Anyone Know Anything About .22LR Birdshot

[srnm]

Never seen these type of cartridges before but I came across a box of federal classic .22lr bird shot, so i bought a box, are these safe to shoot in rifled barrels, what should i know about shooting these rounds

 

[brobones]

I have shot gophers at 5 feet with them. the gopher runs down the hole. Might be good for shooting mice off the kitchen counter without wrecking the place. #12 shot is like flour.

 

[Red Herring]

Not much more powerful than a hard sneeze. Good for snakes at close range, not much more.

 

[Brutus]

I tried to kill barn pigeons with them once.
All I did was comb thier feathers forcefully.

 

[eastwind]

I too used them along time ago, Shot at a few barn sparrows as a kid, from about 8 feet and they just ruffled their feathers and flew away. I think I threw the rest of the box away.They are safe to use in rifled barrels.

 

[tigger]

fun and expensive way to sandblast small parts at 5ft, wear your safety shield. Might work on mice in the basement though.

 

[slyty]

I find them to be very effective evicting swallows from my buildings without blowing holes in the roof. 15 feet or so they just drop to the floor. no good for semi's though

 

[The Sand Man]

If you have a smooth bore short barrel rifle, you can get some great miniature trap and skeet tournaments with your friends. I suggest using the dry round crackers.

Cheers,
Sand

 

[DEZ]

the cci work best in rifled barrels I had an old single shot had a gun smith clean out the rifling worked very well for pests.

 

[iceman2]

I have killed mice in the house with them. Once upon a time there were smooth bore 22s used by farmers for mice and rats in the barn without harming anything else. I have used in ordinary rifled barrels with no issues.

 

[dryfire]

Try using a large piece of paper at various distances , say 5-20 feet downrange as patterning board. It will give a quick indicator of effectiveness.

 

[Gatehouse]

I use them all the time for shooting mice, pack rats and squill inside outbuildings.

They are also a very effective way to introduce young kids to shooting. Set up balloons at close range and the 22 birdshot will pop the balloon (or hit the beer can or whatever).

They have no real hunting application, just pest control.

 

[Geoff B]

Paper penetration

I tried some of these on a paper target at 15 feet. The shot looked like ground pepper and didn't go through the paper!

Try using a large piece of paper at various distances , say 5-20 feet downrange as patterning board. It will give a quick indicator of effectiveness.

 

[Farva]

I still have about 2/3rds of a box of the exact ones you speak of. They're pretty useless. I suppose the snake/mouse thing has validity to it, If you put the iron to it's head and squeeze the trigger. As for pigeons and swallows, it's been said before. Useless.

Keep in mind that they might not cycle semi-automatics, my Savage 64 didn't like them. I also had problems with some of them extracting from the chamber. It almost looks as though the brass bit into the rifling.

I don't consider the 11 bucks I paid for the box a waste, as they were fun to try out and now I know what they do. That being said, my $40 Savage pump shotgun is far more effective.

 

[IRONSIDES1]

Years ago, the .22 shotshells were crimped at the end and I used them to eliminate the mice that would climb onto my mother's large bird feeder at night (this was out in the country). Shone a spotlight on them and then shot them at relative close range without damaging anything... except the mouse! Tried them on a can without much success. For close range pest control, they're great. Still have some of those crimped cartridges in the box.

 

[mmm...chicken]

Useless...unless

I found them pretty useless. But it was fun jump shooting grasshoppers late in the summer when the bugs were bigger. Good luck!!

 

[ttruscott]

If you have a smooth bore short barrel rifle, you can get some great miniature trap and skeet tournaments with your friends. I suggest using the dry round crackers.

Cheers,
Sand

Point shooting practice!!!!

 

[Dacton]

They wouldnt extract out of my sr-22 properly, had to use a knife in some cases to get the case out. When I shot it at bark on a tree you could see it at the surface stuck in just enough to not fall out.

 

[HeliBif]

A gun-savy friend of mine told me they're popular w/ woman in the US for a self-defense round, as you'll worry less about actually killing an attacker and possibly getting charged... but a close-range shot will certainly dissuade most would-be assailants.
Made sense to me!

 

[lone-wolf]

A gun-savy friend of mine told me they're popular w/ woman in the US for a self-defense round, as you'll worry less about actually killing an attacker and possibly getting charged... but a close-range shot will certainly dissuade most would-be assailants.
Made sense to me!

.22 birdshot as a self defense round... you can't get much more stupid than that.

I just use a pellet gun in the barn.