.22 Bird shot, what is it?

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I was picking up some .22L for a new rifle I'm buying. Bought an assortment to try out but almost bought.22 bird shot. I noticed that the box was lighter than the others, opened it up and saw what looked like blanks. They were crimped at the top. Are these bangers or is there some type of projectile inside? Just wondering. I could have shot all night thinking I was the suckiest shooter ever.

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22 Birdshot is meant for shooting mice at practically point blank range, great for dealing with pest in a barn/ect.

Effective range is point blank out to 15 feet or so .

Pretty much salt grain sized BB's, I've seen them at Walmart and Canadian Tire lots.
 
Yeah, they are very nice in a smoothbore .22, but those are hard to find these days. The spin in a rifled barrel ruins the pattern from the shot.
 
I ve used the .22lr bird shot no. 12 size usually, works great by just stunning partridge without any breast meat damage. I got a hold of .22 mag bird shot no. 12 pellet. (22mag is very rare to find) Your good with that for up to 12 yards compared to 5 yards in .22lr.
CCI sells there cartridges with a capsule that is to hold the shot together like a wad. (wether it works i dont know) The crimped version of that cartridge is just shot on powder.
 
I was warned against them as the plastic melts (CCI LR type) and clogs the rifling. Any consensus on that?
 
Never tried the CCI's but it does make sense that the plastic would hang up in the rifling. Happens with sabots in rifled sg barrels. Try the federal with the crimped end if you are curious to try them out. Only issue I ever had was the crimped end sometimes fire forming itself abit too good and causing extraction issues in my old lakefield mark II.
 
That stuff is somewhat like mammary glands on a fish.
Not much good for anything.
IF you have a smoothbore 22 rifle, it might kill a mouse
if you stuck the barrel in his ear.
Eagleye.
 
We have barn swallows at home and as much as I like to leave the birds alone because they are excellent for bug control I had a male barn swallow that kept diving down at my head every time I was near it’s nest when I was heading towards the car. I took out the bird shot and took care of business as he was making his dives. Worked very well so I’ll keep some at home for future use...
 
They are excellent used for their intended purpose, which is pest control. They shoot well enough in rifled barrels to kill mice and packrats at close range. I've killed dozens of rodents with them in rifled barrels.

They are also excellent for getting kids to hit balloons, beer cans etc. Kids like to shoot stuff that reacts, and hits are more fun than misses, so the shot work great. I've actually thought about getting a real cheap .22 and filing out the rifling to extend their range a bit, but most of the time it's indoors in the shop or chicken coop or barn, not exactly long range work, so I probably won't bother. :)
 
Ive used the cci ones for a decent sized pack rat from about 10 feet got him dead in an instant no follow up shot was needed ... and the cabin was not damaged. That is their use, close range and in a spot you don't want bullet holes in. The Winchester ones are crap countless times I've had it get jammed in the barrel and the extractor cant pull them out carry a Swiss army sized knife to pry them out. Try having a normal round first then a shot shell and if the kid misses they will for sure hit the next lol.
 
Back in the day museums used them for collecting small birds and mammals, Just for the fact they didn't mess up the specimen,also some taxidermists did the same for small critters . Smooth bore 22's used to be popular in the old shooting galleries at carnivals and circuses.
 
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