.22LR Shotshell in a 10/22?

Cain · July 7, 2009, 02:17 PM

I was wondering if I could shoot CCI 22LR shotshells #12 shot 31 grain though my 10/22. On the back of the box it says that the ammo is "Not intended to cycle semi-automatic firearms." Will the gun jam if I use the ammo? Or will I just have to manually cycle the action?

Any help is appreciated,
Cain

precision_shooter · July 7, 2009, 02:47 PM

It will shoot just fine. It just won't create enough pressure to cycle the bolt and eject the empty case. You will have to cycle the bolt manually for each shot. Same thing with the subsonic ammo.

Brian Pfleuger · July 7, 2009, 02:48 PM

Keep your distances to feet rather than yards also.

jimbob86 · July 7, 2009, 02:54 PM

I've used them in my semi-auto 22s...... I chambered them by hand- they ejected just fine, as I recall. They are pretty worthless for anything bigger than a sparrow, and unlikely to hit even that beyond a few feet.

BB guns are more lethal on garden pests, in my experience, and there is less collateral damage.

Cain · July 7, 2009, 03:06 PM

Thanks for the answers. This really isnt related, but does the plastic jacket get ejected with the brass?

rr2241tx · July 7, 2009, 05:15 PM

A stock 10/22 should have no problem extracting a standard crimped rat shot. Cycling is another matter, some will some won't. CCI rat shot with the little plastic tips are like fishing lures: their job is done as soon as they catch a buyer and they are over-priced accordingly. It is unlikely you will shoot enough of them to foul your barrel with the little plastic capsules. Rat shot is really not very good against rats/squirrels at more than five or six feet but at that range they are instant death to rattlesnakes. Maybe they should be renamed Snake Shot. If you're going to carry rounds in your pocket for snake dispatching, get crimped shot shells.

Dave R · July 7, 2009, 06:02 PM

Just FYI, when I experimented with 9mm shot shell, I got bad "donut" patterns, which means the shot was going all around EXCEPT the place I was aiming at. I'm assuming .22 shot would do the same...

Cain · July 7, 2009, 06:23 PM

@ Dave R
I am going to shoot them through a rifle so it will probably be more accurate; though at 5+ meters that may happen to me, time will tell.

speedsixman · July 12, 2009, 04:41 PM

Cain -

Shooting shotshells through a rifled barrel will tend to spread the shot pattern quite a bit.
At one time, there were un-rifled .22's made just for this purpose, and Remington still catalogs a pump action (572) that is smooth-bore.

Myron

Crosshair · July 12, 2009, 06:06 PM

Don't feed CCI ones from the magazine, the blue capsule will break and you'll get shot all over the innards of the gun.

GringoGrande · July 12, 2009, 06:14 PM

I use the crimped full brass Federal or Remington ammuntion. We shoot ritz crackers kind of like skeet. When I was a kid, we shot a thing called Mo-Skeet-o clay targets with the crimped shotshell ammuntion. The 10/22 I have cycles the crimped ammo well just like a 22lr. The CCI plastic nose sometimes shatters on the edge of the feed ramp.

The blue plastic shoots out the muzzle down range, not ejected with the
case.

Gringo

Dallas Jack · July 13, 2009, 04:02 AM

While it will work it is not very effective. I have used a lot of these in a long barreled S&W revolver and it was only good for about 5-6 feet at the most. I used it for snakes and a big snake took more than a few shots to finish him off. A shot to the head on a smaller snake did just fine.

If you want to use shot shells say for snakes. I would go to a 44 mag or 45 Colt handgun using shot shells. I've used those too and they do a number on a snake but they also have a very limited range.

The best would be a T/C Contender shooting .410 shot shells. They have a choke and almost as much range as a .410 shotgun. I can tell you from experience they do a lot of damage close up.

When I go into the woods I load 3 of the cylinders of my 686+ with shotshells just for snakes. Good luck.
Dallas Jack

Hawg · July 13, 2009, 04:22 AM

I don't want to be anywhere near close enough to a rattlesnake or water mocassin to hit it with .22 shot. That is gonna be one ticked off snake.

Dallas Jack · July 13, 2009, 04:44 AM

That's the problem with the .22 shot shells, you gotta be close.
Dallas Jack

Palmetto-Pride · July 13, 2009, 04:25 PM

Not sure about the .22 shot-shell by CCI, but the .40 shot shell by CCI is great for rabbits out to around 20ft got 3 of them yesterday riding around my hunt club.

Kmar40 · July 13, 2009, 09:45 PM

I've found CB caps to be far more useful for the things I thought I might use a 22 shotshell for.

Feeding either into the chamber of a 10/22 isn't particularly easy for my fingers.

July 7, 2009, 02:47 PM	#2
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	It will shoot just fine. It just won't create enough pressure to cycle the bolt and eject the empty case. You will have to cycle the bolt manually for each shot. Same thing with the subsonic ammo. __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

July 7, 2009, 02:48 PM	#3
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	Keep your distances to feet rather than yards also. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

July 7, 2009, 06:02 PM	#7
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2000 Location: Idaho Posts: 6,073	Just FYI, when I experimented with 9mm shot shell, I got bad "donut" patterns, which means the shot was going all around EXCEPT the place I was aiming at. I'm assuming .22 shot would do the same... __________________ I am Pro-Rights (on gun issues).

July 12, 2009, 06:06 PM	#10
Crosshair Senior Member Join Date: December 16, 2004 Location: Grand Forks, ND Posts: 5,333	Don't feed CCI ones from the magazine, the blue capsule will break and you'll get shot all over the innards of the gun. __________________ I don't carry a gun to go looking for trouble, I carry a gun in case trouble finds me.

July 13, 2009, 04:25 PM	#15
Palmetto-Pride Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 2,071	Not sure about the .22 shot-shell by CCI, but the .40 shot shell by CCI is great for rabbits out to around 20ft got 3 of them yesterday riding around my hunt club. __________________ “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” -Margaret Thatcher-

July 7, 2009, 02:17 PM	#1
Cain Member Join Date: May 24, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 24	.22LR Shotshell in a 10/22? I was wondering if I could shoot CCI 22LR shotshells #12 shot 31 grain though my 10/22. On the back of the box it says that the ammo is "Not intended to cycle semi-automatic firearms." Will the gun jam if I use the ammo? Or will I just have to manually cycle the action? Any help is appreciated, Cain

July 7, 2009, 02:54 PM	#4
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	I've used them in my semi-auto 22s...... I chambered them by hand- they ejected just fine, as I recall. They are pretty worthless for anything bigger than a sparrow, and unlikely to hit even that beyond a few feet. BB guns are more lethal on garden pests, in my experience, and there is less collateral damage.

July 7, 2009, 03:06 PM	#5
Cain Member Join Date: May 24, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 24	Thanks for the answers. This really isnt related, but does the plastic jacket get ejected with the brass?

July 7, 2009, 05:15 PM	#6
rr2241tx Senior Member Join Date: August 2, 2007 Location: The Great State of Taxes Posts: 267	A stock 10/22 should have no problem extracting a standard crimped rat shot. Cycling is another matter, some will some won't. CCI rat shot with the little plastic tips are like fishing lures: their job is done as soon as they catch a buyer and they are over-priced accordingly. It is unlikely you will shoot enough of them to foul your barrel with the little plastic capsules. Rat shot is really not very good against rats/squirrels at more than five or six feet but at that range they are instant death to rattlesnakes. Maybe they should be renamed Snake Shot. If you're going to carry rounds in your pocket for snake dispatching, get crimped shot shells.

July 7, 2009, 06:23 PM	#8
Cain Member Join Date: May 24, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 24	@ Dave R I am going to shoot them through a rifle so it will probably be more accurate; though at 5+ meters that may happen to me, time will tell.

July 12, 2009, 04:41 PM	#9
speedsixman Member Join Date: December 29, 2008 Location: central ohio Posts: 42	Cain - Shooting shotshells through a rifled barrel will tend to spread the shot pattern quite a bit. At one time, there were un-rifled .22's made just for this purpose, and Remington still catalogs a pump action (572) that is smooth-bore. Myron

July 12, 2009, 06:14 PM	#11
GringoGrande Senior Member Join Date: July 12, 2009 Location: Sandusky, Ohio Posts: 131	I use the crimped full brass Federal or Remington ammuntion. We shoot ritz crackers kind of like skeet. When I was a kid, we shot a thing called Mo-Skeet-o clay targets with the crimped shotshell ammuntion. The 10/22 I have cycles the crimped ammo well just like a 22lr. The CCI plastic nose sometimes shatters on the edge of the feed ramp. The blue plastic shoots out the muzzle down range, not ejected with the case. Gringo

July 13, 2009, 04:02 AM	#12
Dallas Jack Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 386	While it will work it is not very effective. I have used a lot of these in a long barreled S&W revolver and it was only good for about 5-6 feet at the most. I used it for snakes and a big snake took more than a few shots to finish him off. A shot to the head on a smaller snake did just fine. If you want to use shot shells say for snakes. I would go to a 44 mag or 45 Colt handgun using shot shells. I've used those too and they do a number on a snake but they also have a very limited range. The best would be a T/C Contender shooting .410 shot shells. They have a choke and almost as much range as a .410 shotgun. I can tell you from experience they do a lot of damage close up. When I go into the woods I load 3 of the cylinders of my 686+ with shotshells just for snakes. Good luck. Dallas Jack

July 13, 2009, 04:22 AM	#13
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,190	I don't want to be anywhere near close enough to a rattlesnake or water mocassin to hit it with .22 shot. That is gonna be one ticked off snake.

July 13, 2009, 04:44 AM	#14
Dallas Jack Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 386	That's the problem with the .22 shot shells, you gotta be close. Dallas Jack

July 13, 2009, 09:45 PM	#16
Kmar40 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 668	I've found CB caps to be far more useful for the things I thought I might use a 22 shotshell for. Feeding either into the chamber of a 10/22 isn't particularly easy for my fingers.