Fantail, thanks for that report. The .22 smoothbore is a fairly rare gun and few of us have shot them. A friend had a very old stevens crackshot smoothbore and I played with it. It really handled the shot shells much better than a rifled barrel but never made the grade as a small game round. Pest control was the best I could say and the pests had to be fairly small. 25 feet was a long shot with the #12 shot and it was ideal for indoor shooting. I see you've found the ideal use for that cartridge.