.22LR shot
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Unless you have a smooth bore .22 rf (there are some old ones out there but not many ) they are a waste of time and money. They do work close up on snakes and things. But if you have time to load up a special round for a snake you have enough time to avoid it or whack it hard with a shovel. Now if you are looking for something to shoot rats in the barn with, then you want CCI long CB CAPS, very little noise , will work through a magazine but will only function like a bolt action in a semi-automatic. They are loud in a pistol but still quieter than any other .22 ammo.
hmmm.... so it's not "bad" for a barrel...but a smooth bore .22 would be better eh? well... i guess smoothbore .22s are hard to find , so i'm gonna have to find a cheap .22 to send this stuff through... i'm just looking to add some more fun to rimfire.
what are these CCI long CB CAPS?
what are these CCI long CB CAPS?
CCI .22 long CB caps are I believe a .22 long case with a .22 short bullet with only the priming compound and very little or no powder. They have a muzzle velocity of about 600 or 700 fps and when sighted in are fairly accurate and out of a 20 in. barrel make a sound like a loud clap of the hands. They will go through aluminum roofing so don't shoot at pigeons in the rafters of the barn.
The CCIs are available at Canadian Tire. I have shot them out of my Ruger pistol. They must be loaded one at a time as the action would tear the plastic casing. I was surprised that with a 6 7/8" barrel at 10 meters, the group was not bad. Many of the shot penetrated the target and the coroplast backing. I think a rat would find them very annoying. Try some out & let us know.
I would stick to the CCI's if you do buy any. I made the mistake of using a Winchester one (with the crimped end), and it got stuck in the chamber once I fired it. I couldn't get it out by hand, and didn't have a cleaning rod on hand, so that was the end of that day's shooting 
. Also, one thing I noted from my single shot is that the shot pattern is extremely wide. I shot a paper cup at around 6-7 feet, and only 2 or 3 pellets hit. I guess they're awesome for little rodents at clost range, but I'd doubt you'd be able to hit anything past 10 feet consistantely.
. Also, one thing I noted from my single shot is that the shot pattern is extremely wide. I shot a paper cup at around 6-7 feet, and only 2 or 3 pellets hit. I guess they're awesome for little rodents at clost range, but I'd doubt you'd be able to hit anything past 10 feet consistantely.
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- Ontario, Kanada
Does anyone know if the CCI shot will break clays at 10 yards?
islandhunter
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- princeton b.c.
The cci cb longs will go about 3/4 " into solid wood at 5 yards. I've killed squirells with them at 20 yards. The action is louder than the ignition itself
The .22LR shot load was developed in the 1950s by Mossberg and was followed by the production of smoothbored .22s by them and Remington, perhaps a few other makers as well. The idea was for an inexpensive means of practicing wingshooting.
I have an old Guns and Ammo edition that dealt exclusively with the .22 rimfire, in which it reviews one of the smoothbore Remington pump guns. It showed a picture of a pop can riddled with pellets from a shot taken at 30 feet. It would not surprise me if it would have been able to break a clay at that distance, but the article did not say if it could. A few years ago Marlin teemed up with CCI to revive the idea by creating a smoothbore .22mag for pest control use. I have no idea where that experiment landed, though it is worth noting that they tried the magnum chambering in order to increase the pellet count.
On an interesting aside note, I once years ago chatted up a taxi cab driver on my way from Barrie to CFB Borden who explained how he lost his right to own firearms. Apparently his ex-wife's new boyfriend or husband threatened to take away all of his custody rights to his daughter, after which he took a .22 rifle, cut down its barrel to diminish the velocity, confronted the man and shot him in his privy area. Please kids, do not try this at home!
With Regards,
Frank
I have an old Guns and Ammo edition that dealt exclusively with the .22 rimfire, in which it reviews one of the smoothbore Remington pump guns. It showed a picture of a pop can riddled with pellets from a shot taken at 30 feet. It would not surprise me if it would have been able to break a clay at that distance, but the article did not say if it could. A few years ago Marlin teemed up with CCI to revive the idea by creating a smoothbore .22mag for pest control use. I have no idea where that experiment landed, though it is worth noting that they tried the magnum chambering in order to increase the pellet count.
On an interesting aside note, I once years ago chatted up a taxi cab driver on my way from Barrie to CFB Borden who explained how he lost his right to own firearms. Apparently his ex-wife's new boyfriend or husband threatened to take away all of his custody rights to his daughter, after which he took a .22 rifle, cut down its barrel to diminish the velocity, confronted the man and shot him in his privy area. Please kids, do not try this at home!
With Regards,
Frank
