.22 short...what is it good for??

I got a winchester semi auto in 22 short, it has killed more hogs, cows etc than any other gun I have. Had 5 racoons get into the barn, the ywas up in the rafers hissing at me so I whip out the 22 and went to town on em. 5 shots 5 dead coons. All fall to my 22 :) aim is important, more so than a larger caliber. Thats what makes it so sweet.

See you go to a pond, throw in a bag of bobbers, the kind you fish with, use the 22 short to blast them. Gotta be right on or the bobber just jumps out of the water un hurt. To kill it has to be dead on. Do that then we can go get varmints.

Shot a feral cat in his ear he was like 150 yards out. DRT
 
high standard makes a 22 shot only target hand gun that is olympic quality ' i have used the shots to dispatch many shunks in town not muck loader than a pellet rifle . all single shots will shoot the shorts
 
^Some of the .22 shorts are pretty hot little rounds for what they are, and are consequently pretty loud.

CCI subsonic shorts moving at like 710fps, they are quiet enough to be able to get a few shots off on some squirrels if they don't see you shooting at them. Sound is about like an air rifle.

Frankenmauser mentioned the extra capacity. When I load my Henry with shorts, I can put 21 rounds in it. I like .22 shorts for the reason I can put a whole lot of them in my rifle.
 
I have 2 of the old Beretta Minxes (Model 950) chambered in .22 short. I don't carry them, but they are fun to plink with. The first was inherited after my dad passed away- he kept it as a carry pistol in a leather bank bag while at craft shows. The second was a 4" model I found after some scouring, and decided to add it to the collection.

Again, to answer the OP, I would personally not use them for personal defense unless nothing else was available. I have been getting .22 short Remington High Velocity rounds for fairly cheap, so they end up being fun plinkers.
 
I use 'em to shoot the rats that occaisonally show up under the bird feeders. No noise, doesn't penetrate through the varmint, and kills 'em in short order.
 
Not trying to hi-jack the thread but......what is the effective range with a .22 short from a long rifle on a squirrel?
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It has plenty of energy beyond 100 yards for rodents (more than 40 ft-lb).
With a sight-in distance of 50 yards, it will drop about 8 to 12 inches at 100 yards (depends on the load, barrel length, and muzzle velocity).

I know some people think that energy level (64 ft-lb) isn't even adequate at the muzzle, but the dead squirrels would argue otherwise ... if they could. ;)
 
I like shorts for quiet plinking. They are quieter than Long Rifle. A LR has a much sharper CRACK IMHO.

I've used them for squirrels in the past. They don't seem to mind. A dead squirrel is a dead squirrel.
 
My Grandpa said he liked shorts because the dead squirrel always landed on the ground. Said long rifle would pass through and leave the dead squirrel in the tree..

Now, he said this in '69 or so and probably hadn't hunted for 25 years before that. I've never shot a squirrel out of a tree with anything so really can't add to or take away from what he told me back then.

I do know if they didn't make .22 short I wouldn't be able to shoot the High Standard Model C pistol my dad handed down.
 
FWIW, I typically buy .22 shorts at Walmart - more expensive than bulk .22 longs, but still reasonably priced.....well, last batch I bought was 4 months ago.
 
In NJ .22s is the only legal rifle cartridge to hunt with.

I use shorts often of the CCI cb varietty just in my backyard to have a little fun without upsetting the neghibors.

29g at 1000fps is nothing to laugh at, even with my low power CB's @ 710fps they still put a hurting on squirells and rabbits
 
Not trying to hi-jack the thread but......what is the effective range with a .22 short from a long rifle on a squirrel?
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Thread is about what the .22 short is good for. Its good for shooting squirrels as far as I am concerned, so not a hijack.

I think that the effective range is whatever distance you are capable of hitting a squirrel in the head with them. You hit them anywhere else they take their time dying from it. Talking about a 3/4" target that likes to move around. I would think 100 yards if the shooter is skilled. The little .22 shorts are really accurate, but I would want to know what the drop is at 100 yards if zeroed at 50 yards.
 
22 short CB's was the only round....

22 short CB's was the only round that would shoot accurately in my son's Daisy 22 rifle. I had to work on the Daisy 22 to improve the trigger pull enough so he could pull the trigger. The Daisy is a single shot and just the right size for a 7 year old. I took the rifle apart and found that by using a hose clamp I was able to get the trigger pull to a reasonable level. I tried all types of 22 rim-fires and the only one that had a decent group was the 22 short CB. The others were all over the place. He did get a few squirrels with it. It was very quiet compared to regular 22lr. We also shot a lot of paper and coke cans.

I keep a lot of different boxes of 22's including 22 shorts to test 22 rim-fire rifles.

Lemmon from Rural South Carolina
 
.22 short CB's are considerably quieter than my (late) Gamo air pellet rifle.
I shoot squirrels and other pests (starlings) with those CB shorts through my Mossberg 44US rifle, and it just sounds like a "snap". Wouldn't even hear it from a house away.
 
When I got a Stevens, model 15A ( $11.50 ), for my 14th. birthday in 1957,
shorts were .35 cents a box, and long rifles were .50 cents a box, so I usually shot the shorts.
 
I shoot shorts out of my Winchester model 12 pump rifle, which takes shorts, longs and LR shells. Also out of my old Charter Arms Pathfinder revolver, and a Bernardelli vest pocket auto, which only takes shorts. I imagine you could do so from any number of Ruger .22 revolvers as well.

Fun for plinking, I guess I'd use the vest pocket auto as a deep deep cover hideout, if my Beretta .22LR wasn't working. Given the size of today's semi autos in .380, you might as well carry a larger caliber for the same size pistol.
 
The best gun or caliber to have is the one in your hand when you need it. The .22 short in you wife's hand/pocket is better than the .44 mag at home in the safe. It comes down to a question of what are you most likely/willing to have on your person. The cci .22 short is sure better than stern words or throwing rocks. I would not be the one to volunteer taking the one hit from it.
 
It's good for it's intended use, a belly gun. As a last ditch contact range weapon. Jam it into your attackers belly and fire. The bullet is accompanied by hot gases expanding into his guts, ostensibly causing excruciating pain. The theory is that he'll leave you alone then.
YMMV.
 
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