Bunnies and tree rats are pretty easy to bring down. CB longs should be more than adequate at 25 yards.............if you can hit them.

Hector

 

+1 and as always, put the bullet in the right spot.

 

cb's

I have shot alot of small game with cb long . I really like the remington CBee very quite and a nice 33 grain hollow point with 740 fps .

 

I have shot alot of small game with cb long . I really like the remington CBee very quite and a nice 33 grain hollow point with 740 fps .

The hollow point (truncated) on a CBee is pretty much useless in my opinion, - I don't see the advantage of it at 740 fps, and it doesn't feed in my tube-fed Marlin 60.

The CBee was my coon round of choice for a while (on a 70x100 ft residential lot), but I handed up moving up to the CCI subsonics for my coon work once I had the GF shoot the Remington Targetmaster 510 while I stood back about 30-40 feet and realized just how quiet the CCI subs really are.

But now that the new CCI Quiet-22's are out, I don't see myself ever buying the dirty burning CBee's again (even though I have a ton of them). The 25-foot knock-down power of the new CCI Quiet-22's are quite impressive:

WalMart sells the CCI CB's, and they always seem to have them in stock.

But the thing is, if you are milling around on a 15 ACRE lot, you need not even be messing with CB's in the first place, - you be shooting subsonics, asl no one is going to hear them, and the small game seem to prefer them.

 

Shot 7 rabbits out of the garden last year with shorts and "Mrs Cravits" next door never knew. They are quieter than a pellet gun.

 

Just a thought.

I use a 22 magnum air rifle when I know I'll be hunting small game near folks property that are not gun friendly.

And because many states and municipalities don't classify it as a "firearm", quit often shooting pellet guns is allowed where firearm discharging is outlawed.

Many magnum springers can give 700 to 800 fps with 14-16 grain pellets. With head shots, that is enough to bring down racoons out to about 50 yards and smaller game out to 75 - 80 yards.

Many now have built in silencers that make them very quiet. My Crosman Trail XL is not even as loud as clapping your hands together and quieter than my 17 cal pump-up Crosmans that have way less power.

After a number of years of researching the lethality of pellet guns, as of a couple years ago, NYS allows hunting all small game with pellet guns of at least 600 fps. That will give you an idea how affective they can be for hunting.

Paul

 

I have a friend at the club who begs me from time to time for a handful of 22 CCI shorts. Typically, I'm shooting my mid 30's FN/Browning Trombone and prefer a peaceful 22 short-- the low velocity ones. Fine! Nice enough guy. Asked him a while ago what he does with them-- "I hate cats" "They mess up the paint on my cars." "Your shorts are perfect for shooting cats in the back yard." You can't here 'em, but they tear up a tin can-- the cat, ouch! or worse!

.02 David

 

Gophers :bthumb:

 

Squirrels and...

I have been successfull with Rem CeeBee 22s on tree squirrels as long as I place my shots well and limit my shots to under 35 or 40 yards. I really like the CCI Quiet ammo with its 40 grain bullets and is more accurate in my Marlin Model 81DL than anything else I have tried. I expect the 40 grain bullet to be more effective than the lighter bullets on game. I have had good results with ferel cats with CCI CB long as long as I get a good head shot they don't go far at all. Any one of these will do the job on small game and are quiet in this order: CCI CB Longs then the CCI Quiets with the Rem CeeBee 22 the loudest but the fastest too. It would be best to try some of each in your rifle to see what works best for you but all are quieter than my RWS 34 in .22 cal air rifle.

 

but all are quieter than my RWS 34 in .22 cal air rifle.

Boy, no kidding! My RWS 48 .22 cal spring job is at LEAST 2x louder than any of the CB's, and the Remington CBee, and the new CCI Quiet-22. Love the RWS 48, but it's heavy, and it just doesn't seem to do a good job on racoons, requiring many many follow-up shots, no matter what shot placement I use.

 

A buddy of mine has about 15 acres. We bowhunt there and would like to do some small game hunting with rifles but there are gun shy neighbors on both sides of his property so using high velocity .22 isn't really an option. Even standard velocity might be too loud.

The CB's are perfect, but do they have the power to make clean kills on small game like squirrels, rabbits, etc.? Probably 25 yards would be a max distance.

They are good for hogs if your shot placement is good. Far as I can tell they also work on 'coons, grinners, squill, and other vermin. It doesn't matter much what you shoot with them, shot placement is critical. Brain, neck or heart will do the trick on smaller game.

 

Heck yeah!

CB Shorts and Longs are perfect for my backyard sniping of starlings and chipmunks from the deck:bthumb:.......once in awhile a noisy crow falls as well. On nice days, I sit on my deck and plink off the chipmunks as they run the length of railroad ties......longest shot is usually about 42yds according to the Nikon rangefinder.....and for starling control the CB's can't be beat You would not beleive the number of empty shells stuck between the planks!

However, if noise is a issue.....stay away from the CCI Short HP's....man they are louder than a 22LR

 

15 acres ? I think my neighbors would have to get used to it.

 

Lol. Theres some good air guns out there. I love my Marauder Pistol! But back on topic. Ive shot everything from tree and ground squirrels, pigeons, possums and the occasional snake. They do well in my henry h001 out to 35-40 yards. Cci cb longs are also great for quiet target practice.

 

I find the CCI CB Longs to be rather inconsistent, with mediocre accuracy and noticeable variation in noise level. The Winchester CB Match Longs are much more consistent and accurate, and while rarely available locally, are worth ordering online. They are consistently quiet in my rifles, like a loud click. I find the Rem CBee's hollow point to be more effective than the solid round noise bullets even though it usually doesn't expand.

 

I've only got one rifle that will shoot the .22 CB caps with enough accuracy to go after tree squirrels, feral cats, coons raiding the cat's bowl, groundhogs in the garden, etc. and that is an old Remington single shot Targetmaster with oopen sights. In my younger days, I used .22 BB caps which consisted of a round lead ball powered by the primer in the rim only. If memory serves me right, there was an impression of an acorn on the shell's bottom. These would take a tree squirrel, but you needed to be 15 yards or closer and head shots only. My old Remington 514 single shot .22 was good with them. They were even quieter than CB caps.

 

As a teenager growin up, all I ever used to hunt squirrels were 22 SHORTS.
And still use today in an old Remington 552 auto that I keep around.
Also good to keep the "bad" birds outta my bird feeders.
I'm afraid to shoot them in my CZ's. Afraid they may damage the chamber.
G in TN

 

My recommendation is to use subsonics in a fairly long barrel rifle. What I mostly use for squirrel hunting is Remington subsonics in a bolt-action rifle. They are very quiet, especially when a good solid hit is made. I usually hear the bullet hit.

I have never gotten decent accuracy out of CB's, CBEE's, or colibri's. I recently bought some CCI Quiet's but haven't done any bench testing yet. They may do better.

Edit: The reason that I use Remington subsonic is that they are cheaper than target ammo and are the most accurate in the rifle that I use for squirrel hunting.