Anyone Shoot CB .22 Long's?

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Just wondering how readily available they are and if they are more quiet to shoot than the Remington Subsonic I have shot which aren't all that quiet.

Thanks:)
 
The are readily available at Wholesale Sports here in Winnipeg. They come in boxes of 100 or 50, I forget which. They are very quiet. I have louder pellet guns. Lower velocity means the bullet drops more at a distance, tho.
 
i shoot raccons and squarills in my backyard with them and work very well too, yes they are very quite through a rifle, on some semi's they dont have the energy to cycle the action though, they work real good in my bolt and lever actions, its true there are pellet guns louder like a co2 powered cp99 with a new co2 cartirige installed,they do suffer from bullet drop after 40 yards with a little practice at your local range or back yard you'll learn quickley how to place your shot properley, and advailable almost any gun store for a cheap price in boxs of 100, they also make cb shorts which i find just a little louder since they have the same power and smaller case any more info needed on they just ask, made by CCI
 
deadly to raccoons 30 to 40 yards and squarills i have to say if you hit one at 50 -75 yards plus would drop it dead, there a 29 grain bullet and retain all there weight do to the low speed, all these stats are based on well placed shots from a bolt action ANSCHÜTZ
 
It'll still punch holes through steel siding and roofing. That's where the 22 shotshells are intended to be used, though the effective range on them is only a few feet
 
If you used a Paco tool on a CB Long you might get something that would be good to use in a quonset or similar building. I guess it depends on what the target is made of. A good pellet gun might do the trick. Check out the PPC rifles if you are interested in going that route.
 
Just wondering how readily available they are

Pretty available, you should be able to find them wherever Minimags are sold...

and if they are more quiet to shoot than the Remington Subsonic I have shot which aren't all that quiet. Thanks:)

Yes, more quiet. The "whap" against the target is often louder than the primer being smacked.

If you used a Paco tool on a CB Long you might get something that would be good to use in a quonset or similar building...I've Paco'ed them, with mixed effects. They do get more terminally-effective, and tend to expand better. Having said that, read on....

You see, the thing is that .22 CB Longs are still .22's, and that means that they can ricochet something fierce, albeit at lower speeds. I've shot a 1-inch layered-wood board with CB Longs, at not more than 18 feet with a Savage 3B only to have the bullets bounce back against me, albeit harmlessly. With a Remington 512, those same .22 CB Long's penetrate the board almost completely and, if Paco'ed, can cause a nasty crack along the width of the board.

Use low power pellet gun if you think your going to use the walls of a building as your back stop even if unintentional .
We don't want to read about you in the articles forum......;)Too true - the bounce-back exists, and there's no need to lose an eye...

Oh, one more thing - I've finally got a digital camera on the way, and so if you guys will tolerate it once again, I'll try to post pics of Paco'ed CB's and their terminal effects. To be continued...
 
Fortunately my mom isn't an idiot and if I ended up dead due to stupidity, she'd lay blame where it's due. MYSELF. So nothing on me will be in the articles section to be worried about. lol

I hear the shotshells are largely inaccurate and the 495fps pellet gun I had is not powerful enough. Was hoping for an alternate to buying a +$500 +500fps pellet gun for use in a barn a couple times a year.
 
Fortunately my mom isn't an idiot and if I ended up dead due to stupidity, she'd lay blame where it's due. MYSELF. So nothing on me will be in the articles section to be worried about. lol

You mean, if you died of your own stupidity, she'd kill you, eh? Jk! ;)

I hear the shotshells are largely inaccurate and the 495fps pellet gun I had is not powerful enough. Was hoping for an alternate to buying a +$500 +500fps pellet gun for use in a barn a couple times a year.

Okay, the thing is that most .22 shotshells (if not all?) are designed for use in a smoothbore .22. The rifling just happens to screw up the patterning. Oh, and they're by no means a long-range proposition...
 
Yea, I've seen a smooth bore .22 for sale somewheres. Seems more like a collectors piece then anything. I wouldn't mind shooting normal shells out of the smooth bore. Just to see how it was.
 
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