On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:33:44 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

A better question would be... if you're decided to have a single gun aboard,
what should it be? I was thinking my .38 Special would be fine, but I would
put shotgun pellet rounds in it. No reason to blow a hole in the hull.

Your shot load is for snakes inside a range of ten feet. If it won't
penetrate the average hull it isn't enough gun to defend yourself
with. The 38 Special is considered to be on the light side for
shooting people.

Casady