On Aug 15, 7:40*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:32:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:









On Aug 15, 11:42*am, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:02:16 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 14, 5:30*pm, wrote:

Hey Greg. Speaking of rifles designed to poke holes through a paper
target.

my cousin has our great-grandfathers *Belgium made
"Flaubert" (Flobert) .22 rifle. It takes a single .22 'CB cap' round. -
a .22 short only shorter by about half. So short there's hardly a
grain of powder in them. I actually think that the rim-fired priming
is actually the propellant for the bullet.

While the British were throwing darts in their pubs. The other
Europeans had shooting galleries in their taverns. *The cartridge is
so weak a pump .177 pellet rifle would just about put it *to shame.

They used to use these in carnival galleries as well. (after they bent
the sights, of course!)

CB cap or BB cap?

.22 "cb"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_CB

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Does it have enough oomph to cycle a semi-auto?

I really doubt it Wayne. The only guns I've seen to take the cartridge
were a bolt action or a 'trap door' My Great Grandpa's was the latter.