I was in WSS the other day and they had boxes of Winchester .22 Shot shells, with #12 shot in them. Anyone use these? How do they work? I bought a box to try out when I'm at the range next, not sure what I will use them for though.
.22LR Shotshells
- Thread starter FLYBYU44
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I bought some just for kicks one day. Out of my buckmark pistol they shot about a 12" pattern at 15ft. Out of my savage bolt 24" barrel, i got a 18" donut pattern at the same distance.
Not really good for much other than some entertainment, IMHO
Not really good for much other than some entertainment, IMHO
They are perfect (and I think designed for) shooting vermin where you can't safely use regular rounds - specifically, we used them back home for pigeons & rats inside our barns. Effective at short range, and no holes in the walls, roofs, or livestock. 
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- West Quebec
Cool are they very loud?
Canadian_Zuk
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they are actually quite quiet and effective within 10-15 feet. The problem with the CCI shot shells is the capsule at the front that contains the shot. It will spin with the rifling in your barrel, the shot will continue to rotate as it clears the muzzle centrifuging outwards into a doughnut pattern with a nice empty spot in the middle where you were aiming. pattern some on cardboard to find your effective range with it.
The cci ones from my glock cover a standard ipsc target from about 5 yards away,
Was fun, but as a city kid, I don't have much use and doubt I will ever use up what I have or buy more of em,
may try and get a squirrel this summer tho?
Always hated those little bastards.
Was fun, but as a city kid, I don't have much use and doubt I will ever use up what I have or buy more of em,
may try and get a squirrel this summer tho?
Always hated those little bastards.
shadowstang
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My uncle was just talking about these ! He took the rifling out of old cooey for this purpose and shrunk his pattern down to 6 inches at 15 yards and no more donut ! Works great on the farm
I know the steel stuff will trash the the rifling, we used them on a few pests on the farm once or twice you know that odd time where that .410 is overkill or will damage the structure behind the target. The stuff is more of a novalty then anything. I know of a guy that used and old AR7 with a wore out barrel to shoot that stuff at gofers and pest birds. Then is kid shot a bunch of barn sparrows with it and that was that no one ever seen the rifle or the shot again.
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I have them in my store only mine are the winchester with a fold crimp at the top. Field report from a customer goes something like this: " I saw the mouse running along the baseboard and I just happened to have the shotshells out so I let him have it!! Results - Dead varmint and very light peppering of the surrounding baseboard." I LMAO thinking about this fella on safari in the living room. Obviously a bachelor!!
I use them. I have the best luck with the CCI, better pattern anyways. I bought an old Cooey with the intention of pulling the rifleing out, but before my project began I learned it is not legal to remove rifleing from a gun.. Go figure.
The Cooey turned out to be a great shooter, the wife refinished the stock and now it gets used almost daily.
The Cooey turned out to be a great shooter, the wife refinished the stock and now it gets used almost daily.
gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
I heard within 15 feet they were good for killing man eating tigers, err maybe it was man eating mouse, can't remember which.
calvados.boulard
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I would be very interested in seeing such information, as I have tinkered with the idea myself a few times. Never heard that as a reason not to proceed.
