Shooting Galleries using Live Ammo

[Bill Murphy]

The "Spatterproof" bullets are of a clay substance as I recall. Our local shooting range was not a travelling carnival, but a 12 month a year amusement park called Glen Echo Amusement Park. It still exists as a NPS facility with the original dance hall and carousel still active. Glen Echo is a riverfront town adjacent to DC and Bethesda, MD. It was a real treat to have a day at Glen Echo when we were kids.

[Bill Jolliff]

Yes Dean, your model 90 (1890) would be much nicer than a M67: your 90 would be a pump action, outside hammer, tube magazine, octagon barrel and crescent steel butt plate. Similar to my model 62A in the above pictures. Your M90 shortened for a boy or make it more like a carbine. Originally, the 1890/90's had 24 inch octagon barrels.

Chief Roundsworth - you're right. That "WINCHESTER SUPER SPATTERPRUF rim fire cartridge is specially designed for use in shooting galleries. The bullet is specially compounded to disintergrate into fine particles and dust on striking a metal target or backstop in properly constructed and maintained shooting galleries . . ." according to the back panel on the box.

They are much lighter than a standard .22 Short and look different: 24.5 grains for the gallery short vs 38.3 grains for the standard .22 Short according to my powder scale. Likely that dense clay material that Bill Murphy describes?

[Big D]

In the late 60's, my Dad bought a box of .22LR "Frangible" shells for shooting woodchucks in a semi rural area. I think they were made of small lead particles somehow glued together. The projectile would disintegrate when it something solid.

[Dean Romig]

My Model 90 in .22 WRF with 16" barrels and 13" LOP. I bought it for my grandkids at a show a couple of years ago and they've had some fun shooting it with me.




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[Bill Jolliff]

Dean,

That's a very neat Model 90, especially with the tang sight. The 22WRF ammo is not common but still available. CCI makes it.

Yes, it has to be fun shooting it.

Bill

[Dean Romig]

Right, I've bought some ammo for it but not CCI.

[charlie cleveland]

mighty nice little 22....my dad had a little 22pump winchester with short barrel many years ago that i hunted squirls with...dean i bet those grandkids will tell there children about their getting to shoot the little gun with you to their kids... charlie

[Roundsworth]

Winchester no longer catalogs the WRF. The first limited run was in 1986 with a follow-on in 1994. It was produced for quite a few years, only recently being discontinued. I am glad I built up a nice stash!

[Researcher]

Notice that Winchester ammo box says "Splatterpruf".

Remington Special Gallery .22 shorts were "Spatterless" and the Western Cartridge Co. gallery ammo was "Kant-Splash".

[Edward Yager]

When I was in grade school the students were given a news paper,I think it was called weekly reader.It had an add for 22 shells that break apart on impact.I think they were called Remington Rockets.Probably same as gallery rounds.