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

Like Mike I remember the shorts were a little cheaper, so a couple of nickel bottle refunds, and we were good to go hunting, as the kind soul Mr Bieler would sell us ten cents worth. Try that today! I tell you fella's, that was a DIFFERENT PLANET!
 
My first rifle was chambered for .22 short only,,,

It was a Winchester pump action,,,
Model 189? and had a long octagonal barrel.

As a kid with a 50-cent a week allowance,,,
.22 short cartridges were my friend.

"Doc" at the gas station would sell me 5 cartridges for a dime,,,
That meant I picked up 5 pop bottles from the roadside,,,
Then I was set for a bunny hunt in the fields.

The .22 short rarely stopped a rabbit in it's tracks,,,
But more often than not they didn't get far.

That rifle was very accurate,,,
Dad could light kitchen matches at 25 yards,,,
It was easy to hit tin cans at 50 yards or even farther if rested.

They used to be cheaper than .22 LR,,,
I remember paying 45-cents a box in the early 1960's,,,
At that same time a box of .22 LR was going for 85-90 cents.

I keep some around now for the armadillos and possums,,,
I live in a small rural town and no one has complained to me as yet,,,
Out of my CZ-452 Special Military Trainer they seem no louder than a pellet rifle.

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22 short in a defensive weapon is IMO is worthless, just make some mad unless placement is good. A good placement with a 22 will drop a deer at 200 yds.

I use Eley subsonic 22's to kill beavers. 1050fps which is much quieter than a short as it is sub-sonic where a 22 short is not. Shot placement is imperative.

A 22lr or 22mag can be devastating as a defensive weapon because it can travel a long and destructive path. The key to debilitating a BG is hitting the CNS. If a bullet misses that and the TWC or PWC also does not involve then the BG may shoot back. I have seen deer shot through the heart that didn't drop immediately.
 
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Have used thousands of win 22 shorts in the last forty years squirrel n rabbit huntin. Have an old stevens single shot that the sights are dead on at thirty to forty yards with the win 22 shorts. The bore looks better after all these years, than some of the new 22's at the LGS.
22 shorts are very useful and wally world sells a lot of them.:D
 
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