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Wild Bill Bucks · August 21, 2007, 01:01 PM

Buzzkill,

I have used them for years inside my warehouse for birds, and if you are shooting them out of a rifle with good riflings, they will scatter very quickly. I can't kill a bird with them any further than about 15 feet. Every now and then I get lucky but not very often. I scare more of them than I kill. Quite a while back they used to make a 22LR that did not have any riflings in the barrel(smooth bore) and the rifle was very effective out to about 50 feet, but I don't think I've seen one in years. The problem with the plastic cover over the pellets is that your riflings spin the shot so fast that they scatter as soon as they leave the barrel. Try one on a 3ftX3ft peice of cardboard at 15 feet. I have found that the rat shot with the crimped front, shells seem to work much better.

August 21, 2007, 01:01 PM	#2
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,266	Buzzkill, I have used them for years inside my warehouse for birds, and if you are shooting them out of a rifle with good riflings, they will scatter very quickly. I can't kill a bird with them any further than about 15 feet. Every now and then I get lucky but not very often. I scare more of them than I kill. Quite a while back they used to make a 22LR that did not have any riflings in the barrel(smooth bore) and the rifle was very effective out to about 50 feet, but I don't think I've seen one in years. The problem with the plastic cover over the pellets is that your riflings spin the shot so fast that they scatter as soon as they leave the barrel. Try one on a 3ftX3ft peice of cardboard at 15 feet. I have found that the rat shot with the crimped front, shells seem to work much better.