.22 Birdshot

Shot a paper target, on a plastic election sign, with them once. Funny thing was the pettern showed on the paper, but did not mark the plastic backing. At about 10 yards, it covered the whole 8x11 paper. I doubt it'd be any worse than hitting something with airsoft. Also, they wouldn't cycle the 10/22 action, so manual cycling. I didn't notice any extra fouling, but I only shot 1 box, so not a very big sample.
 
I actually tried a few out of a box I found in the garage just last weekend. (There was a thread about these maybe a month ago...)

I shot two gophers. One at about 15 feet. It was a good thing that there was a "normal" round, next in the magazine because he would have died a slow, painful, death.
The next was at about two feet. He was dispatched nicely.

That part box is going back in the ammo cabinet till I can remember why I bought them in the first place...
 
I have away's used the Federal they will go through 1 side of a empty pop can at 10-12 feet but no more. Their great if their used for what their for rat's and sutch inside building's but don't annoy grouse with them.
 
These little shotshells have completely different performance out of a smoothbore. I have an old remington single shot bolt, and it makes the .22 shotshell into a real useful pest killer. But even so, it is NO grouse round. starlings and blackbirds OK, and "inside the barn distance" for pigeon. best use is for mice rats and english sparrows. but only if shot out of a smoothbore barrel. pretty useless out of rifled tubes in my experience.
 
i bought some cci shot just cus it looked like the uv rounds from underworld, never shot any then bought the winchester stuff just just it looked neet. havent fired it yet ether
 
I have an old Shooters Bible from 1954 and it features a smooth bore 22 rimfire pump designed for shooting shot. It was called the Mosquito and it came with small little clays about 2 inches in diameter and a hand thrower for "back yard practice".
 
They're fun to shoot outta my Ruger Single-Six, something a bit different for sure. I've found that kids get a kick out of blasting away with them & anything that sparks a kid's interest in shooting is fine by me.
 
Anyone know the makes and models of any smoothbore .22s, I live in a rural farming community in SW Ontario and think that some .22 birdshot would be handy in keeping barns and sheds clear or rats and mice.

Thanks, Taylor
 
TaylorH1986 said:
Anyone know the makes and models of any smoothbore .22s, I live in a rural farming community in SW Ontario and think that some .22 birdshot would be handy in keeping barns and sheds clear or rats and mice.

Thanks, Taylor
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Remington made the smoothbores in several models. Besides the bolt action shown above they were made in the 141 pump and are quite collectible; also made in the 572 pump.........I have 1 of them. They are called a rutledge choke and the bore is counter bored out to about 3/8" or so back about a foot from the muzzle. These rutledge choke guns were used to shoot mini birds indoors and have a small bead front sight just like a shotgun. ........wTc
 
I've used them at real close range (20 - 25 feet max) with success on squirrels at my dad's farm. I was concerned about a miss with a bullet doing something I didn't want it to do so shotshells it is (I know don't miss in the first place).

Cheers
 
I used them quite a bit on squirrels in my hazelnut trees.....they were so dumb I could walk right and put the barrel of the Browning Trombone (pump, with tube mag) within a foot of them.....poof.

Also worked really well in the barn, could walk around and get the muzzle right up to the eves and dispatch pigeons at dusk, without going through my tin roof


Never a problem, but I did wear long clothes and a landscaping shield over my head...just in case.


GG&FB
 
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