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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
.22 birdshot is highly unlikely to kill a rat at 5 metres
Half that distance -maybe
Do you have a listing cal rifle? 357mag, 44Mag etc? If so PM me. I make shotshells for both and its not too hard.
2nd that. gave it a go and it was not really effective past 4m. The .177 air rifle was doing a better jobQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
used it to clear pigeons from barn, worked at 4-5 meters max.
I put a 10 shot mag of .22 birdshot at a matchbox at around 5 metres, managed one pellet just inside the edge of the matchbox....I might be just useless or the ammo was.
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That one on the right takes out rats.
Hi There
made up a couple of smooth bore 22 cal. jobs to test these out a lot better patterns as the grooves open the shot pattern to form a open center ring
the crimp end shot shells were a lot louder than the blue capsule brand that put up a better pattern for me
4-5 m best as in the above post Cheers
I had little to no success with .22 birdshot on rats
if anyones going from chch to his way i have some he can have
they were used as fairground rounds instead of airguns. pretty much just primer and projectileQuote:
Originally Posted by DavidGunn
Funny story.
An acquaintance of mine from a very old rural hunting family in Ahaura was trying to get rud of rats in the workshop/hashed when he was a young fella.
Tipped the lead out and replaced it with wheat. 12 guage I might add.
That will work mint in the shed.
First shot at a rat in the rafters.
Boom. Rat disappeared but didn't know if he got it. Also a neat 1" hole in the corrie iron. Wheat a bit tough at that distance.
Probably didn't make it out of the wad.
Also must be said he didn't do it again lol
Funny Story too
my father in law [many years ago had a chook house next to the double garage full of fancy boats ,cars etc
and thus there were rats pored petrol [ the real gas back in the day super ] down the rat holes to flush them out and lit the match
a resounding BOOM on fire rats came pouring out their holes that wernt too concussed with the bang and ran under all his toys
luckily nothing else caught fire
Guess I should go for the air rifle instead. Cheers for the help
Pull a 22 projectile. Pack a bit of tissue for a wad, then a few 7 shot pellets, then more tissue to hold it in. I've shot rats at close range with that combo.
That should have said "Do you have a pistol cal rifle?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Jhon
Found a container of them in the safe....there are 48...how many do you want?Quote:
Originally Posted by Chiefyboy
Yeah, agreed - don't waste your money or stuff your barrel.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
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.
Just remember to take your surpressor off firstQuote:
Originally Posted by tetawa
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.
