22 shotshells

[CIGuy]

Anybody have any experience with the CCI 22 shotshells? How loud of a report do they have compared to a regular 22 round? Will they function in a semi auto? I am looking to use them for snakes while clearing out some old brush piles on my new property, don't want to disturb the neighbors to much.

 

[Onua]

i have used the 22 mag shot shells , they are fairly loud, not sure about the semi auto, mine was a Single Six.
Just let them know you will be clearing brush. deal with the report if there is one.

shovels are pretty quiet also

 

[Norton]

The .22lr rounds aren't too loud to use without ear protection in a pinch. Now, that being said....it's still too loud if you're thinking cumulative damage over time.

I blast a rattler this weekend with them and he ate them up like they were candy. After about 6 shotshells, I finally put a couple of hollowpoint .22s in his midsection and that did the job.

 

[Boondock Saint]

The .22lr rounds aren't too loud to use without ear protection in a pinch. Now, that being said....it's still too loud if you're thinking cumulative damage over time.

I blast a rattler this weekend with them and he ate them up like they were candy. After about 6 shotshells, I finally put a couple of hollowpoint .22s in his midsection and that did the job.

Where'd you run across a rattler?

 

[Norton]

Where'd you run across a rattler?

WV. Bastard was right in the middle of the road where I was hiking the night before.

 

[Rattlesnake46319]

I blast a rattler this weekend with them and he ate them up like they were candy. After about 6 shotshells, I finally put a couple of hollowpoint .22s in his midsection and that did the job.

Next time just use a 12 gauge.

 

[ken10]

i know the cci shotshell wont cycle in a Walther P22. plan on doing single shots or use a revolver.....though there is something cool about shotshells in a .22. Let me know if ya find an auto that does cycle them.

 

[Norton]

Next time just use a 12 gauge.

Too hard to conceal

I had it in the back of the Jeep, but I figured the .22 shells would do the trick. Once one didn't do it, I figured two would. When two didn't I was SURE 3 would and then.....well you get the idea.

If I were down near the building and the shotgun was out, I would have used it....overkill as it may be.

What this did do was to convince me that I don't want to depend on those .22 shells for a hiking gun. They do a number on mice, but this guy kept on taking them.

 

[Norton]

i know the cci shotshell wont cycle in a Walther P22. plan on doing single shots or use a revolver.....though there is something cool about shotshells in a .22. Let me know if ya find an auto that does cycle them.

Won't cycle them, but that's OK. I mean, you're not really working for Mozambique drills here for their intended purpose.

 

[TOWcritter]

WV. Bastard was right in the middle of the road where I was hiking the night before.

I ran over a 6 footer up at Greenridge with a Jeep. He kept on truckin! They are some beastys!

 

[Norton]

I ran over a 6 footer up at Greenridge with a Jeep. He kept on truckin! They are some beastys!

This one was maybe 3 - 3.5 feet. Not a monster by any means but I'm damned glad I didn't come across him the night before.

 

[Adams74Chevy]

Next time just use a 12 gauge.

You must be related to my brother in law. He is terrified by any snakes, a few years ago he was getting the yead ready to have my nephew's birthday party and he blasted a black snake 3 times with his 12 gauge, needless to say not much left of the snake or the grass in the area.

 

[alucard0822]

22 shotshells are worthless for anything bigger than a rat within 10 feet, for a decent and extremely quiet pest control round, I use super colibris, they are as quiet as a BB gun out of my CZ bolt action, and are plenty accurate, supposedly they clock around 600fps and have a 20gr bullet, way heavier than any air rifle pellet. CBs are also a good and quiet pest control round, shorts are quieter, but may jam when attempting to cycle, CB longs work better in box mag fed rifles, out of a pistol, all are still somewhat loud, it is a given none will cycle a semi. now if I found a venomous snake on my property, I would fetch the 20ga, or use my CCW peice. You can normally get away with 1 shot from something up to the job, however unloading a mag full of 22 shotshells not only pisses it off, but attracts more attention, they aren't exactly quiet.

 

[oliverz]

Uuuughhh. I've stepped on, sat on, and startled some rattlers in the socal desert and mountain areas. Wish I had something to shoot them with then....

I never had a strike, but occassionally I will hear a noise that sounds a little bit like a rattle that catches me off guard and gets the adrenaline going!

 

[Simon Yu]

Anybody have any experience with the CCI 22 shotshells? How loud of a report do they have compared to a regular 22 round? Will they function in a semi auto? I am looking to use them for snakes while clearing out some old brush piles on my new property, don't want to disturb the neighbors to much.

Just use your shovel. If a copperhead really wants to introduce you to its fangs instead of running away, you probably won't have time to draw and aim after dropping the yardwork tool.

 

[mudskipper]

You guys are way, WAY too afraid of snakes.... Step aside, let 'em go by, and they'll be gone in a few minutes. They know they can't eat you, so the only options they have are fight or flight. Given the choice, they'll always take "flight", unless you don't let them.

Most people who are bitten by snakes got that way by trying to catch or kill the snake. Yes, on rare occassions people step on them or reach into a place where one is hiding and get bitten, but most of the time it's someone trying to "turn it into a "good" snake" (ie, the only good snake is a dead one). So shooting or killing a snake you DIDN'T see until it bit you isn't going to keep you from getting bitten. You already missed that boat. And killing one AFTER you've seen it - and thus had the chance to keep from being bitten by letting go on its' way - is just pointless killing.

Killing snakes "just because they're snakes" is sorta like believing the idiotic argument that "guns are bad because they kill".

Let 'em go....





(and yeah, I've encountered LOTS of snakes. And not just the relatively tame ones here in CONUS)

 

[leroygibbs]

+1

I used to come across rattlers often hunting in California, only time I ever shot em is when my hounds found em, otherwise the dogs would go after them....

 

[Norton]

Sorry mudskipper......rattler near my cabin = dead rattler.

Any other snake, or any other location and I agree with you.

 

[kohburn]

when there are kids walking around the property no poisonous snake is allowd to live. I could hardly care less about garder or black snakes (unless they find a way into my chicken coop), but copper heads are very aggresive.

 

[biermkr]

FYI

If you dispatch any snakes in MD don't tell anyone:

All native snakes in Maryland are protected by the Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act. This means that native snakes cannot be killed, possessed, bred, or sold without first acquiring the proper permit from the Department of Natural Resources. Additionally, Maryland requires a Captive Reptile and Amphibian Permit for the possession, breeding, and sale of native reptiles and amphibians in the state.

From the MD DNR website: http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/snakeinfo.asp