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Anyone of you know if they exist? Any Gunnutz owner of such?
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Smooth bore .22's
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gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Cooey made a couple of versions of smooth bores. The very early one was the "rabbit" boys gun which was a very small, flat stocked single shot with no buttplate ( I have one). The model 39 was also produced in smooth bore in very limited numbers. I also have (on the way) a Remington 510 Target Master single shot that is smooth bore. Back in the day Mossberg also offered a rifle that was adapted for smooth bore called the "Targo". It also came with a thrower mounted to the gun so the shooter could throw special size claybirds themselves while shooting. There are probably others.
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Call_to_Arms
CGN Regular
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- Oshawa, Ontario
I think my 82 was used to train the entire Normandy invasion, its almost a smooth bore.
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Mmmm. Garden gun. So is the BRNO 468 "GARDEN GUN" a smooth bore ??
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Are they solely made for rat/bird shots?
gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mainly used for rats, birds, snakes. They were often used for shooting birds in storage buildings and barns. However, the Mossberg Targo came with the thrower for shooting special clay birds. Aside from the Remington Target Master smoothbore, there was also one where the barrel was marked skeet. I'm sure shooting at clays would have been challenging.
antiqueguy
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- windsor ontario
yes theres aot and up untill a few years ago savage was making one
ive seen a few winchesters if i remember right it has that id call a cone bore it tapers through the whole bore winder at the muzzle then the chamber i guess to spread what little shot is in the cartridge
ive shot quite alot of the crimped .22 shotshells in the past out of a rifled barrel 5 foot is your max (not hard when you have rats or mice running by you or sparrows sitting near)
ive seen a few winchesters if i remember right it has that id call a cone bore it tapers through the whole bore winder at the muzzle then the chamber i guess to spread what little shot is in the cartridge
ive shot quite alot of the crimped .22 shotshells in the past out of a rifled barrel 5 foot is your max (not hard when you have rats or mice running by you or sparrows sitting near)
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I don't think the BRNO's are smooth. Actually reputed as quite accurate.
Pigeons/squib inside barns, rodents in the garden.
gunsaholic
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
You forgot the neighbor's cat that keeps crapping in the flower bed.----just kidding!!
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- Quebec city
Well, thank's everyone. So now i'll try to find on or buy an ultra cheap rifle, bring it to a gunsmith and make him bore the rifling out. A few farmers around my place have problems with pigeons and other stuff in their barns. I would love to help them out... Thank's again.
If you could find one that has some pitting or staining at the muzzle end, you could ream it with a number 1 reamer (.228) and ream the last few inches of the barrel. Like a counterbored mosin. This would help with shotshells giving you a donut type pattern from spinning out of the rifling, and would allow you to still shoot regular .22 shells out of it.
The .22 shotshells still won't be good for much bigger than mouse size past 10 yards. I've shot squirrels with them and seen the damn things flinch and run away.
The .22 shotshells still won't be good for much bigger than mouse size past 10 yards. I've shot squirrels with them and seen the damn things flinch and run away.
If that's your reason for wanting a .22 smoothbore, you might be better off with a .410, and small shot. Probably cheaper in the long run.
Gotta be a joke...No neighbors, or flower beds, and honestly no .22 shot here. Maybe I should go urban?
Seems like a big step to achieve your goal. I have fired shotshells from a rifled barrel (20+ years ago) and, the barrel didn't suffer for it. In all fairness, it was 5 shots. I'm curious about how much more devastating (swap for effectual) a smoothbore would sling them...
Perhaps, before smoothing a bore, we could nag a smooth bored .22 owner to show a pattern (at 10 feet) through theirs', and compare with a rifled barrel's pattern? (Mr. Gunsaholic? Feel like touching off one of your gems?) You may not only spare yourself expense, but a wholesome .22 as well.
This is a nickel's worth of free advice!
.22 shot is ineffectual enough in general that, even if you doubled it's potency a critter may not ever notice. I've fired it in the barn without harming the roof.
gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
I just received the Targetmaster yesterday. I would love to try it but it's too damn cold here right now and I have to get some more of the shot shells.
