Smoothbore 22's

[hamilton0729]

I see wtb ads come up now and then what's the point of them why not just shoot the shot through your regular 22 or buy a beater cooey heck you could even get a 64 and have yourself a semi auto 22 shotgun. Is there something I'm missing do they have chokes or are they just a collector thing?

 

[BRvalley]

would rifling affect shooting shot shells?

I was interested for a while, mostly as a collector item but also for fun with mice around the sheds...but my interests quickly passed

 

[Fourtonnemantis]

The rifling definitely affects the pattern. Kind of throws it out in a donut shape and what you were aiming it gets away.

 

[blasted_saber]

Rifling screws up the pattern really badly.

I shot a load of #7.5 through a 12g rifled shotgun and the pattern was completely gone at 15 ft. I would not have been confident in killing anything, even a squirrel. Now imagine the miniscule amount of shot coming from a .22 shell.

 

[PGW Steve]

A looooong time ago in Guns and Ammo, there was an article on just this. I seem to remember that the smooth bore .22 shot loads performed a lot better. I've fired them out of rifled barrels and the donut pattern is very evident.

 

[lone-wolf]

you could even get a 64 and have yourself a semi auto 22 shotgun.

Wouldn't cycle, and depending on the brand of shotshells, not feed either.

 

[hamilton0729]

Great now I want a smooth bore lol thanks for the replies guys.

 

[dugasgunner]

Great now I want a smooth bore lol thanks for the replies guys.

So do i ! I wonder if it would be possible to use a reamer to simply take out the rifling in a .22 barrel?

 

[antiqueguy]

So do i ! I wonder if it would be possible to use a reamer to simply take out the rifling in a .22 barrel?

it would be possible but the standard bore for a .22 smooth bore is around .218" id just reline with some 5/16 od by .049 wall tubing aircraft spruce has

 

[blasted_saber]

A .22 "shotgun" is an extremely niche gun. Its essentially for shooting mice or small birds inside barns at distances of about 10 feet.

 

[lone-wolf]

Yea it screams, I missed with the pellet gun, time for a shotgun!

Might want to look into a 9mm flobert shotguns. It's even a rimfire.

 

[kodiakjack]

A .22 "shotgun" is an extremely niche gun. Its essentially for shooting mice or small birds inside barns at distances of about 10 feet.

10 feet would be about the limit with a RIFLED barrel, but could be stretched a lot further with a long smooth bore.