.22 Shorts - Don't let their "cuteness" fool you

I love finding ancient ammo to try out in my modern 22LR (Remington 795). I scored a brick of 60 year old Wildcat recently from a closed down old country store in WA and that stuff shoots like crazy!

Ed Gibbs

I hope me posting that link is ok. I loved it, so...

TheNetsrac

Another super effective mass accelerator and a very cool video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-p8vjQ95s

TheNetsrac

Surprisingly effective little rounds... I guess size doesn't matter ;-D

TheNetsrac

Danny's back! Yay, Danny. Good to see that whatever kept you away didn't adversely affect your aim! The rounds smaller than the .22 short were BB and CB caps - the latter a bit more pointed, with the former just a round ball. Haven't seen these since I was a boy shooting in the back yard in New Hampshire about 60 years ago. We'd pick up a box at the general store on the way into Sanbornville after helping my uncle on his truck route. You could use them for target practice inside the house - they were that quiet - but that's not to say it was encouraged by any of the adults around. The .22 shorts were pretty cheap - about .50 a box, if I recall, while the longs and long rifle were around .70 to .80 a box, so you got a lot more shots for a buck. Used to shoot bottle caps stuck on the side of the barn; you made do with what you had in those days. Small as the CB and BB caps were, they still packed a wallop relative to mice and such. The "real stuff" was the long rifle, though - especially the hollow points. That extra "crack" from the supersonic velocity was a lot more authoritative, and nothing else would do at longer ranges. Anyway, welcome back Danny!

George Steele

I shot a .22 short into a water jug. It expanded nicely, but did not exit the jug. Shorts and the CCI .22LR Quiet make about the noise of a pellet gun from a rifle.

Dr. Strangelove

The round smaller than the Short was the .22BB. About 2/3 the length of the Short case and the projectile was a round black lead ball. Very quiet and useful for killing mice, rats and snakes in a tent or bunker without upsetting the neighbors. We bought them from a Chinese guy called “Cheap Charlie” in Pleiku. Don’t recall seeing them afterwards in the States.

Tim Matthews

Sell that CCI batch on GunBroker and you can buy a new car at current prices! :) Would you trust the shortys to stop a zombie?

The short didn’t go “almost as far” in the TP. Essentially, it went through two rolls vs the mini mag’s three = 2/3 as far (approximately). I would guesstimate it went 70% as far into the TP as the mini mag.

Man it sure is great to see you back on the channel Danny! And still as good a shot as ever.

Eye opening video about the shorts. Entertaining and informative, thanks!

Rhen_Merchant