Anyone have info on 22 CB rounds?

[chipp]

I changed my mind, I won't almost stand in front of a cb

 

[ArmedBear]

I've used them in my living room with a compacted-newspaper backstop. Fun, but LOUD! With a hardwood floor, they sound like "real bullets."

(My wife wasn't home, in case anyone was wondering.)

 

[chris in va]

I saw some at Gander Mountain, but figured they were just a different shape of bullet. Might have to try some now.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

If you shoot a lot of them in your gun be sure and clean it good before trying to shoot a larger .22 round again. In the mid to late 1930's my dad got given a bunch of similar .22CB rounds from someone who ran a shooting arcade. Probably a couple thousand or so rounds. After a couple of years or so of shooting these the 1906 Winchester rifle would only accept these rounds or shorts, not longs or long rifle. He just lived with it. He joined the Marines the day after Pearl Harbor and it was during boot camp and rifle training it dawned on him the problem with his .22. Anyway, it wasn't until 1945 that he was able to come home and clean the rifle correctly. And he also made sure that I cleaned it the same way. The rifle still shoots every length .22 cartridge you feed it.

 

[gezzer]

CCI CB long, went through paper target, cardboard backer, missed top of dirt pile then went through cedar clapbaord, 5/8" plywood, 8 storm windows leaning against wall in the garage, through rubermaid barrel (empty) then made dent in my pickup door.

I would not stand in front of one.

PS this made me buy a bullet trap rated for 9mm with an 18" square opening.

 

[Gbro]

http://http://www.22ammo.com/rws.htmlIt is hard to read all the fine print on the aguilas packaging as its in spanish and english, but the super colibri state they should only be fired from a handgun, as the cartridge is so limited in power. They do plug most rifle barrels.

The CB Caps(Conical breach caps) date to ceria 1850, they were preceded by the BB-Cap(bulleted breach cap by flobert in 1845). They were propeled by the primming mixture or a small powder charge. !n 1857 Smith and Wesson prodused the 1st practical rim fire cartridge for their new revolver. the No. 1
The books tell us that the No. 1 used the .22 Short.
The Model 1873 Win was chambered for the .22 Short. Thats lot of rifle(jackhandle) for a .22 short!
I am interested in the Hx of the .22 Long rifle. Havn't had much sucess in that research yet.
Its nice to be able to purchase the BB & CB caps from RWS even though they are spendy.
Gbro

 

[another okie]

The regular Colibris are about 350 fps, the supers at over 500. Both are just primers, but the CBs have some powder. I shoot the supers out of rifles, but if I don't see it hit the target then I check the barrel each time. The supers are loud enough to sound like a gunshot out of a pistol.

 

[Peet]

I got curious and tried CB long and Super Colibri (colibri = french for hummingbird for you trivia fans).

CB long and Super Colibri shot from a ca. 1945 Stevens Favorite at ~ 20 ft into a soft pine plank: The Colibri embedded the length of the slug v.s. the CBC which knocked a splinter off the back of the board and I could see the tip of the slug 1/16 to 1/8 inches in from the BACK of the board. Never tried the CB shorts in this test.

(The Favorite is great for this since you can pull the hammer back and check the barrel visually from the breech. Dunno if the newer ones do this.)

The CB longs work fine on porcupines for head shots - haven't tried 'em on squirrels.

The Henry pump .22 deals fine with both CB longs and shorts.