Smoothbore barrels for .22LR rifles?
- Thread starter Wendell
- Start date
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Aren't they made just for 22 shot, for rats and snakes?
Highly doubtful. Why on earth would anyone want a smoothbore 22? The only possible use is for totally useless shotshells.
Won’t cycle 10/22 and .22 shotshells are useless anyway.
- Location
- Okanagan Valley B.C.
I have a couple Stevens .22lr shot & .32 rf shot , the smooth bore
makes quite the difference in patterning .
A .22 shot shell out of a rifled 22'' barrel would be ineffective
on any thing @ 15' except a butterfly whereas shot from a smooth
bore will pattern 60% tighter.
The beauty of these was the minimal damage when used indoors, removing
birds was the primary use .
Henry does a Lever action , Anschutz had a single shot & Remington made
a model 61 or 63 .22 rf shot , I'm certain there were others.
... skwerl
Taken from the 1899 Stevens catalog
makes quite the difference in patterning .
A .22 shot shell out of a rifled 22'' barrel would be ineffective
on any thing @ 15' except a butterfly whereas shot from a smooth
bore will pattern 60% tighter.
The beauty of these was the minimal damage when used indoors, removing
birds was the primary use .
Henry does a Lever action , Anschutz had a single shot & Remington made
a model 61 or 63 .22 rf shot , I'm certain there were others.
... skwerl
Taken from the 1899 Stevens catalog
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Extremely close range for pests. Birds in sheds that you don't want any holes in the tin roof if your shootin up.
- Location
- SE corner Sk
Yeah, but the the with the 22 birdshot you don't have to be super accurate, lots of pellets will make sure you kill the pest.
fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
I have never owned a smooth bore .22 but after missing a couple sparrows inside the farm shop with shotshell .22's one day I patterned a couple of shots at 40 ft (length of my shop) and that rifling induces a "doughnut pattern" to the shot, hollow in the center...So I used a 2" off center aiming point and have killed birds up to pigeon size with them.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
Dragon flies over a pond inside 30 ft be real fun as well.
That it would be. Not to many small ponds where one could shoot over where I grew up. Lots of farm land though
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I was lucky enough to grow up in an area with the sea at me back door and the forest at me front door. Lots of farming folks to work with in them days.
The smooth bore .22 I had was a Remington 510 single shot that was fun to use on rats when cleaning out chicken barns & popping fookin' starlings from
their nest holes when they showed their faces.
I would've used the 510 for more adventures, but I got way more pest whacking in with my Cooey 39 using .22 shorts along with my Slavia 620 .177 air rifle.
I've asked about that before and was told it could easily be done but there would be a step right after the chamber. Whether or not that would effect the pattern I'm not sure. Maybe the CCI plastic cup would upset but the crimp shells should be fine
