.22 Short for Backyard Pest Control

[gdr_11]

I have been using the CCI .22 Short for backyard pest control (mostly squirrels and gophers) because of the low noise and limited carrying range on overhead shots. Most of the shots are from my 6 1/2" Heritage Arms SA revolver and I have noticed that the point of impact is significantly higher than when I shoot .22 lr or .22 WMR from the same gun. I find the shorts to be fun to shoot and they do the job at the 25' - 50' range that I use them for but I find it odd that they shoot higher than the high velocity rounds. Still quite accurate in my pistol, I just have to hold a sight picture with only a hint of front blade showing when I draw down on the vermin. Someone suggested a very low velocity round that CCI makes in .22lr (CCI .22lr Quiet) but I have yet to find them locally. My nearest neighbors in back are about a mile away so I avoid anything too powerful when shooting up in a tree.

[rumble phish]

Well, I'm sure they'll work but why not just use a .177 pellet rifle or even a CO2 powered pellet pistol?

[I Swan]

410 shotgun if legal where you are at? If neighbors are that far I'm sure it is and 0 risk of it endangering them.

[Wordupmybrotha]

I also noticed that I have to adjust where I aim when I shoot 22 shorts. I've killed a mouse in my backyard with 22LR Quiet out of my Marlin 39A. Worked just fine.

[Wordupmybrotha]

I was just 10 yards out.

[Pardini]

Short doesn't mean much. The answer lies in the bullet weight and velocity numbers.

[bbodybill]

Sure SOUNDS good....

I have been using the CCI .22 Short for backyard pest control (mostly squirrels and gophers) because of the low noise and limited carrying range on overhead shots. Most of the shots are from my 6 1/2" Heritage Arms SA revolver and I have noticed that the point of impact is significantly higher than when I shoot .22 lr or .22 WMR from the same gun. I find the shorts to be fun to shoot and they do the job at the 25' - 50' range that I use them for but I find it odd that they shoot higher than the high velocity rounds. Still quite accurate in my pistol, I just have to hold a sight picture with only a hint of front blade showing when I draw down on the vermin. Someone suggested a very low velocity round that CCI makes in .22lr (CCI .22lr Quiet) but I have yet to find them locally. My nearest neighbors in back are about a mile away so I avoid anything too powerful when shooting up in a tree.

LIVIN it ??????

[FeuerFrei]

If you can see a gopher in the daytime whilst he's showing just enough of itself for you to take a kill shot then I gotta have some of that magic.
Ground squirrels (nature's pop up targets) are another thing.
My war on g squirrels continues...

Sent using a long string and 2 Dixie cups

[NATEWA]

I ordered a bunch of cci quiet before the internet ban. I have a Henry rifle with red dot. Accurate and quiet. Good luck - I shot a couple of gophers years ago and haven’t seen any since. I battled ground squirrels. Neighbors and I used Wilcox poison and got rid of them. The traps, pellet guns, .22’s and .410 only did so much. Good luck

[gwanghoops]

A month or so ago, I picked up 5 sleeves of CCI CB 22short 29gr LRN 710fps for $8/ea at WALMART. Wasn't there long.

[gdr_11]

If you can see a gopher in the daytime whilst he's showing just enough of itself for you to take a kill shot then I gotta have some of that magic.
Ground squirrels (nature's pop up targets) are another thing.
My war on g squirrels continues...

Sent using a long string and 2 Dixie cups

Actually, I have about a 30% success ratio in getting gophers to show themselves by quietly going up to a fresh mound and taking on step on the mound to seal the hole or using the back end of a hoe to gently flatten the mound over the hole. This blocks the small amount of air flow that the gopher gets through some of its mounds. I block the mound then stand or sit back about 10 ft and wait. 2-3 times out of 10, the gopher will start pushing up the dirt at the exact same spot and I will be ready. After the first little bit of dirt is up, he will generally expose half of his body as he pushes the dirt out further, then its goodnite for little Topo Gigio. The rest of time all I get for my efforts is some sunburn.

[CSACANNONEER]

410 shotgun if legal where you are at? If neighbors are that far I'm sure it is and 0 risk of it endangering them.

A .410 shotgun might be too much. Why not a .22lr shotgun like a Remington Routledge, Mossberg Targo or even a .22mag shotgun like a Marlin garden gun?

[rumble phish]

Actually, I have about a 30% success ratio in getting gophers to show themselves by quietly going up to a fresh mound and taking on step on the mound to seal the hole or using the back end of a hoe to gently flatten the mound over the hole. This blocks the small amount of air flow that the gopher gets through some of its mounds. I block the mound then stand or sit back about 10 ft and wait. 2-3 times out of 10, the gopher will start pushing up the dirt at the exact same spot and I will be ready. After the first little bit of dirt is up, he will generally expose half of his body as he pushes the dirt out further, then its goodnite for little Topo Gigio. The rest of time all I get for my efforts is some sunburn.

You made me think of this scene in "The Santa Claus"... lol

[I Swan]

A .410 shotgun might be too much. Why not a .22lr shotgun like a Remington Routledge, Mossberg Targo or even a .22mag shotgun like a Marlin garden gun?

I never tried on on any sort of living thing figure you got to get pretty close and figured power lever maybe not enough for anything over a small bird.

If anyone has experience with these guns on a gopher or rat I'd like to hear about it.

[CSACANNONEER]

I never tried on on any sort of living thing figure you got to get pretty close and figured power lever maybe not enough for anything over a small bird.

If anyone has experience with these guns on a gopher or rat I'd like to hear about it.

.22lr shotshells kill plenty of rattlers at short range. I've taken my Rem 121 with a Routledge barrel and broken clays on a skeet range as well as straight aways at Angeles. My dad use to shoot mice and rats with .22lr shotshells out of a rifled barrel inside a barn. When it comes to rabbit sized animals, I'd use something else though.