NO CB or SHOTSHELLS?

[Sir Henry]

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

HOW is super soft lead gonna distort the hard steel rifling? I've shot "rat shot" through almost all of my .22's........It doesn't hurt a thing. Other than maybe getting a little barrel leading......Sometimes.

Isn’t Shotshell steel?

[Hatchdog]

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

HOW is super soft lead gonna distort the hard steel rifling? I've shot "rat shot" through almost all of my .22's........It doesn't hurt a thing. Other than maybe getting a little barrel leading......Sometimes.

Isn’t Shotshell steel?

Typically the shot is lead. Steel shot became a “thing” back in the 80’s when it was discovered migratory birds were ingesting the lead shot and getting lead poisoning. It became law to only use steel shot for migratory birds and that has expanded to other types of hunting such as pheasant in certain locations here in Washington.

[Hatchdog]

CB stands for conical bullet. Conical bullets were a longer, heavier bullet that was once loaded in old low power rimfire rounds, but those haven't been made for many years. The CB label survives, though, and now just means a rimfire round of similar velocity, meaning roughly 700 fps.

If your Henry rifle is designed to handle regular 22 Shorts, it will cycle CB Shorts, but with squib loads always a possibility when you get down to this low a velocity, it's common for manufacturers to warn against CBs for liability reasons.

And squibs are always a possibility with CBs - have had a few - so I strongly advise NOT to wear hearing protection. You need to listen for a shot that didn't sound right and then check the bore of your rifle.

By the way, CCI Quiets have the same velocity, but Quiets use a standard LR case and 40 grain bullets. The good news is that you get no residue ring in the chamber of a fine 22 LR rifle when using Quiets. Be warned, though, the heavier 40 grain bullet used in Quiets is notorious for ricochets. Not something you want if you are have neighbors.

Didn’t know that, thanks for the info.