Interesting find in my grandfather’s dresser

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This last weekend, my grandparents moved from the home they lived in for 50 years to an assisted living facility near my mother’s house. As a part of that, I got a couple of pieces of furniture that they bought when their house was new. A couple of days later I went to go put clothes in the dresser we got, and I found this:

Neat! And it was full, too!

I’ve never seen copper shell casings before. I’ve heard of CBs, but i didn’t realize they looked like this:

Neat find. I wouldn’t shoot them out of a semi-auto, which is all I have. (And no, they’re not worth anything. I checked.)

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10 responses to “Interesting find in my grandfather’s dresser”

June 28, 2012

oddball

Conveniently, you do have a buddy that has a .22 revolver, .22 lever action, and a .22 bolt action if you wanted to try them out. I’d be interested to see how they compare to the CCI .22 Quiets I picked up last week,

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June 28, 2012

mikee

Very loud in a short barrel pistol – not the supersonic crack of a 22LR, but plenty of BANG!

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June 28, 2012

Erin Palette

Those are .22 Short, yes?

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June 28, 2012

Cemetery’s Gun Blob

hmmmm…..made for .22 caliber shooting gallery rifles? my old man had some of these that were older than him, and they were labeled for gallery guns. again, they were worthless. but went bang regardless.

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June 28, 2012

JD(not the one with the picture)

@Erin Palette – They are shorter (and less powerful) than .22 Short. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_CB

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1. June 28, 2012
  
  Erin Palette
  
  Huh. That’s pretty awesome. Are those still commercially available?
  
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June 28, 2012

Robert

I’ve shot crows with the very similar BB caps. Very quiet out of a rifle, not much louder than a blank cap.

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June 28, 2012

B

If they’ll load (sometimes they will and sometimes they won’t) from the magazine, you can shoot them from a semi-auto. They won’t cycle the action, so you’ll have to do that yourself.

My Ruger pistol and rifle won’t work with them, but my Buckmark will. And,surprisingly, my Marlin Lever action will too.

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June 28, 2012

Critter

CCI still makes CB’s. nice and quiet out of a bolt action rifle. good for back yard pests without annoying the neighbors.

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September 19, 2012

Reven

They were meand for parlor guns like the floberts and the like

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