CCI CB Longs - Any good for pests?
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My CB Longs chronied at 550 fps out of my rem 597.
Nice and quiet, but won't cycle a semi. Accuracy and power past 50 yds is poor. I know they will penetrate a rabbit through and through at 15 yds, but a racoon is a tough bugger. I assume you'll have opportunities for follow-up shots?
Nice and quiet, but won't cycle a semi. Accuracy and power past 50 yds is poor. I know they will penetrate a rabbit through and through at 15 yds, but a racoon is a tough bugger. I assume you'll have opportunities for follow-up shots?
I started using a lot of 'em, after Remington discontinued the CBee Shorts. They're nice and quiet, plenty of accuracy at short back-yard range for starlings and grackles, and plenty of power for quick kills on raccoons, cats, etc. with HEAD SHOTS ONLY!
Plus, they have a huge advantage over any 22short cartridge in that they have a case the same length as a 22lr and therefore don't mess up the chamber of any gun that you use to shoot them in large numbers. I've put about 500 through one gun in particular (Ithaca 72 lever action) and can still chamber a 22lr with no problems.
Plus, they have a huge advantage over any 22short cartridge in that they have a case the same length as a 22lr and therefore don't mess up the chamber of any gun that you use to shoot them in large numbers. I've put about 500 through one gun in particular (Ithaca 72 lever action) and can still chamber a 22lr with no problems.
I hate reading these all-too=common internet forum pissing contests, so I can't believe I'm gonna post this, but...
Feral cats are one of the highest sources of songbird mortality in North America. They are not a native species, have no place in the ecology of this continent, and you will never speak to a wildlife biologist who would claim otherwise. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against cats. However, they are a domesticated species which belongs indoors, not in my backyard killing goldfinches, cardinals, bluejays, and flying squirrels.
These are confirmed kills/attacks that I have witnessed.
But if you're still squeamish about it (and I won't even comment on the physical condition of many of these cats, which ranges from excellent to kill-it-and-put-it-out-of-its-misery) then look at it this way...
A nice pile of dead cats out in the back forty (I lost track at somewhere over 100 in the last two years) generates some excellent coyote shooting!
Feral cats are one of the highest sources of songbird mortality in North America. They are not a native species, have no place in the ecology of this continent, and you will never speak to a wildlife biologist who would claim otherwise. Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against cats. However, they are a domesticated species which belongs indoors, not in my backyard killing goldfinches, cardinals, bluejays, and flying squirrels.
These are confirmed kills/attacks that I have witnessed.
But if you're still squeamish about it (and I won't even comment on the physical condition of many of these cats, which ranges from excellent to kill-it-and-put-it-out-of-its-misery) then look at it this way...
A nice pile of dead cats out in the back forty (I lost track at somewhere over 100 in the last two years) generates some excellent coyote shooting!
