MauserMike
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what use are .22lr shotshells?
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Farmer Harv
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I used to use them all the time to kill pigeons and sparrows in the rafters of the quonset, and the grain bins on the farm. They worked great
I used an old Ranger 75 (Cooey single shot) most of the time, but have used them in a 10/22 and a Squires Bingham 2000. You had to cycle the semis by hand most of the time tough.
I Have used the .22Mag shot shells with great success too. Two shots from about six feet very nicely retired a very angry rattle snake in a campground in Montana about 12 years ago. Never did try them in the buildings, or from my rifle though...
I used an old Ranger 75 (Cooey single shot) most of the time, but have used them in a 10/22 and a Squires Bingham 2000. You had to cycle the semis by hand most of the time tough.
I Have used the .22Mag shot shells with great success too. Two shots from about six feet very nicely retired a very angry rattle snake in a campground in Montana about 12 years ago. Never did try them in the buildings, or from my rifle though...
My informal tests of both the Remington and CCI is that they will pattern about the size of a paper plate at 10 feet, won't work in either of my semis, but will go thru both the plate and the cardboard target back at the above-mentioned distance of 10 feet. Should be good enough for rats and mice in either a barn or the hunting shack, which is what they were designed for in the 1st place .....
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They are quite popular in Northern Alberta. They shoot Northern Alberta Mosquitoes with them. Tried some on sparrows...they just looked at me, snickered, crapped on the fence post and flew away. I think you need to be fairly close to make them work well.
Found that a 38 special +P load with a shot capsule full of #9 shot does wonders on reptiles.
Cheers
Found that a 38 special +P load with a shot capsule full of #9 shot does wonders on reptiles.
Cheers
The pellets are not in a wad like in a shotgun round,
but loose in the tip of the shell.
They travel along the barrel bouncing of the rifling.
The said rifling was engineered to cut the outside of the bullet,
but not to withstand the random impact of those pellets,
(that is somewhat similar to the metal-bead blasting,
but much more un-even and at a higher velocity).
When used many times in a barrel,
the result will be a rifling with un-even wear.
I have seen few of these barrels,
I have even cut a couple of them longitudinally.
The wear marks look like a very fine pitting or micro-abrasion.
Also, the top corners of the lands look like
they have been rounded by very many small dents.
You can use those shells in an already fcuked-up barrel,
but I wouldn't try them in an aftermarket, expensive, target grade tube.
The ones with transparent plastic tip may break in semi actions,
and if you don't clean ALL the pellets,
they may ruin a lot of things in the action.
I would stick with Win or Federal (if they still make them)
IIRC the shells were all metal.
There was a guy around Vancouver
who was making his own (shotshells and smooth barrels)
and using them in a funky bolt action single shot.
The shotshells were made from stingers by replacing the factory bullet
with a plug of wax pressed togheter with the pellets.
Barrel was quite long, about 22"-24" and very constricted at the muzzle.
I do not remember how it was patterning,
but the pellets were going through the front wall
of an empty plastic pop bottle at 10yds.
Farmer Harv
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Thanks Doc, that's good info. Never would've thought it would be a problem, but that's definitely not the case.
I have an older Ranger smooth bore single shot and use them with new kids when introducing them to shooting. Used on balloons at about 5-7m they do not have to be right on the target to get the satisfaction of popping the balloon. A little encouragement goes a long way for them to have a fun time on their first try at the range. When they start to center on the ballon I move to .22 shorts which seem to have the same point of impact.
Just another way of having fun at the range.
Just another way of having fun at the range.
Always wear safety glasses when shooting, but...I've fired at that "Nestle bunny" plastic syrup bottle from 5 yards away, and nothing...it all depends on distance, I suppose.
