NO CB or SHOTSHELLS?

[Steve51]

Just bought another Henry rifle - this time a H001L (.22 Classic Carbine)

When reading the manual on page 10 (ammunition), the manual says do not use CB or Shotshells in any Henry lever action .22

I have never used any of this ammunition in my .22 rifles but I know people who like to use the sub-sonic ammo around their house or in town. Anyone know why Henry warns owners not to use the above mentioned ammo in their rifles?

[PBSnooker]

The shot from the shotshells may distort the rifling. I don't know what CB means.

[Mags]

Guessing CB - Cast Bullet

[daytime dave]

.22 shot shells belong in the Henry garden gun shotgun. Videos on youtube show that they don't do much out of the rifled barrels. The garden gun does a nice job if the range isn't too far.

I know that low powered ammo might not make it out of the barrel, like Aquila primer only .22 shells. They get quieter and slower the longer the barrel.

[Steve51]

I think, but not positive, that CB ammo is sub-sonic .22 ammo with lighter grain bullets for things like pest control or target shooting.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1601355683?pid=493999

[Vaquero]

I think, but not positive, that CB ammo is sub-sonic .22 ammo with lighter grain bullets for things like pest control or target shooting.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1601355683?pid=493999

Well then, I certainly don't understand that.

RP

[CT_Shooter]

22 CB Cap, 22 Short, 22 LR

The original .22 CB cap has the same tiny case as the .22 BB cap and the two cartridges are interchangeable. There are now .22 rounds sold as .22 CB Short and .22 CB Long which come in the standard .22 Rimfire cartridge case sizes to allow the rounds to be used in standard magazine-fed firearms which would likely jam with the tiny BB or CB cases. The CCI .22 CB Short and .22 CB Long use the same 29-grain bullet as the regular .22 Short and .22 Long. The CCI CB rounds have muzzle velocities of 720 feet per second (ft/s) for an impact energy of 33 foot/pounds (ft-lb). The standard .22 Short and .22 Long fire the same bullet weight at 1,045 ft/s for 70 ft-lb. The CB rounds are relatively quiet for short range target practice, control of small pests, or use in older .22 guns that might not be safe with modern high pressure rounds. For trapping these CB Short and CB Long rounds in indoor target practice, a standard .22 bullet trap is needed. Other modern CB type rounds, such as the .22 Aguila Colibri and .22 Aguila Super Colibri, have bullets in the same weight range as the original CB cap with velocities in the 300 ft/s to 500 ft/s range using the Long case

The .22 CB cap has a very small propellant charge (usually no gunpowder, just the primer), resulting in a low muzzle velocities of between 350 and 853 feet per second (107 and 260 m/s).[3] Due to their low power, classic CB rounds used in indoor target practice can be trapped by many pellet gun traps since some modern pellet guns exceed the velocity of the CB round (however, this depends on the limits designed in the individual pellet trap). In longer rifle barrels the CB has a very quiet, seemingly non-existent report due to the lack of residual pressure at the muzzle (see Internal ballistics). The CB loses velocity fast in longer barrels, due to the lack of anything other than the primer as a propellant.

[Vaquero]

Ok, probably way to short to cycle.

RP

[PBSnooker]

I assume there is a chance for a cb round to get stuck in a rifle barrel?

[CT_Shooter]

I assume there is a chance for a cb round to get stuck in a rifle barrel?

Check out this interesting thread on the topic.

http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.p ... la+Colibri