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Richard

Richard

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My sons b-day is coming up in the next few days. I know one of his gifts (obviously :) ) is going to be the nicest little lever action Winchester .22 you ever saw.

We live out in the country and it is ok to shoot where we live. However, seeing as how more and more people are moving out here, it is almost to the point where you cannot shoot safely, so we just dont bother here anymore...have to go find a place.

Anyways, I thought about setting up a 'safe area' with good backstops here in which we could safely use the .22 with some extremely low powered rounds. The rifle is able to fire 22 long rifles, longs, and shorts. Is it safe to fire the CB rounds, or the primer powered rounds only? I dont want anything that will not have the velocity to make it out of the barrel.

I would appreciate any help you can give me.
 
Richard:

Sounds like we live in similar places. I have fired several brands of low powered rounds with no problems of the bullets getting out of the barrel. However those short CB type rounds may not cycle in a lever action rifle. I have a Browning lever gun and sometimes they will feed, and sometimes they will not. They can be loaded one at a time but some action types allow easier access to do this than others, and again, a lever action ejection port is a little small for my fingers at least.

Bolt actions are probably the easiest to load one at a time. I have an old Winchester model 67 single shot that I use for my primary low power rifle.

By the way, I am sure you are as excited as your son will be in giving him his first rifle. What a special time in both of your lifes.
 
I've never heard of a CB getting stuck in a barrel. They're very quiet in rifles. The neighbors won't even know you're shooting.
 
my sons Stevens Crackshot is shambered for 22LR and he shoots CB's in it all the time... no problems at all.

Have fun and be safe.
 
Richard,
Ditto what the others have said regarding CB rounds. However, under no circumstances should the primer only rounds be fired in rifles (at least those which I've researched). Save these for pistols only, preferably ones with barrel lengths in the 6 to 7.5 inch or shorter.
 
There are many good quality 22lr backstops that can safely handle full power 22lr and hyper velocity rounds. That being said, I have fired thousands of 22lr (standard $1 a box stuff, not hyper velocity) without a single incident starting out in junior high school unsupervised.

Teach good gun safety and an appreciation of the back stop and, and your children will not only be safe at your house, but at their friends too ;)

Their friends may not be restricted to rim fire rifles and handguns but, good safety practices still remain and keep them out of harms way.

Now, off my soap box.....

Have you considered a good quality air rifle? These are very under appreciated by most people. The dangers are significantly reduced at moderate distances and the same safety practices apply. I have air rifles that shoot ~12 ft/lbs up to ~32 ft/lbs and they will do everything my 22lr's will, just not as far out. They are just as accurate at 100 yards but, don't pack enough power to safely take any sort of game animal but, for accuracy work and general practice....:D very cheap shootin' too!

My grandfather's Marlin lever gun (model 39A) has seen more use then any gun should see in several lifetimes and it is even better today then it was then. Is shoots LR's and Long's without a hitch and has brought joy to three generations.

Shoot straight.......Sid
 
Hey thanks for the help, it really is appreciated!!

He does have a couple of airguns. One is a pistol, and the other is a rifle (nothing fancy). He doesnt care for the pistol at all, and really is a natural at rifle shooting. He did have a .22, but it was pretty rough, and not very reliable.

This particelar .22 is going to be his first really nice gun that is suitable for handing down. This is actually a gift from 'grand-daddy'. Wife and I are getting him a new bicycle.

Im sure this rifle will be his pride and joy. Fortunately he is a sensible kid who knows how to respect things. Shooting will of course be closely supervised at all times.

Thanks again for your help!!!
 
Richard,

Might be worth your while to check out www.rimfirecentral.com It's a Online Forum exclusively for Rimfires. There's a TON of great info over there.

what I've read over there on this subject seems to sugest that the CB's should be fine and the Powderless Colibri-type rounds may be a little 'iffy'.

Hope that helps,

-John
 
Thanks for the links, both should be useful. I did not know about the rimfire forum, but a quick glance tells me that my son and I should have plenty of reading to do. Thanks again!
 
the 22 short is more powerfull than i thought, at least outta a rifle, i used to have a remington 22 short gallery rifle, looked like the browning autos that break down, dont remember the model, but w/22 short high speed solids we used to shoot at a std sheet of tin (about 2' X 4 or 5') at a about 100 yards, with a lot of kentucky windage/practice we got to were we could hit the thing usually
 
Sounds like an awesome present to me. Wish I was the little guy.

Sure love my Ruger 10/22 stainless, stainless scoped at 3x9x39.
 
Got my first gun, a Ruger 10/22 at the age of 13...most awesome b-day ever.

For Christmas several years later, I got the target model and gave my dad my standard 10/22 since he didn't have one (traded in his old, worn out Marlin to buy me the Target model). Target model is great out of the box, IMO. Lots of fun:D
 
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