.32 acp shotshell (aka ratshot)

CCI makes shotshells in .22LR, .22 WMR, 9mm, .40, .45ACP, .44 mag and .45LC -- but I've never seen any .25ACP nor any .32 ACP.

CCI also makes (used to make) shotshells in .38 Special/.357, but I can't find any anywhere. If anybody
finds some of this stuff I'd love to hear about it.

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NO, "ACP" is an acronym for Automatic Colt Pistol. Rat Shot will rarely function in a semi-auto firearm. The recoil will probably not move the slide back far enough to eject the round. You'd probably be limited to one shot.

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CCI makes shotshells in......,
9mm, .40, .45ACP,

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I guess that's designed for derringers?

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Actually, the CCI snake shot works pretty well in a lot of semi-auto handguns. Apparently what you posted used to be quite common - or was at least posted with sufficient regularity on gun forums to cause me to avoid trying it in any of my semi-autos until recently.

I find that CCI's 9mm shotshells work pretty well in my 9mm Glock (G19). I get about one failure-to-feed out of every 12-15 shots. (The slide moves far enough to the rear to eject the empty casing, but not quite far enough back to pick up the next round.) A quick TRB fixes the problem. And hopefully 1 shot = 1 dead snake.

In my G23 (.40) I have yet to have a failure-to-feed, or -extract or -fire with the CCI shotshells. I actually carry this one in the woods as a snake gun (with spare mag on belt w/ JHP's for any wild dogs).

The only reason I tried some of the shotshells in my Glocks was because I still can't find any shotshells for my .357 revolver. I'm still looking for these shells because (a) I know it will be more reliable and (b) because the .38/.357 shotshells are loaded w/ #9 shot instead of #12 shot.

I have plenty of CCI shotshells for my .22 LR revolvers, but the "payload" is pretty small compared to the 9 and .40 -- I also have plenty for my .22 WMR revolver, but it doesn't pattern as uniformly as my G19 and G23.


Edited to remove defitional mistakingly wrded fraseology.

I've got an old .32 acp revolver that I want to be able to use as a shake gun.