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Message started by stewmills on 10/17/17 at 16:51:20

Title: 22lr shotshell (pest control ammo)
Post by stewmills on 10/17/17 at 16:51:20

Got these CCI 22lr shotshells today for smake and pest control. Pretty neat little ammo at short range in my little Heritage revolver. Shoots a good little pattern at short range (10-15 feet or so). Haven't tested it on a live target yet.

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Post by stewmills on 10/17/17 at 16:53:00

Shot from about 15 feet or so.

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Post by springman on 10/17/17 at 17:24:37

Looks like fun!

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/17/17 at 17:25:02

Why do you hate smakes?

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Post by stewmills on 10/17/17 at 17:58:15

Just poisonous ones. Almost stepped on a copperhead last week and I didn't like it, which prompted this novel purchase 8-)

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Post by Ruttly on 10/17/17 at 19:59:34

I had those before and wasn't impressed. For snakes a shovel , give it a good swing or two and then off with its head. Not sure about a copperhead but here in CA the diamondback don't want to do nothing but go the other way but the timber rattler seems to be very protective of its territory and it will call your bluff and you will be the one trying to get away. I won't kill a snake unless I have no choice. I prefer catch and release somewhere far away !

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Post by stewmills on 10/17/17 at 20:15:37

I don't kill anything poisonous. I'll catch them in a bucket and throw them in the creek or carry them off. I just don't want the bad guys hiding in a nook in the shop and surprise me when I reach for something.

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Post by MMRanch on 10/17/17 at 20:23:27

Stew ,

I know those blue one are "pricy" a little ... when ya run out go to your local farmers Co-op and try the 50 count boxes of all brass "crimped ones ($11.00). The blue ones hold a longer pattern , but the difference is minimal. There was a time I tried keeping corn in a hopper down in the barn. Well the Norway rats thought that was a wonderful idea ! :-[

Yea , my son and I went rat shooting ever day till the corn was gone. Those #12 shot crimped 22LR shell go faster out of a rifle , (40-50 ft.) one shot kills.

His 6" barrel , 9 shot revolver was the best tool for the job. Out of the rifle the pattern is almost too tight for quick running rats , but some times they would hide in the rafters way up in the roof of the old barn and the rifle would easily "go get them". :)

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Post by Gary_in_NJ on 10/18/17 at 05:38:45

I bought snakeshot for my 357 (in .38). I wasn't impressed. I had to be within 10-15 feet to get a kill shot. I can't imagine that the .22 version will work unless you're within 5-7 feet of the target.

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Post by Dave on 10/18/17 at 07:15:05

Back in my Boy Scout days, at summer camp we shot Skeet using those 22 shells with the crimped ends. The clay pigeons didn't fly very far or very fast - but it was still hard to hit them with a 22 rifle shooting a couple dozen tiny pellets.

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/18/17 at 08:13:40

675C5146575B40465D555847340 wrote:

That sounds Fun. Great training.
Aaand, probably nobody gets to do that now.

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Post by stewmills on 10/18/17 at 08:22:01

I was reading other info about the ammo and people said they used ritz crackers for skeet with these. Sounds like a fun thing for me and my nephew to do when he comes home from school :D

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Post by Dave on 10/18/17 at 09:01:18

5B444245585F6E5E6E56444803310 wrote:

That sounds Fun. Great training.
Aaand, probably nobody gets to do that now.

It was a different philosophy back then...growing up in a country school surrounded by cornfields. A few of the gym classes were devoted to the "Hunter's Safety Course" where they taught safe gun handling and hunting methods.

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Post by HAPPYDAN on 10/18/17 at 09:07:18

Be sure to thoroughly clean the bore after shooting. The lead sluffs off in the rifling and will mess up accuracy with regular bullets! That brass or bronze bore brush in your cleaning kit works good.

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Post by MShipley on 10/18/17 at 09:58:52

I used to raise snakes....had a couple copperheads.

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/18/17 at 12:35:41

300B0611000C17110A020F10630 wrote:

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That sounds Fun. Great training.
Aaand, probably nobody gets to do that now.

It was a different philosophy back then...growing up in a country school surrounded by cornfields. A few of they gym classes were devoted to the "Hunter's Safety Course" where they taught safe gun handling and hunting methods.

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They stopped after a few kids got killt?

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Post by stewmills on 10/18/17 at 12:44:51

776952534A565F433A0 wrote:

I used to raise snakes....had a couple copperheads.

Want another one? It might have holes in it and stink by the time you get it? :o

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/18/17 at 13:14:48

I hatched out a buncha black widows, and they killed each other..

And I killed two baby copperheads not long ago.
Moccasins, rattlers, copperheads, all get the same kinda dead.

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Post by Ruttly on 10/19/17 at 01:17:43

It much more fun to capture one , that might be the only time I'm more focused than when I'm riding. Just the tiniest distraction and your bit. I think it's more dangerous letting them go than it is catching them. Cause by then the snake is really pissed off and waiting for its chance for revenge. But I totally understand why people kill them , Fear & Ignorance !
Overcoming fear is tough , overcoming ignorance close to impossible. I realize their danger and how easy it is to kill them rather than relocating.
I advise not messing with any snakes unless you know what you are doing. Even a large non poisonous gopher snake can really put some hurt on you.
Just watch them , most of the time they will be on their way once they see you , some harassment helps too. Most snakes won't leave if you are a threat , too close , just back off a let them be on their way.

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Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/19/17 at 04:37:34

I have family and pets.
If it was just me, I'm not so vindictive.
I caught and released a buncha rattlesnakes in the oilfield.
Man, when they are upset they can crap and make a stench that will gag ya,,

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Post by Ed L. on 10/19/17 at 06:54:43

I used to catch Milk Snakes up in New England back when I was a kid. The aren't poisonous but boy could they bite. There was a big one that lived in a stone wall in the back yard, it was close to 4 feet long. I would always go after just because it was there. Man that sucker would get a piece of me every now and then and draw blood.
Glad there weren't any poisonous snakes in the area, would of gotten bit messing with them. ;)

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Post by Ruttly on 10/19/17 at 08:48:04

One of the smelliest smells is when you gut and skin a diamondback. Once in the nose it lingers a couple days.

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Post by MShipley on 10/19/17 at 13:31:00

Quote:

Want another one? It might have holes in it and stink by the time you get it? :o

LOL, that's funny. no I got plenty in the back yard.

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Post by Ruttly on 10/20/17 at 03:20:02

If you got snakes you also have their prey. Work on getting rid of rodents. When there is no prey , snakes will go where there is prey.