.22 shot shell?
 

Attachment 8720 Have you guys ever used this ammo? Does it work? I was thinking of using it on birds, rabbits, crows and such.

at like 10 feet!lol

You can kill snakes and mice...I did shoot a family of baby rabbits with it at 6 feet. Killed them good.

I've shot gophers at 5 feet with it. They run down the nearest hole. Good for shooting mice in the house, and flies off a high ceiling, other than that, a waste of money.

I have used Bird Shot for 22. before.
They look a little different thought.
They have a blue tip and have a pitiful spread!
I dont know what these are like but i would use a shotgun instead.

Thats about a 10 ft range, type ammo.

I used to sit behind my house, and sit behind a big peace of cardboard, and shoot wolf rats, with the same ammo.
Works good at about 10 ft, farther than that, its no good.

JMHO

I really like them for rats and snakes and the good thing is that i used it inside the house and it didn't make much difference in the wall except that shot a lamp

Used to all the time
 

when I was a kid. we had that around the house for cats, mocking birds, stray dogs etc.

All to say.. I shouldint? Or should?

The reason it's only good out to 10 ft is because a .22 has a rifled barrel so when the bb's are coming out of the barrel they exit with a big diameter. An example would be attaching a soaked rag to a drill and and when it spins the water drops will fly in a big diameter, so no don't use them for crows or rabbits.

dnt waste your money on em

Seems that I remember hearing over the years that the shotshells are a little hard on the rifling over a period of time---

I have a pair of Remington pump rifle that were made for these shotshells years ago. I was about 7-10 yrs old, I am 47 now, and we used these rifles at the local sportsmen club to shoot Mo-Skeet targets. They are similar to regular clay birds but 1/2 size and weight. Would break them really well at about 15-25 feet with these rifles. They have a .22 bore for about 10 inches then open up to approx. .410 bore and have a choke in the muzzle. Pretty nasty on rats out to about 25 feet with the CCI shotshells. Killled a copperhead in our garage without blowing out the side. Had to hit him 3 times, but it worked and was better than a 12ga!!!!!!!! Have not seen these rifles in years and am sure they are worth a buck or 2. I know the Mo-Skeet targets are worthy also. I know someone who has 2 cases of these targets left over from those days and has been offered $5 apiece, per target!!!!!

What kind of hunter shoots a nest of baby rabbits?

ive heard there not very good... there alot like the old 9mm shotguns used to kill rats on japanize ships

I had a coon in my shop and my bro shot it with a reg .22 shell went right thro him and out the wall so I got bird shot for my .22 and it took 17 shoots at maybe 2-3 feet to the head to kill the coon they are junk finaly i got him to bit the barrle and finished the rabid thing off.

I totally agree

Crimp type .22 shot shells are very bad for the rifling in your barrel. The shot is travelling down the barrel unsupported, so it essentially sandblasts the bore.

.22LR shotshells like the CCI Shotshells are a much better option. The shot cup protects the bore during firing.

As others have mentioned, .22lr shotshells are a very limited range option for small game. When I was a kid we used CCI shotshells to clear pigeons out of our barns, the shot wouldn't penetrate the roofing tin. Again, that's at a range between 10-20ft.