Chiappa Little Badger ammunition

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OK this is a single-shot .22, which is billed as a .22LR. That is also marked on the rifle itself.

I cannot think of any reason that a person could not shoot SHORTER .22 ammo in this rifle. Long, Short, CB Caps, BB caps.

I am not looking for opinions here, thanks, but knowledge. Does anybody have the specific answer to my specific question? (For example, I really don't care if your Little Badger shoots Wildcat better than bulk Winchester, or whatever).

Doug
 
i recall reading a few years ago that consistently using shorts, longs, etc in a rifle specified for 22lr only can result in the chamber becoming slightly erroded which may cause difficulty when extracting 22lr shells. take this for what's it's worth.
 
You are correct Doug there are no feeding, firing or extracting issues with shooting shorter .22 rimfire rounds in a single shot chambered for .22lr.
 
Only issue I could see is if you use a whole bunch of shorter ammo you might get a carbon ring in the chamber that prevents chambering 22lr. It is a common problem with 38spl in a 357 revolver.

Otherwise, you are correct, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to use other 22 options that have the same case dimensions other than case length. I've used 22shorts in a bolt action, it wasn't marked for it because they don't feed nicely from the box magazine, but there is nothing unsafe about it.
 
It is a common problem with 38spl in a 357 revolver.

Yes I was thinking this exact thing. One can end up with a carbon build-up which causes the .357 Mag rounds to bind a bit. In the .357, the answer is a good cleaning, which is what I figured would be the case with the shorter .22 rounds in the .22 LR chamber.

Doug
 
joemanco said:
Related question ... where did you get the 22 BB Caps / how will you replace them?
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On the last couple auctions down this way, there was one lot with .22 BB caps in each one, and I bid on them enough to win them. They were not cheap, but it has been years since I saw BB caps, and I was not going to let these ones go without a vigorous attempt to own them! I don't know, but I rather suspect they are not made any more. I do see modern production CB caps.

Doug
 
gregc said:
i recall reading a few years ago that consistently using shorts, longs, etc in a rifle specified for 22lr only can result in the chamber becoming slightly erroded which may cause difficulty when extracting 22lr shells. take this for what's it's worth.
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Thanks. As I said earlier, I think this would mostly be a cleaning issue.

Doug
 
Used to be able to get 6mm BB caps until covid and other crap happened. The 26 bucks a tin was steep thou. Every single shot I used in the last 60 years got fed every size shell ever made.
 
A person might also consider using a .22 calibre (or higher) air rifle in place of shooting the shorts and caps. Our oppressive government provides a handy guide as to which are the most suitable- the ones with real power (as measured by potential velocity) require a PAL. They are the suburban choice and the ammo is fantastically inexpensive, even today, and the blunt, heavier pellets should keep things from going supersonic.
 
And there's more:

Will a .22 airgun pellet, fired from a .22LR rifle, propelled by a nail gun blank, set off a Tannerite target?

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBIhj80ofXQ>
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Raton57 said:
Used to be able to get 6mm BB caps until covid and other crap happened. The 26 bucks a tin was steep thou. Every single shot I used in the last 60 years got fed every size shell ever made.
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Yes, as for single shots, I have the same experience, but also with bolt action repeaters, where I had to feed the BB cap one at a time.
 
You can shoot shorts and longs in the Badger, but the better solution I found was to CCI Quiets. The only reason to go to shorts is for noise reduction, the Quiets do that with better accuracy (for me), out to 25 yards... good enough to head shoot grouse as a pack gun.
 
hoytcanon said:
You can shoot shorts and longs in the Badger, but the better solution I found was to CCI Quiets. The only reason to go to shorts is for noise reduction, the Quiets do that with better accuracy (for me), out to 25 yards... good enough to head shoot grouse as a pack gun.
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Many thanks for this!
 
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