birdshot

[mythreal]

When I was growing up, my father had some birdshot .22 rounds. Does anybody still make those? Range wasn't that great with them but they were fun anyway. Let me know if anybody out there knows of a source for them.

 

[guns are dumb]

CCI makes them, Wal-Mart is about the best place to get them.

 

[MadDogs]

CCI's work very well. I used a round to put down a rattlesnake that had refused to allow me to relocate it from my yard when I living in AZ. Just as a heads up... If you use them in a semi auto they will not cycle.

 

[1911user]

They are number 12 shot and generally sold as "snakeshot". I think CCI is the major brand offering the snakeshot.

 

[ewheeley]

Yeah, CCI at Walmart. I've killed too many water moccassins to count with it. One time, I treed a coon and then sat underneath in the dark and waited for it. Shot it point blank in the head and killed it with the snakeshot, all I had at the time.

 

[mythreal]

Does the CCI have the plastic casing for the shotshell? The old ones I used were all brass with the ends crimped into a cone shape.

 

[Hobbes]

Does the CCI have the plastic casing for the shotshell? The old ones I used were all brass with the ends crimped into a cone shape.

The CCI rounds have the plastic capsule. The Federal and Winchester rounds have crimped ends.
Some people prefer the crimped ends over the capsule.

I think it would be fun to get one of those smoothbore Marlin Garden Guns that were made to fire these birdshot rounds.
They were made by Marlin for dispatching pests in small gardens.

Only problem is how expensive these rounds are.

 

[tm8634]

ya, iv always heard not to shoot them in a revolver but idk if theres any truth to that...

 

[criticalbass]

Great for killing barn rats. CB

 

[okie98]

Never had a problem with them in a revolver.