40 S&W CCI shotshells - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

raskalnikov · 01-11-2008, 10:54 AM

Has anyone seen or encountered this kind of ammo? They're like mini shotgun shells for .40 caliber pistols. Do you think that they are safe to fire through a precious XD?

SpringfieldXD.40 · 01-11-2008, 10:56 AM

from what I have read on here (if I remember correctly) they are safe to use but require hand cycling (not enough power)

BUT- I COULD BE WRONG!

**Grip** · 01-11-2008, 06:33 PM

i was looking at them today for my 9mm

my buddy works at bass pro and he has fired them in his 5" xd-9..he says they are expensive and useless.

cool idea though...but im not going to waste my $ on them.

-CH- · 01-11-2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Grip

i was looking at them today for my 9mm

my buddy works at bass pro and he has fired them in his 5" xd-9..he says they are expensive and useless.

cool idea though...but im not going to waste my $ on them.

in reality theyre meant to be a 'varmint' or snake load.

that said, ive fired them thru a .22 ..... you should see what they do to a target!

I actually have one as my first round in one of my .22 mags - i figure (wrongly or rightly) that it will momentarily stun a target so i can get another shot off. im thinking about doing the same thing for an HD 9mm magazine -- shotshell first and the remainder being gold dots.

jackbauer · 01-11-2008, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -CH-

in reality theyre meant to be a 'varmint' or snake load.

that said, ive fired them thru a .22 ..... you should see what they do to a target!

I actually have one as my first round in one of my .22 mags -

Yep. That's about the only gun I'd carry them in. I do the same as you--first round in a .22 magazine--when I am mowing the lawn.

They are also good in a .22 rifle.

zep_1 · 01-15-2008, 07:00 PM

yes i carry them in xd-40 4" for rattlesnakes while fishing, have fired them bf out of a glock and no problems on cycling, but not my xd yet because of cost as previously mentioned

mif_slim · 01-16-2008, 09:54 AM

I havent fired them in the 40 but I have in the 22, I think their effective range would be somewhere between 0 feet to 10 feet, would you think so? I remember shooting a paper target at 10 yards and I think I only counted 2 pellets the rest didnt hit it, this was back in 1997...so I dont remember much.

zep_1 · 02-03-2008, 07:16 AM

i was out this weekend and shot 2 of my shot shells from maybe 10 and 15 feet
one ejected and the other one didn't so i guess that is hit or miss the first one was stuck with the slide pinched on it, as far as effective range you better be close, 10 feet was ok but my buddy shot one of his out of his glock at about 3-4 feet and that was good about 6 to 8 inch circle enough to piss off a snake if you feel comfortable standing that close heh

01-11-2008, 10:54 AM	#1
raskalnikov XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 15	40 S&W CCI shotshells Has anyone seen or encountered this kind of ammo? They're like mini shotgun shells for .40 caliber pistols. Do you think that they are safe to fire through a precious XD? __________________ "Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat." -Chuck Palahniuk "What if man is not really a scoundrel, man in general, I mean, the whole race of mankind-then all the rest is prejudice, simply artificial terrors and there are no barriers and it's all as it should be." - Fyodor Dostoevsky XD-40

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SpringfieldXD.40 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Woodstock, VA Posts: 7,427	from what I have read on here (if I remember correctly) they are safe to use but require hand cycling (not enough power) BUT- I COULD BE WRONG! __________________ We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. — George Orwell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YOUR HONOR STUDENT IS MERELY A PAWN IN MY PIT BULL'S WORLD DOMINATION PLOT www.pitbullforum.com

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01-11-2008, 06:33 PM	#3
Grip XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,317	i was looking at them today for my 9mm my buddy works at bass pro and he has fired them in his 5" xd-9..he says they are expensive and useless. cool idea though...but im not going to waste my $ on them.

01-15-2008, 07:00 PM	#6
zep_1 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15	yes i carry them in xd-40 4" for rattlesnakes while fishing, have fired them bf out of a glock and no problems on cycling, but not my xd yet because of cost as previously mentioned

01-16-2008, 09:54 AM	#7
mif_slim XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: CA Posts: 395	I havent fired them in the 40 but I have in the 22, I think their effective range would be somewhere between 0 feet to 10 feet, would you think so? I remember shooting a paper target at 10 yards and I think I only counted 2 pellets the rest didnt hit it, this was back in 1997...so I dont remember much.

02-03-2008, 07:16 AM	#8
zep_1 XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 15	i was out this weekend and shot 2 of my shot shells from maybe 10 and 15 feet one ejected and the other one didn't so i guess that is hit or miss the first one was stuck with the slide pinched on it, as far as effective range you better be close, 10 feet was ok but my buddy shot one of his out of his glock at about 3-4 feet and that was good about 6 to 8 inch circle enough to piss off a snake if you feel comfortable standing that close heh