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John Boy Ex Member	Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! May 20^th, 2018 at 1:30pm	Print Post
	Ordered a bag of #4 gelatin capsules and reloading is a piece of cake - if you have nimble fingers: * Plug a Lee 0.3cc dipper to drop 1.23grs of Bullseye * Fill primed empty 22LR case with powder from dipper * Separate the capsule and fill with #12 shot * Close capsule * Insert the capsule into the primed case with the short end into the case 'First" * Short end of the capsule forms a tight seal in the case * Move capsule down in the case so the COAL length is 0.980, same length as a standard 22LR ... Done! OK - Next venture ... load a box of 50 shot shells: * Put 50 primed empty cases in an empty Win 209 primer tray * With the plugged 0.03cc Lee dipper, fill each case * Then fill 50 capsules with #12 shot * Again, seat the filled capsules in the 22LR case. I don't have to measure the COAL of the reloads because there is a top band on the capsule that just below is 0.980" Put the reloads in an empty 22LR box = Done * Total reloading time for 50 shotshells = a tad over 45 minutes * Number of pieces of shot in one capsule = 169
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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3966 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #1 - May 20^th, 2018 at 2:09pm	Print Post
	That's neat. Pity that it's illegal to kill pigeons here. Really, it is. The city council must be protecting the other species that craps on us all day long besides themselves.


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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1221 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #2 - May 21^st, 2018 at 4:57pm	Print Post
	whats the matter john boy? TV broke lol art


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3002 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #3 - May 21^st, 2018 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	Used to was that you could buy tiny clay pigeons and a small sit-on-it thrower for those things. Back in the 1950s. I have heard that shooting dragonflies is a fun sport, unless you might be a dragonfly on your next incarnation.


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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #4 - May 21^st, 2018 at 9:13pm	Print Post
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	WARNING: This post may contain material offensive to those who lack wit, humor, common sense and supporting factual or anecdotal evidence. Let's Go Sonny!
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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #5 - May 21^st, 2018 at 10:33pm	Print Post
	Don't have one of those but I do have a Stevens Crack Shot 26 smooth bore, Remington 510 Smooth Bore, Remington 510 Rutledge Bore, and Remington 580 Smooth bore. Use them for snakes and birds in my shed.


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Rebel Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4292 Location: Rockets and Race Cars Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #6 - May 21^st, 2018 at 11:21pm	Print Post
	Any Mo-Skeet-O's? Aaron

	WARNING: This post may contain material offensive to those who lack wit, humor, common sense and supporting factual or anecdotal evidence. Let's Go Sonny!
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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3002 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #7 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 2:16am	Print Post
	What is a Rutledge bore?


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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #8 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 5:40am	Print Post
	It's actually Routledge. Anyway, the mad invention of one Fred Routledge, it consists of the last 12" or so of a .22 barrel being bored out to 0.375". Theoretically, this overbore allows the tiny shot payload in a .22 shot shell to stop spinning in a rifled bore or to open smoothly in a sort of jug choke effect in a fully smooth bore. Again, theoretically, the Routledge bore enables the .22 Shot cartridge to be effective at 15 yards or so, about four times farther than a straight .22 barrel, smooth or rifled, is able to deliver a useful pattern. Theoretically. Bill Lawrence


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notlwonk Full Member Offline Posts: 166 Location: Coventry CT Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #9 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 8:02am	Print Post
	Lots of fun for Carpenter Bees also.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3002 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #10 - May 22^nd, 2018 at 6:39pm	Print Post
	Bill Lawrence wrote on May 22^nd, 2018 at 5:40am: It's actually Routledge. Anyway, the mad invention of one Fred Routledge, it consists of the last 12" or so of a .22 barrel being bored out to 0.375". Theoretically, this overbore allows the tiny shot payload in a .22 shot shell to stop spinning in a rifled bore or to open smoothly in a sort of jug choke effect in a fully smooth bore. Again, theoretically, the Routledge bore enables the .22 Shot cartridge to be effective at 15 yards or so, about four times farther than a straight .22 barrel, smooth or rifled, is able to deliver a useful pattern. Theoretically. Bill Lawrence I can see that a still hunter or one of our local poachers might see all sorts of possibilities with that. A traditional poacher that is, not one who has switched to a large bore air rifle.


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CptCurl Full Member Offline Posts: 210 Location: Botetourt County, Virginia Joined: Jan 23^rd, 2017	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #11 - May 28^th, 2018 at 10:22am	Print Post
	Quote: Ordered a bag of #4 gelatin capsules and reloading is a piece of cake - if you have nimble fingers: * Plug a Lee 0.3cc dipper to drop 1.23grs of Bullseye * Fill primed empty 22LR case with powder from dipper * Separate the capsule and fill with #12 shot * Close capsule * Insert the capsule into the primed case with the short end into the case 'First" * Short end of the capsule forms a tight seal in the case * Move capsule down in the case so the COAL length is 0.980, same length as a standard 22LR ... Done! OK - Next venture ... load a box of 50 shot shells: * Put 50 primed empty cases in an empty Win 209 primer tray * With the plugged 0.03cc Lee dipper, fill each case * Then fill 50 capsules with #12 shot * Again, seat the filled capsules in the 22LR case. I don't have to measure the COAL of the reloads because there is a top band on the capsule that just below is 0.980" Put the reloads in an empty 22LR box = Done * Total reloading time for 50 shotshells = a tad over 45 minutes * Number of pieces of shot in one capsule = 169 Where do you source your primed cases? Curl


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #12 - May 28^th, 2018 at 12:13pm	Print Post
	Quote: Where do you source your primed cases? Back in 2002, Hunting Shack had 9 cans of primed empty 22LR cases. They sold like hot cakes and a source for more is nonexistent unless one wants to order 500,000 from Aquila


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2102 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #13 - May 28^th, 2018 at 11:56pm	Print Post
	I ordered a few thousand from a company online for Neal Rice who was working on breech seating 22s, to circumvent someone else creating the always present flyers. Unfortunatly Neal was never able to see the project to fruition. If my memory is functioning, I believe they were Armscor (sp).

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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2102 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Made 22LR Shot Shells - For Giggles & Pidgeons! Reply #14 - May 29^th, 2018 at 2:42pm	Print Post
	It was Armscor, and I checked to see if they still offered them, was told they were out of stock. Didn't know when they would be back in stock.

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