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there shouldn't be any problems. If you stick with the CCI shotshells with their plastic shot container, there will be no leading. Other types of shot loads may leave noticeable leading in the bore, which can be a pain to remove.
FWIW, shotshells from rifled arms do not pattern very well beyond 8-10 feet, which should be your working range for snakes and such - beyond that distance, the pattern is too thin (and the shot too small) to be reliable.
And a snake you can see which is farther away than that is not a problem, really.
mhb - Mike
there shouldn't be any problems. If you stick with the CCI shotshells with their plastic shot container, there will be no leading. Other types of shot loads may leave noticeable leading in the bore, which can be a pain to remove.
FWIW, shotshells from rifled arms do not pattern very well beyond 8-10 feet, which should be your working range for snakes and such - beyond that distance, the pattern is too thin (and the shot too small) to be reliable.
And a snake you can see which is farther away than that is not a problem, really.
mhb - Mike
I make my own out of 444 Marlin cases trimed to cylinder length. The case Dia. and rim dia. are so close, they work great. Trim to cylinder length, prime, (i use 5 gr. Herco) fill with shot (I've got a stash of #12) on top of a card wad, another card wad on top, and a touch of fingernail polish to seal. they carry a lot of shot, do not lead much at all, and are snake busters out to 15' The center in this pic is one of my twin .454 lead ball loads which prints about 3" apart at 30'.
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There won't be any issues that a good cleaning won't solve.
I'd suggest a Lewis Lead Remover for removing stubborn lead & enjoy.
I don't think the CCI will be a problem, it may leave a slight plastic residue in the bore. I've cleaned that out easily with normal cleaning methods.
I wouldn't worry about it.
There won't be any issues that a good cleaning won't solve.
I'd suggest a Lewis Lead Remover for removing stubborn lead & enjoy.
I don't think the CCI will be a problem, it may leave a slight plastic residue in the bore. I've cleaned that out easily with normal cleaning methods.
I wouldn't worry about it.
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When I was a teenager, my two younger sisters were in the county 4-H beef club, and I was their designated mice-in-the-corncrib shooter*. I used my .22 rifle, and was relatively inefficient at it. I patterned my loads, and found just what Igor did. Apparently, the shot load travels up the bore as a clump, engages the rifling and is spun by it, just like a bullet, aquiring cetrifugal force. Once out of the confinement of the barrel, the centrifugal force acts to throw the shot outward. This leaves a hole in the middle of the pattern, and the paradox of the better your aim, the more likely you will miss.
* Also hay bale pitcher in the haylofts, feedbag humper, truck and trailer driver, water hauler, et c.
Many years later, while perusing the Numrich (as they were then, pre-"Gun Parts Corp") catalog, I saw a listing for a smoothbore barrel for another .22 rifle which I had since aquired. As I live about 20 miles from there (I practically used to live in the old retail store), I went over and picked it up in person, as well as another one of that model (Stevens 87) .22, so I wouldn't lose a good .22 rifle by the deal. I installed the barrel, and I finally had the .22 shotgun I had wanted all those years ago. Have also wound up buying the odd .22 shoothbore at gun shows- seems they were somewhat popular in the '30s and '40s due to the cost/lack of availability of regular shotgun ammo for sport shooting during the Depression and WWII.
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Yuppers, that's one I got.
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