what use are .22lr shotshells?
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I killed a frog with one once, it was at my feet. Other than that, they suck. The pattern is terrible because of the rifling. They are mostly for the old 'garden guns' they used to make, the ones with smooth bores. I think Anschutz made them, and I think Mossberg or Marlin as well.
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I read a story of a guy who used them with a Single shot .22 pistol with a bore that was almose worn out, to shoot at giant butterflies in South America or something like that. - it was in the NFA journal some years back.
- this was on an expedition for some museum, they were collecting specimens, the giant butterflies they wanted were too high for the nets something like 20 feet or so up, so he would snipe at them with this old .22 pistol and their wings would fold neatly with just one pellet or so and would be perfect for their needs, I think the time period was back in the early 1950's.
- this was on an expedition for some museum, they were collecting specimens, the giant butterflies they wanted were too high for the nets something like 20 feet or so up, so he would snipe at them with this old .22 pistol and their wings would fold neatly with just one pellet or so and would be perfect for their needs, I think the time period was back in the early 1950's.
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Remington still makes a pump designed for .22 shotshells. The stuff is great for pests when you use a gun made for it. It'll handle any common pest within 20 feet. Plenty of range when you are hunting in structures. I am still hunting for a shot out Cooey 39 to make into a .22 shotgun.
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LMAO
...that is the funniest post I've read in days. Ginger-ale hurts bad when it shoots out your nose!!! 
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I've used them a lot to control pests on our turkey farm. Very effective out of a smooth bore barrel. I bought one of the Remington single shot bolt action smoothbore .22's that the Saskatoon Widlife Federation used to use for an indoor trap range at the Sports and Leisure show. ( those were the days!) The tiny little shot shells are WAY more effective out of a smoothbore than a rifled barrel. Have shot lots of English sparrows, pigeons, rats, and even killed a couple of feral cats and skunks with modified shells (the #11 shot replaced with #6's). I don't recommend them for anything bigger than rats or pigeons. And from a rifled barrel, limit shots to about 15 feet. Good to at least 3x that out of a smoothbore. The tiny pellets will not penetrate 3/8 spruce plywood at 20', so are very safe inside barns an sheds.
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Savage made a smoothbore version of the Mark I-G too, but while the page still exists, I didn't see where it's linked from now. Maybe they've dropped it?
http://www.savagearms.com/markigsb.htm
It doesn't show up under their rimfire menu anymore.
http://www.savagearms.com/markigsb.htm
It doesn't show up under their rimfire menu anymore.
They are great for pigeons in buildings if you have a smoothbore .22. I was hunting pigeons with a fellow this summer who uses one. He goes inside the building with that, and I stand outside with a shotgun. We killed over 800 pigeons out of one building last summer, and he certainly took his share, so I'd say they can be quite effective. So far he has been using the savage single shot, but he is supposed to be getting his remington pump soon.
We also have a trap thrower of sorts at our gun club. It's basically like the ones for handthrowing clays, but this one throws crackers. Just make sure the crackers are dried out, if there is any moisture it just pokes holes instead of breaking them.
We also have a trap thrower of sorts at our gun club. It's basically like the ones for handthrowing clays, but this one throws crackers. Just make sure the crackers are dried out, if there is any moisture it just pokes holes instead of breaking them.
