ID these 22lr?

[bobo]

i haven't seen them here in the UK for decades ?

are they still made/available ?

Still made, lead shot so unfortunately, they are not allowed here.
When going to Germany I use them, as they are cheaper than the black ones.

 

[HonestJohn]

yes tried some many years ago, that's when I realised how dangerous a 22rimmy is.not all Ricochet's go ping as I discovered.

Shot a 22lr at a piece of table top (wood) cut off with sandbags behind, etc - very safe.

Only to find the bullets we’re coming back past my head 40 yds from the target. One I almost caught with my hand! On inspection, turned out the wood was so hard they bounced off and came directly back over my head

Couldn’t make it up!

 

[hammo]

i haven't seen them here in the UK for decades ?

are they still made/available ?

No mention of them on Rottweils website, and I cant find any for sale.
I would buy a slab for old times sake if any to be found.

 

[old keeper]

Very many years ago Eley .22 lr Tracer were a “brilliant” introduction to just how unpredictable a ricocheting .22 is - great fun too….

I've "played" with thee in the past. A real insight into the 22LR trajectory and how they ricochet!

 

[8x57]

It’s just normal Green Rottweil Special, what’s past about them, they have looked like that as long I remember, just like the black ones haven’t changed design for at least 70 years.

bobo I think you may be talking about the current Rottweil special which has a metal rim rather than the old version (circa 1980's) being discussed which was all plastic?
I can't see the all plastic cartridge in the Rottweil catalogue.

 

[Dunwaters]

I think they do.

Not sure now after looking...

I think they got banned because of the phosphorous content, there was a warning on the box not to eat whatever you shot with them.
They weren’t much use but were a lot of fun, a concept which has been frowned upon and discouraged in the shooting sports for quite some time.

 

[sh1kar]

I think they got banned because of the phosphorous content, there was a warning on the box not to eat whatever you shot with them.

I think also causing brush fires.....

 

[Dunwaters]

I think also causing brush fires.....

I doubt it, they typically went out after about 150M or when they hit stuff, whichever came first.

 

[sh1kar]

I doubt it, they typically went out after about 150M or when they hit stuff, whichever came first.

I might be thinking about shotgun tracer

 

[bobo]

No mention of them on Rottweils website, and I cant find any for sale.
I would buy a slab for old times sake if any to be found.

Bought a box last year at the hunting shop Stadum, just south of the Danish/German border. They come in suitcase-like cardbord boxes containing 200 loose cartridges.

I just looked for them on the RWS website, but they're not there, maybe they've gone out of production.

 

[Lever357]

Gamebore made cartridges in an all-plastic case called the Hi-Tech in the late 80s. I think all the plastic cases were made by a company called ACTIV.

 

[Dickie]

It’s just normal Green Rottweil Special, what’s past about them, they have looked like that as long I remember, just like the black ones haven’t changed design for at least 70 years.

They became the special mk 2 which had a metal end just like other cartridges which were still green, then there were black, orange, brown and blue ones and the light blue nickel coated shot they were the muts nuts.

 

[Longstrider]

Apparently if you put a little zip-lok baggie filled with petrol against a wall and hit it with a .22 tracer you can create a most amusing effect.....

..or so I was told

The things we did as kids !

 

[hammo]

They became the special mk 2 which had a metal end just like other cartridges which were still green, then there were black, orange, brown and blue ones and the light blue nickel coated shot they were the muts nuts.

They became the special mk 2 which had a metal end just like other cartridges which were still green, then there were black, orange, brown and blue ones and the light blue nickel coated shot they were the muts nuts.

I remember the special mk2's

 

[Mungo]

yes tried some many years ago, that's when I realised how dangerous a 22rimmy is.not all Ricochet's go ping as I discovered.

Someone who understood ballistics a lot better than me once told me that the noisy ones are the least dangerous. He said the noise meant they were much more distorted, tumbling fiercely and loosing energy fast.

He said the dangerous ones were the ones you didn’t hear…

I have no reason to doubt him and it seems to make intuitive sense!

 

[Eyefor]

About 10 / 12 years ago a local farmer who had handed his rifle in "years ago" gave me these 3 types of 22LR rounds.

The yellow filled cases look like wax (I have about a dozen of these) and there are no markings on the other two (of which I have maybe 50 rounds of each).

Can anyone recognise these (and what are the wax ones for) please?

Thanks

 

[hammo]

About 10 / 12 years ago a local farmer who had handed his rifle in "years ago" gave me these 3 types of 22LR rounds.

The yellow filled cases look like wax (I have about a dozen of these) and there are no markings on the other two (of which I have maybe 50 rounds of each).

Can anyone recognise these (and what are the wax ones for) please?

Thanks

Stating the obvious here, but the box and yellow wax sealed ones must be .22 lead shot rounds. They will contain small 'dust' Shot no.9
As for the others, take a pic of the bases, there should be a letter or symbol stamped into them, it will reveal the maker.

 

[tackb]

Stating the obvious here, but the box and yellow wax sealed ones must be .22 lead shot rounds. They will contain small 'dust' Shot no.9
As for the others, take a pic of the bases, there should be a letter or symbol stamped into them, it will reveal the maker.

In my experience they tended to have 12 shot rather than 9 and it’s sometimes referred to as dust shot or snake shot

 

[Eyefor]

Stating the obvious here, but the box and yellow wax sealed ones must be .22 lead shot rounds. They will contain small 'dust' Shot no.9
As for the others, take a pic of the bases, there should be a letter or symbol stamped into them, it will reveal the maker.

Thanks for the reply.

The dust shot & some of the dark cases are ICI plus some have the letter C (could be G) with what looks like an arrow logo on them, as photo. None of those tried would fire.

The brighter cases some have a capital E (so, I assume, Eley) and some have a triangle logo as other photo. Both types fired and both are (definitely !) supersonic.

 

[hammo]

In my experience they tended to have 12 shot rather than 9 and it’s sometimes referred to as dust shot or snake shot

Quite right! wouldn't get many no.9 shot in there. What was I thinking?