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[thehouseproduct]

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So I ended up buying a big lot of stuff from an auction house that was selling off a closed pawn shop's inventory. There was a big box of 22lr that included a lot of charges for a power hammer and these. Are these 22lr blanks or charges for a powder actuated hammer? They fit in a 22lr chamber easily. I'd actually use them if they are blanks to help train our horses.

[corbinace]

I am pretty sure those are shot shells.

One way to be sure is shoot one at a piece of cardboard, with a safe backstop.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

Rat Shot / Bird Shot ..... #11 or 12 shot
I've probably shot a thousand of them.
Interestingly, they pattern better from a handgun than they do a rifle.
Remington used to make a smoothbore pump for them.

[KCSO]

That's what bird shot looked like years ago.

[thehouseproduct]

Even better! Thanks everyone.

[Scharfschuetze]

Yep, everyone is correct. Shot a bunch of those at vermin and other stuff in my youth.

[tstowater]

I don't think you want to use them for horse training. Can you still buy these or are we relegated to use the shot capsules? I shot a bunch of these as a kid. I always thought that they were designed for shooting inside buildings.

[leeggen]

My dad and uncle used those by the case shooting rats in granpas barn and corn crib. You would be shooting at about 6 ft so they worked good and no holes in the barn. They also used some in a rifle to shoot pedgions out of the rafters in the barn.
CD

[fortysomething]

What a flashback to my youth. May still have a few of them in my stuff.

[birddog]

that is one i'm running low on currently. have to start looking for some soon.
Charlie