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Dad kept them loaded in a small .22 pistol when we went fishing. Not really sure what for... rogue snakes?
I know I nailed a few chipmunks back as a kid and they certainly didnt slow down any.
Are they really any account on snakes?
DO you use them? Have you found them to be useful for anything??
Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
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Quit giving in inch by inch then looking back to lament the mile behind ya and wonder how to preserve those few feet left in front of ya. They'll never stop until they're stopped. That's a fact.
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Never used the 22lr but have used the 22 mag. They are very effective on snakes. I use a S&W 48 with the. 8 3/8 in barrel. Hasbeen
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They work on snakes but I have shot a bushel full of dragonflies with them.
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I know you can shoot your little brother with them and he will live to rat you out.
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I use a LOT of the CCI in LR through my Henry to kill water snakes.
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I know that a round applied to the ass of the neighborhood dog while it head is buried deep in the garbage can it knocked over in our yard was sufficient to cause said dog to try to leave the can through the bottom. The can is probably still in low-earth orbit!
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I just do not have any use for them. You must be very close to kill anything. In a pistol with snake at your feet it will kill.
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I've used them on rattlesnakes and they have been effective at 6 to 8 feet or closer. AS a kid, we used to sit on the porch of the cabin, in the dark, and throw cracker crumbs out. When we heard the pitter-patter of rat feet, we'd spotlight them with a flashlight and shoot them with .22 LR shotshells from revolvers.
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Why would anyone shoot a chipmunk, unless it was burrowing under your house.
They seem so happy all the time, my dad used to say he wished he was a chipmunk..
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We've shot a few grouse (head shots) at close range with them when close to a deer hunting area to keep the noise to a minimum. By close I remember within 20'!
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They work on snakes but I have shot a bushel full of dragonflies with them. Carpenter bees...
I am..........disturbed.
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We used to shoot rats with them.
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They work on snakes but I have shot a bushel full of dragonflies with them. Carpenter bees... I prefer the paddle method on those.
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They work OK on snakes as long as the distance involved is very short. The #12 shot is called "dust shot" for a reason.
From a rifled barrel the pattern disperses very quickly. There are smoothbore 22s and the pattern holds together much better from one of them.
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A smoothbore like the Mossberg Mosskeeto or a Remington 510 is a whole different ball game
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The sparrows in my shop laughed at me before I got a Remington 552 smoothbore. Now they scream and flee when they see me.
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Crockettnj: I often Hunt Prairie Dogs in Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and here in Montana during snake season. My method of Hunting often takes me out of the truck and far from same. While Hunting like this I always carry a S&W revolving pistol in either 22 L.R. or 22 Magnum on my hip. They are loaded with rimfire shotshells. It takes about 3 to 4 rounds of 22 L.R. shot to kill a big Rattler and 2 or 3 rounds of 22 Magnum shot when fired from a pistol to accomplish the same. I am not sure how far away the Chipmunks you fired upon were at - but snakes at 6' can definitely be killed with this ammo. I know - I done it. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Kids and handguns, at 25 feet, shooting at clay pigeons. To keep the confidence level high, I like to give them stuff they cannot miss. That and you can shoot NECO wafers out of the air and show off.
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