. From a standard rifle these can produce effective patterns only to a distance of about 3 metres (10 ft), but in a smoothbore shotgun (or garden gun) that can extend as far as 15 metres (50 ft).

Federal 22 Long Rifle snake shot with crimped case

Snake shot may be mistaken for traditional crimped blank cartridges.
Snake shot may not function properly in semi-automatic firearms causing malfunctions.
Snake shot may not function properly in handguns and rifles not specifically made for their use.
Snake shot may not function properly in light weight revolvers, as they may cause "cylinder lock" due to the capsule movement resulting from recoil inertia. However, crimped cases do not exhibit this problem.
Snake shot plastic capsules may shatter when being fed from a magazine. Crimped cases do not exhibit this problem but may fail to extract in semi-automatic firearms.^[12]
Unsafe in firearms with suppressors, ported barrels, or ported recoil compensators.
Snake shot is effective only against snakes, rodents, birds, and othe