9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
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9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
My brother sent me this picture of a red squirrel he shot in his 100+ year old attic with a 100 (?) year old Winchester 9mm rimfire shotgun. Just thought I'd share and was wondering if anyone here has one or remembers a 9mm rimfire shotgun?
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I guess the first question I have is where the heck did he get ammo for it?
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
Bridger, Fiocchi still makes 9mm rimfire shotgun shells. I know Midway carries them and probably a few others do as well. My brother has some original ones and if I remember correctly the ones he has were a paper hull (or cardboard) with copper base. I'm sure he shot the red squirrel with the modern ones though and they are all brass at least the ones I've seen.
Here's a pretty good link on the Fiocchi 9mm shells=
http://www.ammo-one.com/9MM-SHOTGUN-SHELL.html
Here's a pretty good link on the Fiocchi 9mm shells=
http://www.ammo-one.com/9MM-SHOTGUN-SHELL.html
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I have one original round for it. Some Guy told me ammo couldn't be forund for it, I had to prove him wrong.
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
thanks for sharing...never heard of a 9mm rimfire shotgun before...education is a wonderful thing...ever notice that many classic firearms have the "NUMBER 36" attached to it...again thank you... :)
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Thanks for the link, definitely cool.
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
The 9mm shotgun is alive and well in the UK, sometimes called the Garden Gun and even the No 3 Bore.
Ammo is expensive for what it is but can be found in most good gun shops over here.
I used one around my Pheasant rearing pens on Rats and Squirrels.
The old paper and brass shells would eject from most guns because only the brass remained in the chamber after the gun was fired, the paper went went with the shot.
Webley & Scott made a bolt action single shot that can be found for about £50 to £100. correction, £125 to £195..
A lot of the old Belgian ones had 23 inch barrels thus making them illegal as shotguns in the UK.
Ammo is expensive for what it is but can be found in most good gun shops over here.
I used one around my Pheasant rearing pens on Rats and Squirrels.
The old paper and brass shells would eject from most guns because only the brass remained in the chamber after the gun was fired, the paper went went with the shot.
Webley & Scott made a bolt action single shot that can be found for about £50 to £100. correction, £125 to £195..
A lot of the old Belgian ones had 23 inch barrels thus making them illegal as shotguns in the UK.
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Kind of a rare gun and cartridge. I have read about them over the years from time to time, I remember some called it a "garden gun". Sure dident know folks were still using 'em.
Thanks for the ammo link always wondered what the shell looked like.
Thanks for the ammo link always wondered what the shell looked like.
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and FWIW there is an article in the current "BACKWOODSMAN" magazine on reloading rimfire cartridges.
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Interesting! Thanks for the photo and telling us about it.
I found this:
List of rimfire cartridges from Wikipedia,
2.34mm
4mm
.14 Alton Jones
.17 Mach 2
.17 Hornady Magnum
5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
.22 Short
.22 Long
.22 Extra Long
.22 Long Rifle
.22 WMR
.22WRF
.22 ILARCO
.22 CB
.22 CB cap
.22 BB
.22 Remington Automatic
.22 Winchester Automatic
6 mm
.25 Stevens
.25 Stevens Short
.267 Remington
.30 rimfire
.310 Remington Skeet
.31 Eley
.32 Rimfire
.340 rimfire revolver
.35 Allen
9 mm Rimfire Shotgun Shell
.38 Short, Long, & Extra Long
.41 Rimfire
.41 Swiss
.42 Allen
.44 Short & Long
.440
.442 Eley
.44 Henry
.45 Danish
.46 Extra Short, Short, Long, & Extra Long
.50 Remington Navy
.50 Government
.56-46, 56-50, 56-52, .56-56 Spencer
.58 Gatling
.58 Joslyn carbine
.58 Mont Storm
.58 Miller
1" Gatling (one specimen known)
This list is incomplete.
I found this:
List of rimfire cartridges from Wikipedia,
2.34mm
4mm
.14 Alton Jones
.17 Mach 2
.17 Hornady Magnum
5 mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
.22 Short
.22 Long
.22 Extra Long
.22 Long Rifle
.22 WMR
.22WRF
.22 ILARCO
.22 CB
.22 CB cap
.22 BB
.22 Remington Automatic
.22 Winchester Automatic
6 mm
.25 Stevens
.25 Stevens Short
.267 Remington
.30 rimfire
.310 Remington Skeet
.31 Eley
.32 Rimfire
.340 rimfire revolver
.35 Allen
9 mm Rimfire Shotgun Shell
.38 Short, Long, & Extra Long
.41 Rimfire
.41 Swiss
.42 Allen
.44 Short & Long
.440
.442 Eley
.44 Henry
.45 Danish
.46 Extra Short, Short, Long, & Extra Long
.50 Remington Navy
.50 Government
.56-46, 56-50, 56-52, .56-56 Spencer
.58 Gatling
.58 Joslyn carbine
.58 Mont Storm
.58 Miller
1" Gatling (one specimen known)
This list is incomplete.
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
Cool Rusty! Do you have a link or magazine only?Rusty wrote:and FWIW there is an article in the current "BACKWOODSMAN" magazine on reloading rimfire cartridges.
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
It was an interesting (although tedious process) article on reloading them. He used a slurry of match stick tips and shoved it into the rim with the head of a nail. Probably have to find the magazine as I don't know whether they are on line or not.
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Also called 9mm Flobert!
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I forgot that one..Nath wrote:Also called 9mm Flobert!
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I just checked guntraderuk and the prices range from £125 to £195 ($311) for a Anschutz 9mm.
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For those of us non-metrically inclined, can we call it a .353 gauge?
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Leverluver wrote:It was an interesting (although tedious process) article on reloading them. He used a slurry of match stick tips and shoved it into the rim with the head of a nail. Probably have to find the magazine as I don't know whether they are on line or not.
As leverluver said I think it's only by way of the hardcopy, they don't have much of an online presence.
Although any rimfire round COULD be reloaded I got the impression that it was a lot of trouble and would only be used for things that didn't have current loadings like .25 or .32 rimfire even though all things are possible.
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Probably made in the 1930's. I knew I had one laying around. Its flanked by a 3" .410 and a 12 ga Remington.-------Sixgun
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That's a bore measurement friend.wecsoger wrote:For those of us non-metrically inclined, can we call it a .353 gauge?
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
game keeper wrote:The 9mm shotgun is alive and well in the UK, sometimes called the Garden Gun and even the No 3 Bore.
Ammo is expensive for what it is but can be found in most good gun shops over here.
I used one around my Pheasant rearing pens on Rats and Squirrels.
The old paper and brass shells would eject from most guns because only the brass remained in the chamber after the gun was fired, the paper went went with the shot.
Webley & Scott made a bolt action single shot that can be found for about £50 to £100. correction, £125 to £195..
A lot of the old Belgian ones had 23 inch barrels thus making them illegal as shotguns in the UK.
GK:
What is the minimum barrel length for a shotgun in the UK? I know a number of people who use shotguns here in the US that are shorter. I believe my H&R 12 guage has a 22 inch barrel and I have taken deer, ducks and turkey with it.
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Re: 9mm rimfire shotgun still taking game
I think at .353, that would be a 106 gauge
Nath wrote:That's a bore measurement friend.wecsoger wrote:For those of us non-metrically inclined, can we call it a .353 gauge?
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Minimum barrel length for shotguns in the UK is 24" and they must be restricted to 3 shots with no detachable magazines, if the shotgun is not to these specs. it becomes in law a Firearm and then requires a different licence..bigbore442001 wrote:game keeper wrote:The 9mm shotgun is alive and well in the UK, sometimes called the Garden Gun and even the No 3 Bore.
Ammo is expensive for what it is but can be found in most good gun shops over here.
I used one around my Pheasant rearing pens on Rats and Squirrels.
The old paper and brass shells would eject from most guns because only the brass remained in the chamber after the gun was fired, the paper went went with the shot.
Webley & Scott made a bolt action single shot that can be found for about £50 to £100. correction, £125 to £195..
A lot of the old Belgian ones had 23 inch barrels thus making them illegal as shotguns in the UK.
GK:
What is the minimum barrel length for a shotgun in the UK? I know a number of people who use shotguns here in the US that are shorter. I believe my H&R 12 gauge has a 22 inch barrel and I have taken deer, ducks and turkey with it.
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