shooting ratshot in a buckmark pistol

[Plunnie]

Has anyone tried to shoot ratshot in a 22 buckmark pistol? I tried but im having trouble with the gun cycling. I'm open to ideas and suggestions

[hunter29180]

rat shot is loaded to subsonic vel. usually to light a load to cycle a semiauto pistol.

[flyingtiger85]

I have a Buckmark also but have never attemped to use 22 buck shot in that gun.I think it's best to use only in a 22 revolver.I don't think it's very effective on snakes from what I've heard but probalbly works on mice/rats.

It sounds like hunter29180 has your answer.It makes perfect sense.

[JLA]

Its not going to cycle. Theres no bullet to contain the pressure and drive the slide rearward. You have to manually rack the slide each shot.

[sting75ray]

They will not work in a Ruger 10/22 either. Makes auto turn into a single shot, better get the rattlesnake with the first shot.

[Diamondback]

I have probably fired over a hundred round of .22lr rat shot and have yet to even disgruntle a snake or a rat or a mouse much less kill one. I test fired them at a sheet of paper starting from 15'. The shot didn't penetrate. At 10' about half the shot stuck in the paper. Finally achieved penetration at 5' or less. My opinion, wonderful noise makers.

[JLA]

I use them to shoot hand tossed clay pidgeons with my pistols. They work OK for that. I dont use the CCI blue shot capsules either. I use the Federal crimped brass shotshells.

[3/2 STA SS]

Originally Posted by hunter29180

rat shot is loaded to subsonic vel. usually to light a load to cycle a semiauto pistol.

You can one round at a time. I used the CCI blue capsule stuff. I don't like the crimp stuff and CCI patterns better for me.

[Telcotech]

I tried the .22 rat shot about a mth ago in my S&W 22A-1 and it didn't cycle either. Did it to just to satisfy my curiosity. I also use the crimped Federal's and have shot several 'critters' with them out of my Ruger Single-Six's. I've killed several garder snakes up to 2' in length from 10-15' distance and also several yr's ago had 4 tree rats in my garage and nailed all 4 w/ the .22 shot shells at 15-20 ft distance. I have had good results using them, out of my 6" Ruger's.

[22wood]

Originally Posted by Diamondback

I have probably fired over a hundred round of .22lr rat shot and have yet to even disgruntle a snake or a rat or a mouse much less kill one. I test fired them at a sheet of paper starting from 15'. The shot didn't penetrate. At 10' about half the shot stuck in the paper. Finally achieved penetration at 5' or less. My opinion, wonderful noise makers.

I killed 7 flying squirrels out of a small storage building.A snake in my out building all without putting any holes in the roof or walls.No more than ten feet away! That's what this ammo is for.

[jim brady]

You will never get a semi-auto pistol or rifle to function with .22 shot. Used to shoot rats in my friends chicken houses. Loads of fun doing that. Shined them at night with a flashlight. If you kept the light in their eyes you could walk right up point-blank and blast them. (He used to pay boys .25 cents for a pair of rat's ears. Spending money for the kids and fewer rats for him!)

[mr.t7024]

These rounds need to be fired from a smoothbore 22 rifle.I know remington used to make one. Someone once told me they called the bore of that gun a rutledge bore, starts of as a22 smooth bore but opens up almost to the size of a 410 shell. After 30-40 feet pretty useless!

[Hawg]

Rat shot wont cycle a slide. It has a donut shaped pattern when fired from a rifled barrel so works best from a short barreled revolver. CCI blue nose holds a pattern better than crimped loads. I've killed a lot of snakes with the CCI but I wouldn't dare try them on something like a water mocassin.

[dmoney]

this is definetely an oh crap round for when you stumble across a snake at up close distances

[Bigdog57]

Great little round for shooting the danged Carpenter Bees at the range. We call them "skeet that dodges!"

[popgun]

better off with a 410 or 38/357 snakeshot