Anyone with experience with CCI .22 shotsell ammo?

[mettle]

My neighbors cat is going to die. It has been in our vehicles, trash and now I was running it out of our garage.

 

[IndyGunworks]

dont think the shotshell will even come close to killing the cat.... will just injure.... i suggest a can of pepsi with a spoonfull or two of fly poison mixed in set next to your trash can.... it will die of "natral causes" and all you have to tell the neighbors if they get nosy is that you threw away some ant traps with some food and the cat got into it....

 

[Flintlock]

Whatever you do, if you are going to kill it, make sure you kill it. No wounding. They'll be quite angry if they find their pet wounded. I'd reccomend it just dissapearing. Kill it as you want, but just make sure to them it dissapears. And you haven't seen nuffin'. A good ol' fashioned .22 should take care of kitty, as well. I wouldn't mess with the shot shells.

 

[joistman]

Also wondering if the shot shells would work on ground hogs?!?

Have a lot houses around and don't really want to use standard 22LR

 

[Crystalship1]

Also wondering if the shot shells would work on ground hogs?!?

Have a lot houses around and don't really want to use standard 22LR

Nahhh. Just like the cat deal, it would most likely injure. I'd recommend a .22 short, .22 CB, or even one of these "primer-only" propelled .22's.
CLICKY ---> .22 CB - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[mettle]

I was thinking of shooting in it's general direction to scare it off. So I got to looking at the shotshell thinking they would just diminish to nothing or cause little issue where ever they stopped. You know, something to discharge in the ground or tree near the stupid animal.

I've shot a cat with sub HP .22Lr, it died....later. .22LR is not effective against cats.

 

[Coach]

A hit from a .22 shotshell will probably get the point across to the cat to stay away and it will not be injured most likely. I prefer federal birdshot to CCI birdshot. Over the years the kill ratio on birds is much better with federal that CCI. The guys at the counter always say that is not so, because CCI is the best. But my results in the field say different.

I would go another route with cats.

 

[nighthawk80]

I was thinking of shooting in it's general direction to scare it off. So I got to looking at the shotshell thinking they would just diminish to nothing or cause little issue where ever they stopped. You know, something to discharge in the ground or tree near the stupid animal.

I've shot a cat with sub HP .22Lr, it died....later. .22LR is not effective against cats.

It is if you shoot it in the head. I've personally witnessed one being shot in the head with a subsonic out of a 3" gun. Dropped it in its tracks.

If you do, remember the 3 S's.

 

[Serial Crusher]

If you can get close enough to the cat to injure it with a .22 shot shell, just grab the damn thing and throttle it.

This is more unsubstantiated B.S., but I've heard that the reason those shells were developed was to collect small bird specimens for museum taxidermist, such as hummingbirds and tiny wrens. I know that there were a few models of smoothbore .22 and that was their primary use. Some people call them "snake shot" but I think just about any blunt instrument would be preferable to a .22 loaded with them. I can't imagine that any of the other chamberings offered are that much more effective, and once you get to the .45/.44 range you might as well get a real shotgun.

 

[cklein6576]

Recently I was able to test my theory of 9mm p+ on a feral cat. As it turns out it changes them into dogs. This one accually rolled over and (played) dead. 1st time I have gotten a cat to do anything I wanted.

I agree a 22lr will work for a head shot, anything else and you'll have some POed people to talk to.

 

[K_W]

A BB gun is great at deterring stray cats, without really harming them.

 

[mdroz3]

I hate the neighbors cats as much as the OP. I had the same problem with them too. That is until i turned my dog loose on them. The darn cats still roam the neighborhood, but they give my house a wide berth. Now if I could get the neighbor on the other side to keep his Pit out of my yard. I think my next step there is my 45.

 

[Coach]

If you can get close enough to the cat to injure it with a .22 shot shell, just grab the damn thing and throttle it.

This is more unsubstantiated B.S., but I've heard that the reason those shells were developed was to collect small bird specimens for museum taxidermist, such as hummingbirds and tiny wrens. I know that there were a few models of smoothbore .22 and that was their primary use. Some people call them "snake shot" but I think just about any blunt instrument would be preferable to a .22 loaded with them. I can't imagine that any of the other chamberings offered are that much more effective, and once you get to the .45/.44 range you might as well get a real shotgun.

I have shot and killed many mice, rats and sparrows, starling and pigeons with .22 bird shot. It works pretty good for that purpose especially after dark in the barn. Anything bigger than a feral pigeon is pretty much pissing in the wind. A rifle works much better than a pistol with the stuff as well.

 

[Cpt Caveman]

Those little shot shells are hard on carpenter bees out of a revolver. Almost as fun as sneaking up on cats and wackin 'em in the ribs with a cci mini mag.
Cats do take some killing. I'd suggest you borrow a live trap, bait it with tuna IN your garage. Once you catch it, fill a trash can with water then toss the trap in for five minutes or so. Dump the cat in a trash bag and forget about it. AND DON'T TELL A SOUL!
Theres a dairy farm just up the road so I sometimes kill a dozen feral cats a year.

 

[JBob77]

22 Birdshot.

I have killed Pigeons in the barn, and a few frogs with it, but I prefer the Winchester over the CCI. I have better luck with it. The Winchester has a crimp at the end opf the casing holding in the shot, where the CCI has a plastic capsule. Its my opinion that the plastic capsule and rifling disturb the pattern of the shot pellets. Now way would I try to kill a cat with it. I have shot them in the head, with a .22 Hollow point, and they still didn't drop immediatley.

 

[Jeffrey]

no shotshells

I played around with some of the cci 22 birdshot a few years ago for getting sparrows out of the barn. They spread out way to fast out of a pistol, and only did the trick about 50% of the time out of a rifle. I was less than impressed. I would have to say your best bet is to just make it disappear as someone else mentioned. Set up a live trap, and be ready to move in quick to snag the trap for prompt removal. Not sure what kind of area you live in, but it's not worth the chance of a ricochet into a house if you are in the 'burbs. Best of luck to you whichever route you go.

 

[clt46910]

Don't use bird shot on a cat. Just causes wounds and pain, not much else.

Live Traps work best. Just be discreet about it.

 

[huntall50]

Subsonic to the head... .270 also works nice ha ha ha.

 

[AngryFish]

Use a .22 Mag.

 

[40calPUNISHER]

The very bottom of the page. The cat will probably die from starvation from being so paranoid. Or just shoot it with a shotgun, 556, 44 mag, pipe bomb... whatever, it's all effective.

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