Thread: .22 birdshot

Originally Posted by Jhon

Do you have a listing cal rifle? 357mag, 44Mag etc? If so PM me. I make shotshells for both and its not too hard.

That should have said "Do you have a pistol cal rifle?"

Originally Posted by Chiefyboy

Does anyone have a few rounds of .22 birdshot lying around? I've been using a 410 for rats up trees but am thinking about my neighbor. Want to try the birdshot before buying. It will be a 5m shot at max. Went to guncity today but they had none.

Hawkes bay

Cheers team

Found a container of them in the safe....there are 48...how many do you want?

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

.22 birdshot is highly unlikely to kill a rat at 5 metres

Half that distance -maybe

Yeah, agreed - don't waste your money or stuff your barrel.

either way, anybody in chch want some pm me

I've got some you can have to test, Hawkes bay based too.

Have a pkt, 25 years old, when the weather clears will shoot a few for "patterning" at 4-5 metres, curiosity has the better of me.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Have a pkt, 25 years old, when the weather clears will shoot a few for "patterning" at 4-5 metres, curiosity has the better of me.

Just remember to take your surpressor off first

once took a shot at a big californi quail in a mates market garden about 20 feet away with .22 birdshot could almost taste the bugger nah sausages instead did not even flinch - useless

Somewhere I have a few rounds of .22 birdshot that had the pellets in a projectile made of wood, I remember splitting one open to have a look...they belonged to my father who died about 58 years ago and I have no idea how long he had had them...I will have to have a look around and find them, that is if the borer hasn't got to them.

I have used them with some success against swallows in the shed up to 6-7 metres. Most useful for dispatching sleeping possums in building eaves and the like whereby the shot doesn't exit the head to pass through the building itself.

I have/had a problem with birds coming into a shed that was a hay shed , that I have converted to a car shed. I was using birdshot till I couldnt get hold of it anymore.
I brought a low powered slug gun and tested it on some tin to make sure it doesnt penetrate , so I knew I wasnt going to be putting holes in my shed.
It was good and now I destroy any bird who ventures into it.
I use open sights as the range is pretty close.