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blackpowder Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: Blooming Valley PA Joined: Jul 20^th, 2018	.22 short ammo Feb 6^th, 2019 at 4:56pm	Print Post
	for those of you that have an original low wall in .22 short, have you seen any difference in brands of ammo? if so, which one do you prefer? thanks.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2849 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #1 - Feb 6^th, 2019 at 10:37pm	Print Post
	CCI Target shorts work well in my Stevens short chambered guns.


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tim_s Oldtimer Offline Posts: 814 Location: 13066 Joined: Oct 11^th, 2006	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2019 at 6:02pm	Print Post
	The CCI target is good, if you can find some still kicking around, nothing beats the ELEY target shorts that were for rapid fire pistol.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1990 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 1:19am	Print Post
	I stumbled on to some CCI target shorts as mentioned by Slumlord, shooting them in a Winchester musket really shocked me. Indoors at 65 ft they did exceptionally well. I'd picked up 800 rds. of these back when the shortage was on, put them on the shelf thinking I'd try them someday, that someday was last fall. Haven't had time to make it back out to the range with them or that rifle.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15771 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #4 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 9:34am	Print Post
	I buy whatever .22 Shorts I can find locally. Can't be too picky, as the selection is poor unless I order them online. But since I don't compete, and only have two guns that are chambered in Shorts I am not looking to pay for the match ammo prices. But I've found that most standard velocity name brand .22 Shorts shoot extremely well. I bought some high velocity .22 Shorts from a friend recently, and they were CCI. They don't shoot quite as tight as standard velocity, but still not bad in my Zettler Bros. Ballard.

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Yellowhouse Full Member Offline Posts: 155 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Mar 31^st, 2008	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #5 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 9:59am	Print Post
	If you find Remington don't waste your money!


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blunderbus41 Full Member Offline Posts: 109 Location: middletown,Ohio Joined: Mar 31^st, 2013	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #6 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 10:24am	Print Post
	Shooting one hole indoor with CB, 710 fps,29gr CCI's from my .22short Winder. will try to find the Target loads. john


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #7 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 1:44pm	Print Post
	I found that the CCI CB shorts also shoot very well in a Remington Model 12 Gallery rifle, and I tried way more than a few. This was quite some years ago, so bought more than I needed, but. I'm sure any newer production would shoot as well. I checked, and they are still available.

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2798 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #8 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	I've tried nearly everything out there, including most of the Rapid Fire Shorts (Eley, Lapua, Fiocchi, etc.). CCI Target Shorts are by far the best, 92 % as good as the old Peters Semi-Smokeless of pre-WW1 days. I've tried them in a Stevens-Pope, a Win 52 with a Pope barrel, three different Winders and a Winchester 74 shooting gallery rifle. CCI Target Shorts gave the best results in all of them.


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JSB30 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 393 Location: Missouri Joined: Apr 30^th, 2011	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #9 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 7:37pm	Print Post
	Watch those CB caps, will not always exit barrel in my High Wall musket takedown Highwall. Love the CCI HP Shorts.


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GT Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1990 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #10 - Feb 8^th, 2019 at 10:47pm	Print Post
	JSB30 wrote on Feb 8^th, 2019 at 7:37pm: Watch those CB caps, will not always exit barrel in my High Wall musket takedown Highwall. Love the CCI HP Shorts. Here I thought that was just me... had a couple do that and had a few fall short of the target too, like bowling... Greg

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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1834 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #11 - Feb 9^th, 2019 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	To be clear, there is a considerable difference between CB shorts and CB caps.

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blackpowder Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: Blooming Valley PA Joined: Jul 20^th, 2018	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #12 - Feb 9^th, 2019 at 7:17pm	Print Post
	rkba2nd wrote on Feb 9^th, 2019 at 2:30pm: To be clear, there is a considerable difference between CB shorts and CB caps. Yep.


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blackpowder Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: Blooming Valley PA Joined: Jul 20^th, 2018	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #13 - Feb 9^th, 2019 at 7:26pm	Print Post
	spent the day shooting a "new to me" low wall in .22 short. shot Remingtons(bad!) Winchesters(pretty good) CCI's(good) and CCI CB's(real good). I bought this rifle to practice my off hand shooting for silhouette shoots instead of shooting the 40-70 Ballard all the time. the trigger is close to the 40-70 and I still need to add some weight to it but I really like it and the CCI CB's. will put a bunch more rounds through it tomorrow


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2798 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: .22 short ammo Reply #14 - Feb 10^th, 2019 at 1:13am	Print Post
	With all that low velocity stuff, make sure you see evidence of impact immediately after every shot. There are some loads (of all makes & not just Shorts) that may not make it all the way out of the barrel, especially with our long-barreled target rifles.


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