I still have my old plain jane never missed single shot bolt action Remington shootin' iron from the early 60's. It will shoot short,long and long rifle. Shorts were great for hunting squirrel,rabits and chipmunks when I was a kid.. Always figured that some day,shorts would be my "go get dinner" round. Those days just might be a comin' back. I still have a boat load of old shorts stored in ammo cans that still shoot just fine. I do grab a few boxes now and then just for cheap plinking. Also great for teaching the grandkids weapon safety,how to shoot and cleaning.

As for lead deposite from shooting shorts and not shooting L or LR after. ...It's called weapon cleaning. I'm still old school. ALL my weapons get cleaned after use.