What gun do alligator hunters use?

Specifically, the ammo Jacob and Troy Landry use to kill gators. I can't be the only one surprised that nearly all the gator hunters on "Swamp People" use rimfires to dispatch the toothy reptiles. But according to Troy, the .22 Mag. is the best gator "headache medicine" a swamper can get. read more

Instead most hunters use what is known as a bang stick to dispatch the alligator once it is caught. A bang stick is essentially a bullet at the end of an aluminum pole roughly 5 feet long. The act of pressing the end of the stick containing the bullet against the alligator's skull triggers a firing pin in the housing that holds the bullet and fires it. read more

Remember that one of the hunters used what appeared to be a Ruger Blackhawk for those close range shots. Also, I remember one where they used what looked like a Mini 14 to shoot the gator at a distance. read more

In Mississippi, the Possum Police (state Department of Widlife, Fisheries and Parks enforcement) use .30-06 rifles and 12 gauge shotguns to dispatch alligators larger than 6 feet (if smaller than 6 feet, they try to catch and release). read more