Shotshells in a Henry .22
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Shotshells ruin the rifling in the barrel. Will mess up the accuracy of regular .22 bullets
I thought about that but the lead in the pellets are a lot softer than the barrel, right?
Over time it wears the rifling, thats why they make the smooth bore gun for shotshells.
Plus 22LR shot shells are super weak
Get a .410. Low cost single shot is what I use here..........
OH SORRY. My bad. You said in town.
Get a .410. Low cost single shot is what I use here..........
OH SORRY. My bad. You said in town.
I think that Henry will run .22 shorts - would they be mild enough for your purpose?
The Federal brand shotshells with the long brass casing can jam in some guns. The long case hits the ejector, but can't flip way because part of the casing is still in the barrel. CCI shotshells are encased in a plastic bulb which should prevent the shot from contacting the barrel, and the fired case is no longer than a regular shell so ejection is not a problem. In a rifle, the spin may cause faster dispersion of the shot pattern. A smoothbore will probably give a tighter pattern.
Lol. I need weak.
Right…so, shorts?
Close. Just trying to protect my bluebirds. Shots are only on my back deck.
I love your Henry - a beautiful classic - but might a high powered air rifle be better for this purpose? By “protecting my bluebirds” are you shooting some varmint?
I only use the CCI with the blue plastic bulb.
Other birds that fight them. I feed live meal worms in bluebird feeders 2 different locations and had 27 babies last year in 3 houses. Wrens are on my terror watch list as they will overtake bluebird houses and nests.
I need to blast the neighbors chickens out of my garden. The neighbor gave full permission.
These are LARGE hybrids and at dusk, dig two foot holes in our raised beds.
One .410 blast (3" Max, #5), aimed low sends them scrambling. Not killed one yet.
You can buy .22 rounds with aa ow velocity of about 750 fps.. CCI makes them. I used them with great success in the suburbs to eliminate rabbit in my garden. The sound on firing is no louder than a loud handclap when used in a rifle (which I did) and they are lethal to small animals like rabbits and squirrels. That is what I would use in the Henry. BTW, they like regular .22 LR rounds.
Valid point. But I needed a .22.
Get this. The cci shotshells in my possession have a sticker price on the 2 boxes for $2.99 each. I
just paid $9.99 for the exact same thing yesterday. That’s some serious inflation. Lol
I know I had the same shock last time I bought some.. I have a single shot savage with a smoothbore. You can probably find one of those for around $150. the little shells pattern far better out of a smoothbore. I use it instead of a gig for frogs.
