Periodically, I seem to luck into a box or two of .22 Shorts. Once a guy at the range gave me almost a brick of them - it seems they didn't shoot well in his gun.
Another time, a friend at work (who is into "dumpster diving", he finds amazing things!) found an ammo bag with various types of .22 and shotgun ammo, and a few accessories. I'm thinking some PO'd wife through out her Hubby's things, maybe a bad divorce . . .
So, I do shoot them occasionally.
The Remington Hi-speed Shorts are NOT quiet - they make quite a bang. Accuracy is so-so in a .22LR chambered gun - the shorts actually require different rate of rifling for best accuracy.
Can't remeber the last time I bought some, but I still use shorts. (my mom would've dissaproved of me going around "indian") I mostly buy and use Long rifle. What were shorts made for anyhow?
Can't remeber the last time I bought some, but I still use shorts. (my mom would've dissaproved of me going around "indian") I mostly buy and use Long rifle. What were shorts made for anyhow?
shorts were the original cartridge. then the gun/ammo makers magnumized it into .22 long and long rifle.
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The modern equivalent of the Flobert is the Aguila Colibri. A conical 20 grain bullet in a .22LR case, with heavy primer charge, no powder. I use them indoors sometimes (no missus, so I can do it!), and for yard pest duty. Super quiet in a long rifle barrel. Still barks a bit in a handgun barrel.
In addition to the target games that require them, shorts are good for short range target/plinking and pest elimination especially inside buildings. Hollow point ammunition is available for pests. Humain use requires short ranges and their use only on the smallest of animals.
I shoot shorts sometimes, just because I can. They aren't hugely accurate or anything. But my Winchester lever with the tube feed can hold 25 rounds or so. Closest I can get to hi-cap here in CA.
The modern equivalent of the Flobert is the Aguila Colibri. A conical 20 grain bullet in a .22LR case, with heavy primer charge, no powder. I use them indoors sometimes (no missus, so I can do it!), and for yard pest duty. Super quiet in a long rifle barrel. Still barks a bit in a handgun barrel.
You need to watch these in some .22 rifles. On a tigher, new rifle they "might" not pass through the barrel and can be an issue if you thought it fired out and didn't, when it comes to the next round fired through the barrel..
It states this on the box, by the way.. I've had a few jam in my Marlin 780. I just push them out with a cleaning rod. They were close, but didn't quite clear the end of the barrel..
I've got several old Savage/Stevens/Springfield bolt .22's that haven't ever had a problem with them, either, but I figured I'd throw out that word of caution.. Like I said, it's on the box, too..
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