.22 shotshells

they were ment to get rid of pests in barns without blowing holes in the walls or if mice are in your basement. thats all deterent
 
We had some guys come to Alberta from Norway or Sweden to hunt spring bear once and they bought a bunch to take home with them. They used them to shoot rats while watching TV at night in the living room. They were actually made at first for a trap game with smooth barreled 22s that was popular many years ago.
 
Raton57 said:
We had some guys come to Alberta from Norway or Sweden to hunt spring bear once and they bought a bunch to take home with them. They used them to shoot rats while watching TV at night in the living room. They were actually made at first for a trap game with smooth barreled 22s that was popular many years ago.
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So what you're saying then is that .22 shotshells are Norway's go to round for bear defence?
 
I've never tried it. You might be able to break the low 8 or high 7 if you let them in close. Trap? Not a chance.
 
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I stood a clay on its side in the snow and it wouldn't break from about 12-15 feet. I was hitting it and it would remove a bit of orange paint, but that's it.
 
I bought a box of these on a whim 2 years ago. At 8 feet, they go through the first layer of corrugated cardboard. And if you're shooting them out of a rifled barrel, the shot donuts pretty harshly. I think I still have about 35 rounds on it, maybe when I head out to the range tomorrow, I'll take them along just to hoof downrange and get rid of them.

They kinda make me miss the $12 or so I paid for them.

Edit: Another issue I had with them is failure to extract. It seems that when the crimp in the brass opens up, it grabs into the rifling and gets the shell stuck in the chamber. I'd love to find a cheap smoothbore .22 to see what they're truly capable of.
 
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