are those .22 shotshells bad for my barrel?

nope and ive never had leading of corse ive only used crimped ones and not cci stuff(the price for how many you get of the cci is not worth it) they are good at real close range for sparrows,starlings,rats,mice any if you get really close maybe pigeon they dont beat up wood/metal barns

i you can find one a .22 smooth bore would be even better with shotshells
 
brownie said:
what you do is buy a cheap .22 rifle, single shot, and take it to your gunsmith and have the rifling bored out of it. voila! a single shot .22cal. shot gun.

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naa they work on in rifled barrels but i kno winchester made a shotgun for the .22lr and so did another company till a few years ago
 
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The .22 rimfire cartridges, because of their small size and capacity, are loaded with very small shot, usually #11 or #12 shot, NOT BBs. As mentioned, some leading MAY occur so clean your rifle after using them. They were designed for very close ranges at things like Sparrows inside a barn.

Because of the rifling, they do tend to give "donut" types of patterns because the rifling spins the shot. Regular "Skeet" targets are fairly hard and thick to withstand the launching of them by machines, and with very small shot, I can see that they would not be broken. However, at one time, Mossberg made a smooth bore rifle that had a spring loaded launcher attached to the barrel, and used miniature "Skeet" targets. It was called the Mo-Skeet-O. Remington also made smooth bore rifles for shot shells, and also some rifles that had a few inches of rifling, then a smooth bore in the barrel so you could shoot regular .22 RF with some semblance of accuracy.

Generally, most people who use them are disappointed with the results, as they are used to regular shotgun performance and the .22 RF shot shells are way behind even the .410.
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buffdog said:
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The .22 rimfire cartridges, because of their small size and capacity, are loaded with very small shot, usually #11 or #12 shot, NOT BBs. As mentioned, some leading MAY occur so clean your rifle after using them. They were designed for very close ranges at things like Sparrows inside a barn.

Because of the rifling, they do tend to give "donut" types of patterns because the rifling spins the shot. Regular "Skeet" targets are fairly hard and thick to withstand the launching of them by machines, and with very small shot, I can see that they would not be broken. However, at one time, Mossberg made a smooth bore rifle that had a spring loaded launcher attached to the barrel, and used miniature "Skeet" targets. It was called the Mo-Skeet-O. Remington also made smooth bore rifles for shot shells, and also some rifles that had a few inches of rifling, then a smooth bore in the barrel so you could shoot regular .22 RF with some semblance of accuracy.

Generally, most people who use them are disappointed with the results, as they are used to regular shotgun performance and the .22 RF shot shells are way behind even the .410.
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yes for in barn use they are ok but i now mostly use a .410 loaded with #12 shot theres alot more pellets in 1/2 oz and even 5/16oz loads work better in barns then the .22lr shotshells

one thing ive always thought of doing for s***s and giggles taking a old badly pitted single shot and making it into a smooth bore removable chokes including a full choke and a rifled choke dont ask why im a little weird
 
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