I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.


Don't have any rabbits in our neighborhood. The neighbors ate them all, right
after they finished off the pigeons.



Peter Wiley wrote:
The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

What's a 22RF? Here we have 22LR (for "long rifle") and 22S (shorts) and 22B
(not sure these are made any more) and 22BB. The BBs are used for popping
balloons in amusement park galleries, hard to find on store shelves but lots of
fun. Perfect for shooting cats or squirrels or rabbits at ranges up to about 30
yards. Better than a compressed air pellet gun and about the same amount of
noise & muzzle blast.

Regards
Doug King

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too. What's a 22B. I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting pigeons
and mice in the barn.

Scotty


"DSK" wrote in message
...
I can sit in my
lounge room and shoot rabbits out the window if I want to, without
my
neighbours saying a word.

We're a tad more refined, we generally step out on the deck, burnt
cordite
lingers and my wife doesn't like the smell.

Don't have any rabbits in our neighborhood. The neighbors ate them all,
right
after they finished off the pigeons.



Peter Wiley wrote:
The muzzle blast can be a problem, too. Even a 22RF is noisy in a
confined space.

What's a 22RF? Here we have 22LR (for "long rifle") and 22S (shorts) and
22B
(not sure these are made any more) and 22BB. The BBs are used for popping
balloons in amusement park galleries, hard to find on store shelves but
lots of
fun. Perfect for shooting cats or squirrels or rabbits at ranges up to
about 30
yards. Better than a compressed air pellet gun and about the same amount
of
noise & muzzle blast.

Regards
Doug King

Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.


What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.


I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting pigeons
and mice in the barn.

The 22BB shot I'm familiar with is a bullet, not a scatter shot. I have some 22
shot shell charges too, we used to call it rat shot or snake shot. I've heard
some people advocate it for personal defense because "it's hard to miss" but a
22LR is skimpy enough for reliably taking out bad guys, bird shot would suck for
that.

They make shot shells for lots of pistols, I used to carry them alternating with
..38+ in a revolver. Kinda handy but again not my first choice for two-legged
type snakes.

DSK

I've seen the .38 bird-shot, kinda pricey, so I went with the hollow points.

SV


"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.


What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less
charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.


I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting
pigeons
and mice in the barn.

The 22BB shot I'm familiar with is a bullet, not a scatter shot. I have
some 22
shot shell charges too, we used to call it rat shot or snake shot. I've
heard
some people advocate it for personal defense because "it's hard to miss"
but a
22LR is skimpy enough for reliably taking out bad guys, bird shot would
suck for
that.

They make shot shells for lots of pistols, I used to carry them
alternating with
.38+ in a revolver. Kinda handy but again not my first choice for
two-legged
type snakes.

DSK

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ...
I've seen the .38 bird-shot, kinda pricey, so I went with the hollow points.

SV

Cant find it. I use 22 bird shot with my western auto 22 rifle &
scope. No cat but lots of rats on the dock. So many Im thinking up
cutting off the heads and sticking them on little sticks at the head
of the dock, perhaps that dirty ******* that wakes me in the middle of
the night by running the decks will get a clue.

He got into the green tomatoes we had ripening on the dash. Signed his
own death warrent doing that. The neighbor set out a bunch of poison
yesterday so the shooting gallery fun is most likey over for a while.
Will have a bunch of bloted staggering rats tonight, not much of a
challenge shooting at.

Joe










"DSK" wrote in message
...
Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.


What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less
charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.


I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting
pigeons
and mice in the barn.

The 22BB shot I'm familiar with is a bullet, not a scatter shot. I have
some 22
shot shell charges too, we used to call it rat shot or snake shot. I've
heard
some people advocate it for personal defense because "it's hard to miss"
but a
22LR is skimpy enough for reliably taking out bad guys, bird shot would
suck for
that.

They make shot shells for lots of pistols, I used to carry them
alternating with
.38+ in a revolver. Kinda handy but again not my first choice for
two-legged
type snakes.

DSK

that worked on the chipmunks round here.



"Joe" wrote in message . So many Im thinking up
cutting off the heads and sticking them on little sticks at the head
of the dock,

In article , DSK
wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.

Lots of them about. 221 Fireball (shortened 222), 222, 218 Bee, 223,
22-250. The list goes on.


What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.

Hmm. Flobert-Patronen BB & CB caps. Like a short 22 Short, the BB has a
round lead ball projectile, the CB has a conical projectile. Wonderful
for shooting cats & birds in suburbia. Almost no muzzle blast from a
rifle barrel and quite accurate. I still have a few hundred somewhere.

PDW

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:51:09 -0500, DSK wrote:

Scott Vernon wrote:

RM=Rim Fire. Had to think about that one too.

Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge.
Sure you have, you were in the service. The .223 otherwise know in the military
as the 5.56 Nato is a 22 caliber center fire cartridge. And there are a bunch
of lesser known cartridges popular with varmit hunters.

JJ



What's a 22B.

It's a smaller bullet (same caliber obviously but less lead) with less charge.
To be honest I'm not sure they're being made any more.


I have 2
boxes (200) of the 22BB, we call them bird shot. Good for shooting pigeons
and mice in the barn.

The 22BB shot I'm familiar with is a bullet, not a scatter shot. I have some 22
shot shell charges too, we used to call it rat shot or snake shot. I've heard
some people advocate it for personal defense because "it's hard to miss" but a
22LR is skimpy enough for reliably taking out bad guys, bird shot would suck for
that.

They make shot shells for lots of pistols, I used to carry them alternating with
.38+ in a revolver. Kinda handy but again not my first choice for two-legged
type snakes.

DSK

James Johnson
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Ah so, I should have thought of that. But I never saw a 22 center fire
cartridge

.
James Johnson wrote:
Sure you have, you were in the service. The .223 otherwise know in the military
as the 5.56 Nato is a 22 caliber center fire cartridge.

heh heh that's not a .22 that's a .265 necked down....

DSK