Mule88
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I shoot them in a rexio single shot pistol for pests around the house also a cheap RG .22
So what do you shoot CB Caps in?
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CCI CB Longs work perfectly through the magazine of my semi auto 10-22 and manually working the bolt is a lot faster than a bolt action rifle.
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truckemup97
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Yep, that's the one I ended up with. Works every time, and hits the Dr. Pepper logo on a can at 30' every time.
i shoot them in my short barreled ruger single six w/crimson trace lasergrips.
the super colibri's are more accurate, but too loud for the big city.
regular colibri's aren't accurate in my gun for a humane kill at anything over 25'.
the super colibri's are more accurate, but too loud for the big city.
regular colibri's aren't accurate in my gun for a humane kill at anything over 25'.
New here, but wanted to say hello, share my experience, and thank you all for the help! Needed info on the Colibri ammo in a long barrel.
I have a squirrel issue at my house and started looking online for a Benjamin or Sheridan pellet gun. Would love to have a good pellet rifle but those models are $175 and up.
Then I thought I would check what I have in the closet.
I remembered buying a brick of the Aguila Colibri's a few years ago. I recall shooting them in my S&W 622 pistol and they shot well. I don't think they fed from the clip (even manually) but I could still load them 1x at a time and they shot fine. I was impressed with the power but they were a little louder than I had hoped. I recall they were about as powerful as a high end pellet gun.
Then I found this thread and saw where some said the Supers will work in a rifle. Did I buy the regulars, or the Supers? I looked and yea! ..they are Supers. So I dug out my 35 year old Ruger 10-22 carbine and manually fed and shot a few rounds.
First of all, I was impressed at how quiet the Super Colibri was in the 10-22. I'd say it's about like clapping your hand, or dropping a small hammer on a piece of wood. MUCH quieter in the rifle than in the pistol!
I was firing at short range, about 15'. I leveled on a black 1/2 dollar-sized circle I made on a 1x4 piece of cedar wood. First shot was with my reading glasses on... could not see the rear sites well (getting old is hell!).
I missed the circle by 1/4", but 2nd & 3rd shots were well in the center of the black. Squirrel would not survive.
The 20 grain bullets penetrated 1/4" to 5/8th" into the cedar board. That's measuring from the rear of the bullet to the outer surface of the board. They were straight in, no tumble.
For comparison, I pulled out the Crosman 1377 .177 pellet pistol, loaded a pointed pellet and pumped it eight times. At the same range, the pellet stuck in the wood but didn't fully penetrate; the rear of the pellet is sticking out a slight bit.
Overall I'm impressed with the Colibri ammo. I've heard it's hard on the action and barrel because of the corrosive primer residue. Due to low power, it remains in there more - so I would recommend a cleaning after a day of use.
Thanks,
Clay
I have a squirrel issue at my house and started looking online for a Benjamin or Sheridan pellet gun. Would love to have a good pellet rifle but those models are $175 and up.
Then I thought I would check what I have in the closet.
I remembered buying a brick of the Aguila Colibri's a few years ago. I recall shooting them in my S&W 622 pistol and they shot well. I don't think they fed from the clip (even manually) but I could still load them 1x at a time and they shot fine. I was impressed with the power but they were a little louder than I had hoped. I recall they were about as powerful as a high end pellet gun.
Then I found this thread and saw where some said the Supers will work in a rifle. Did I buy the regulars, or the Supers? I looked and yea! ..they are Supers. So I dug out my 35 year old Ruger 10-22 carbine and manually fed and shot a few rounds.
First of all, I was impressed at how quiet the Super Colibri was in the 10-22. I'd say it's about like clapping your hand, or dropping a small hammer on a piece of wood. MUCH quieter in the rifle than in the pistol!
I was firing at short range, about 15'. I leveled on a black 1/2 dollar-sized circle I made on a 1x4 piece of cedar wood. First shot was with my reading glasses on... could not see the rear sites well (getting old is hell!).
I missed the circle by 1/4", but 2nd & 3rd shots were well in the center of the black. Squirrel would not survive.
The 20 grain bullets penetrated 1/4" to 5/8th" into the cedar board. That's measuring from the rear of the bullet to the outer surface of the board. They were straight in, no tumble.
For comparison, I pulled out the Crosman 1377 .177 pellet pistol, loaded a pointed pellet and pumped it eight times. At the same range, the pellet stuck in the wood but didn't fully penetrate; the rear of the pellet is sticking out a slight bit.
Overall I'm impressed with the Colibri ammo. I've heard it's hard on the action and barrel because of the corrosive primer residue. Due to low power, it remains in there more - so I would recommend a cleaning after a day of use.
Thanks,
Clay
I have used both CCI and Federal CB Long in a pre-34 that can't extract most non-CCI ammo (it does extract W-W Match Mk III, but I have only 50 rounds of that left). Perfectly good ammo for practice, but so is Blazer, at least the older stuff.
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The Colibri is too expensive for what you get....I tried some out of my 617 and past 15-20 yards you're shooting shotgun patterns....you're better off shooting Shorts.
CCI CB Longs will cycle the action on my Remington 550-1. Once in a while I have to cycle the action manually.
enfield
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A 5" revolver.
I had good luck with CCI CB longs in a couple of rifles when still living in town. The CB Shorts worked fine, but didn't feed as well and I'd get one once in a while that made noise like a real short. I have a Marlin bolt .22 that cleaned out a lot of starlings and various other pests. Later I acquired a Remington 121A slide action that worked very well if quick follow up shots were needed as it held 17 or 18 CB Longs in the magazine. Now that I live out of town and the nearest neighbor is about 400 yards away, I keep a 10-22 with a 25 round magazine where I can reach it and don't worry about the noise.
crsides
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I use a browning auto in 22 short. The rifling is set up for the 29gr short slug, improving accuracy with the CB's. I also have a3x9 scope mounted that can be focus down to 10yrds. Its deadly from a window rest at 10 to 20yds. I use WW CB caps, with the points filed flat. Knocks the hell out of those tree rats.
Charlie
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I sometime use the Remington CB Longs. Fired from a longer barrel (my Winchester 69As have 25" barrels), they make virtually no noise, hardly as much as a mouse blowing bubbles in a feather bed. Using a bolt action rifle makes sense; you have fast repeat shots with no feeding problems. Excellent for head shots on roof rats...
John
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I think I need to get out more often. I've never even seen those before. Guess I need to mend fences with the idiots and jerks at my LGS and go visiting.
sigp220.45
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I've fired a few out of this old timer:
Mostly we shoot them out of my Dad's old Winchester Model 67, now belonging to my daughter. We use the CCI CB shorts because they're easy to find, and are great fun to shoot in the back yard.
Mostly we shoot them out of my Dad's old Winchester Model 67, now belonging to my daughter. We use the CCI CB shorts because they're easy to find, and are great fun to shoot in the back yard.
I've used CCI CB longs for many years in my Marlin 39A for backyard pest control. Good accuracy and extremely quiet in the 24" barrel. This C Long round seems to cycle more reliably than the short, especially in a Ruger 10-22 or other semi-auto. Although very quiet in a rifle, the report is quite a bit louder in a handgun, yet mot as loud as a 22LRbit round. It will make it out of a rifle barrel, even the 28" barrel of my Winchester 52, unlike a Colibri or Super Colibri, which even the manufacturer says not to shoot from a rifle. Lots of stories of Colibri bullets getting stuck in rifle barrels, not the CCI CB longs.
yashua-p
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I use them in my Stevens 14 1/2 in the house into the bullet trap.
yashua
yashua
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You are even further behind than you know brother, Remington has come out with a CB Long Rifle so there is no longer the hassle of having to clean the chamber before using regular ammo.
You are even further behind than you know brother, Remington has come out with a CB Long Rifle so there is no longer the hassle of having to clean the chamber before using regular ammo.
Curt, there is no chamber cleaning issue with the CB Longs - the .22 LR and the .22 Long have the same case length. I could see an advantage, however, in using the .22 LR bullet, which is typically heavier and more matched to the twist used in most rifles so chambered.
John
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