Sorry guys not playing with you I was at a farm where a guy I have known for a couple years came out with this LC smith. He acquired it from some old guy he knew. He first shot the gun with Federal Premium Vital-Shok 3 1/2 Inch Magnum copper-plated muz vel 1100 fps 27 pellets 1 buck. I still have the box and 1 live shell. He fired one shell out of each barrel with no problems. I had no idea and asked if i could shoot the gun. I put same shells in and fired 1 shell out of each barrel. Still have fingers eyes and face. I had no idea about these guns what so ever. I have never seen a gun this old never the less shoot one. long story short I own the gun now and thought it would be cool to hunt with it for a day. I'm guessing from your comment not such a good idea. by the way the live round measures 3 inches