"Toilet paper is surprisingly hard to penetrate" Apparently my finger didn't get the memo

I'm the same age as those 22 shorts. I should have opted for the wax coating to maintain my potency.

I had a Baby Savage .22 rifle and an endless supply of .22 shorts when I was a kid (11 years old), and I shot 1000s and 1000s of rounds through it. If we weren't in school, my cousins and I were out in the hills and forests shooting every day. It never even occurred to me that someone could actually get killed with it, BUT before we ever touched a gun we were taught to respect all firearms and how to safely handle them.

As a kid in the 1950’s, the .22 short was my choice for small game hunting and it did the job very well! I used a old bolt action single shot rifle left to me by an uncle who used the rifle in the early 1940’s and I still have the rifle👍

Used to buy them for 50c/box at the local grocery store. Man, the good ole days!

I too, use .22 short ammo. in my single shot rifles and they do 'the job' exceptionally well. I've used this size of .22 cal. ammunition for darned near as long as those, you have there, have been around. They've provided me and my buddies with endless hours of shooting / plinking fun. Many great memories are coming back to me as I watch this video. Thanks Jeff and Danny for this one!

It's amazing the differance a year can make. :( R.I.P. Danny. He was such a great marksmen.

The 22 is the most underrated and made fun of round out there. This round and it's variants are among the most versatile caliber there is. It's like a little dirty secret or something. I love my 22's, they have fed me and have protected countless others through years.

I’ve always had a soft spot for .22short. I grew up shooting them into phone books with a Iver Johnson Trailsman 66 in my basement.

The .22 short rim fire is the oldest continuously made cartridge in the world! It was first a black powder cartridge. The Smith & Wesson #1 was chambered for it in the 1860’s and believe it or not, was used as a personal side arm during the Civil War. It’s great to see tests that show the potential and danger of the .22. Too many people seem to think that a .22 is just a toy

The .22 short is actually the original self defense cartridge. Believe it or not. I learned to respect the round long ago.

Looking at all these .22 ammo really hit me hard with nostalgia. Brings childhood back to the front of my mind.

Really, really happy to see Danny back. Need to see him and OG in the same video. Wishing ya many more years of shooting Danny, glad your back.

I am 72 years old. My uncle's and grandfather hunted with the shorts only. When it came time to kill hogs or a beef it was a 22 short to the head. Yes it was very close range but it worked. The critter went down and the jugular vein was cut. At the sound of the pop we knew hard work and good eats were ahead.

If I recall correctly (and I'm 66 now), the .22 short was often used by contract killers if you could get close, mainly because of the lower sound produced upon firing in sealed breach pistols. (especially if the muzzle was pressed into the victim). In a revolver, the gap between cylinder and barrel was always louder and maybe not much difference between them. TBTW, the .22 short was also the cartridge used in shooting galleries and fairs for a long time (in rifles), again for it's low sound creation. But it was not a "toy" round dispite it's diminutive appearance, as you discovered.

Dad bought them by the brick for us boys when we lived on the dairy farm in Duval Washington in the sixties. Back then we carried our 22s into town, unloaded by the time we hit town of course, but could you imagine that happening these days? I'm glad to have once lived in a truly free America!

*They're little baby 22LRs!* 😍

Coincidentally, Ballistic Banana is my stage name.

Nice to look back and see Danny in good spirits and strong! Miss him immensely.

Love the ballistic tests with the different mediums, especially the gel! Loved seeing ol Danny boy!! He was so cool and funny as hell too! God's Speed Danny!

I'm 52. I have a couple of old .22 shorts from about this era. Made here in Melbourne Australia by ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries), a British company that has not existed since I was a kid, but my Mum worked there as a receptionist until she had us kids in the late 60's. These rounds are probably from when my late Gandfather would take my Dad and the rest of his brother (expat Irish family, lots of 'em) huntin' rabbits back in the 50's. My family was dirt poor in the day, and most of them were use air rifles. My Pop wouldn't waste the price of .22 long on a rabbit, despite the families "pea rifle" being chambered for all the available stuff and the rest of the family wanting to hear the bang. Dad and his older brother Don could take out most bunnies with their Crackerjack air rifles. The .22 short was reserved for distant bunnies only. And when you hunt...two bunnies for the stew. Two for the pot when you get home, and the rest sold to local butchers. One time the came home with about 30 of the things hanging off the bumper of the vehicle the had....late, and the bunnies already starting to pong. Nanna Babe stewed em well and made them eat them all. She was four feet of Cornish Toughness. I can just remember her.

Decades ago I was shot accidentally at distance, about 300 yards . I was apparently unseen, being partially blocked by a hump in the terrain.. He missed his prey and I was hit thru the shoulder, I learned later by a 22LR high-power, regular point. I was told if I had been standing 6 inches to the left or turned a little to the right I wouldn't be here today. Although I was lucky it missed all the important things, I still lost a lot of blood by the time I reached the hospital. There was no sensation of blunt force impact, it was just a beam of heat passing thru the entire depth of my shoulder and into my scapula. No other way to describe it. I hadn't realized what happened until I saw the blood pouring down my arm. The pain, more like a very deep severe ache but not quite as bad as getting kicked in the n--ts, didn't come until about a half-hour later. Adrenaline does work. 3 hours later they did the surgery and I was NOT put under since they said the bullet had been deflected by the scapula and landed just short of exiting. The extraction hurt worse than getting shot. To anyone who thinks a 22 is a sissy round, they need to get in a time machine and I will gladly put them in my boots. Don't worry, I remember about where I was walking and somewhat how I was positioned when it hit. Based on what I experienced at long range, I would not want to be hit anywhere by a 22 Short at close range, no way .. I have been shot at since then with bigger stuff, but during those times I was well-aware what was happening and we were returning fire

Absolutely love you and OG’s videos, it’s like hanging out with good friends! Hey OG stay frosty on duty and may God Bless You and keep you safe!

I own a Browning auto loader and a Remington bolt action. Both chambered in .22 short. I bought a ton of .22 shorts back the early 90's for (if memory serves) .18¢ a box. I bought 100 bricks, so I still got a lot left. I'm still dispatching rabbits and squirrels with them. Good cheap eatin'.

.22 short is so underappreciated these days. Trappers that have used it for years know it will easily dispatch a 35 lb coyote. My Dad used them to kill steers for butchering. .22 short in its hollow point form is a great rat killer around the farm. In a survival kit gun, it takes up so little space that 300 rounds fit in a pants pocket and has the potential to feed you for months in a wilderness setting. It is a good one. Edit note: Forgot I had already left a comment here.

Its good to see Danny back.

I'm probably older than the shorts(80), and only used long rifle in my pump and pistol because I was shooting rabbits at a much longer range(we ate the cotton tails, which are better than chicken if cooked right). There was no limit in Wyoming at the time, but we only hunted them from November thru February. This was at a time when you could buy a gun thru the Sears or Montgomery Ward catalogs. Never considered the shorts as being wimpy, only that didn't have the characteristics for longer range shooting. Must have been better manufacturers back then, because I don't ever remember any duds with the long range 22 ammo. Thanks for sparking some old memories of a time long gone. I just found your channel. Will stick around for a while to see what it is, or was, all about.

Hey Jeff , I have always thought that the 22 short Was not useful for really anything , but you just showed me and a lot of other people That we were wrong ! Thank you for sharing All of these things because it brings to light How the look or name of an item can fool Anyone , to the real power or use of an item Is more than what a person (Assumes) of What it really can do !

“Nice clean exit hole” would be a great slogan for toilet paper

Grandpa had a little Beretta chambered in 22 short. He swore it saved his life one night on a California Hw at the end of a good month working he was headed back home and some guys pulled up behind him without their lights on, when they tried to force him to stop he "shot out their wind wing" I figure prolly a good chance i would not be here if not for that one round. At about ten years old he started handing it to me with a box of ammo and I'd go out back and shoot by myself while the folks caught each other up on the news. Oh how times they have changed.

R.I.P. Danny!!! Your very well Loved & Missed!!! Its hard to believe your gone..... Im rewatching all of the vids with him in it!!! He was the Man!!!

The .22 Short is nothing to sneeze at. I'm 67 years old and my grandfather had a .22 Short semi auto rifle that we used to hunt rabbits back when I was just big enough to hold up the rifle. All of my uncles and cousins and brothers learned how to shoot with that rifle and I can't tell you how many cotton tails and jack rabbits we removed from the high plains of West Texas with it.

You will have a CLEAN Exit Hole. It's Toilet Roll, that's what it was designed for.

The CBs and shorts were used a lot for indoor shooting galleries back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

I have several boxes of those .22 rounds left to me by my father in law. Im glad to see they still work.

This is the first video I clicked on that had Danny in the video. I wasn't prepared for the wave of emotion that came over me. I won't lie I had a little tear. Miss you Danny

Now we know who stockpiled all the toilet paper from Walmart back in March.

Finally, someone who agrees that .22 isn't just a useless cartridge.

My first rimfire firearm was a S & W .32 long Model 2 from the Civil War; I fired it about four to five times a year then my folks bought me a Colt .22 long rifle Woodsman Automatic pistol. It was very accurate and I would say it would definitely shoot a mile without any problem. I used to go out in the desert and I tested the pistol out at a measured 1 mile distance. I had a 4' by 4' square of 3/4" plywood set up and out box of 50 high velocity .22 cartridges about 10 to 12 hit and that remember was a mile out. I was impressed with the results though none of the bullets went all the way through the plywood. As I remembered it the bullets just barely penetrated the plywood and the angle of the Woodsman was about 25° and I had an "aim here" dot painted on the plywood board. Thank you folks for the demonstration of the .22 short cartridges. I never had any problems with Western ammunition though the box of cartridges I had years ago was .32 ACP and every round fired and ejected from the pistol; albeit I had purchased a partial box at a gun show.

He will truly be missed but will never 😔 out of our hearts

10:24 If you look at the bullet weight and velocity figures for the two, the .22 short has (roughly) 75% of the energy of the .22LR, so you need to show it every bit as much respect as a LR.

At 3:10 Danny was probably thinking of 22 CB rounds.

I loved the video guys thanks so much

Surprising results. Good job.

I haven’t worn a size 22 shorts since I was in grade school

Yup, that's what it looked like back when I started shooting! Shorts, longs, and long rifle! Loved those old boxes. I saved the empty ones as a boy.

Excellent target selections!!!

Absolutely 100%. They have enough force to enter but not exit so they just ricochet around inside you.

My friends father (a Vietnam vet) used to take us shooting as kids. He always had his .22 short handgun and loved the thing. I had a .22LR and always thought down about the short. Clearly the man knew a lot more than I did. Higher speed isn’t always better.

CCI still makes CB Long or CB Short 22 ammo Listed as a 29 gr bullet at 710 FPS Great for pest shooting

I've also considered the 22 short to be a fairly safe bullet for use in carnival shooting games. Well, they actually exceed that, and you guys showed the 22 short has a lot more power than we've been led to believe. I certainly wouldn't like to be down range from a magazine full of 22 shorts, they appear to make deep holes, and I wouldn't like to have deep holes in me!

Awesome videos! Great to see Danny!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

CB-shorts, short case, primer, little or no powder, hell-of-a-lot-of-fun.

I've only ever found .22 short casings laying in the dirt, looking ancient. Very cool to see them live and handled by a true marksman! Good to see you Danny and thanks for the excellent video Jeff!

Aww man seeing Danny brought the tears out I won’t fight it … we all miss you Danny

Thanks for the demonstration. great work congratulations

When I was five my grand dad took a yearling to Shorty's Butcher Shop in Durant Okla and Shorty showed me that one 22 short will indeed kill a 600 lb bovine. When I turned 12 I got my own 22 single shot rifle from Western Auto for $20 and 22 shorts were like 35 cents for 50 rounds. I hunted muskrats, jackrabbits, and good eating cottontails and the 22 shorts always delivered one shot kills. Turn 70 this week, and yes I still hunt rabbits with the same single shot rifle.

So good to see Mr. Danny on film!

This was a fun and informative video. Tks

I recognize that box of old super x, I used to bullseye womp rats with them back home in my T-16.

“Slightly mushroomed and a little deviated to the right”. That about describes my 22 short as well.

I like how when you bring up that statistic of the 22 being technically the most deadly cartridge in this country triggers so many people

The old olympic rapid fire mode with the .22 short is lots of fun due to the low recoil. Always liked to shoot it.

You two guys are an absolute HOOT! Really enjoyed your "highly technical tests" and literary comments! I'm subscribing for more. Thanks! PS: After watching all the way through and repeating several segments I conclude your testing was actually very technical, at least more informative than most I see. Thanks for you efforts bringing great info. and making it fun!

Great video and even better banter. Impressive performance from those shorts, to be sure. Thanks for sharing this!

I got my first 22 at age 9! A good ol Stevens model 15 bolt actin single shot. I later found a round Tin of 22 short some were ball tip some were point crazy thanks for the trip down memory lane! And yes I still have my model 15 she shoots as straight as she did almost 40 years ago!

Glad this popped up. Great to see Danny.

I hope Danny's shoulder isn't to sore after all that shooting.

.22 CB and .22 BB caps - my dad had a box of each when I was a kid. The .22 BB cap is about the size of a muzzleloading percussion cap with a lead BB stuck in it, the CB cap has a conical bullet like the .22 short, but the same size case as the .22 BB cap.

I miss Danny. Rest well unc 🙏🏾

You do know that the mafia hit men preferred the 22 shorts for hits! They penatrated the skulls and bounced around but didn't exit! The perfect round for the job!!!

Need to keep in mind that Smith & Wesson developed the .22 Short as a self-defense round for their No. 1 pocket revolver. At close range with proper placement, is could still be effective.

Yeah, I'm missing a flap here and there too. But I'm still mostly fully functional. 😂

My old man had a Remington.22 that you could load and shoot any .22 made. You could even mix them up and would shoot like no other. Loved that gun and it was the beginning of a love affair into shooting.

You guys are fantastic

Welcome back Deadeye Danny! Good to see you back Sir. 22 Short is still deadly imo.

22 CB caps was what Danny was trying to remember as being less powerful than the short. The CB cap has no propellent, just the priming compound.

Those shorts remind me of when I first started shooting. I had a pump Remington model 12, .22 rifle (still have it) and liked to go out plinking with my friend. I desperately wanted to upgrade to the .22 LR but my dad made me start with the shorts. Good times.

Always loved the short! Grew up shooting a Cooey or a pump .22 with tubular magazines, got more shots before reloading!

Although it is illegal, I have seen whitetail deer killed instantly with a well placed headshot from a .22 short

Danny: “This started out as three inches.” Me: “That’s what she said!” Love the channel guys!!

When I was a kid, every caravel had a shooting gallery. The pump Winchester rifles were loaded with shorts. My brother and I would always spend a dollar there. Many of them would knock the sights so they didn't hit straight. This didn't bother Ray, and I would observe where they hit and use Kentucky ballistics and hit the targets and win the prize. Usually at this time we were asked to move on.

My first hunting trip when I had just emigrated to Australia aged 13, I went on a trip to the northern part of New South Wales with some friends. The property owner needed some food for the dogs. We went out into the paddocks and had a single shot Lithgow .22. We only had .22 shorts, believe it or not we managed to bag a good sized kangaroo. The dogs had a good feed for the next week. I still have that rifle, I bought it a few years back.

I've got a new appreciation for the quality of the workmanship in the old days. I knew things were made better back then but I appreciate it more now. Things were made to last back then and now they're made to just beat the warranty. Cheap crap.

Thanks for putting this video together, well done and i too was surprised at the outcome.

I'm glad this showed up in my timeline. I miss Danny. Never forget & Respect.

Thee 22 mag is real deadly! I have watched it poke holes in in the door of an old fridge from the 1940's as big as a 38 or .357.

I don't have a beef with anyone on this channel but I do like watching Danny "accelerate mass" at a target. Good to see you back!!

Bart Simpson, threateningly: *Eat my shorts...*

That Remington Speedmaster was the first gun I ever had as a kid, havent seen one in years

I have some .22 shorts and low velocity .22's and some other variants on the .22 I forget. I love plinking. Awesome video🔥🔥🔥

YAY Danny is back!!! Damn nice to see he is feeling well again.

I remember my grandfather gave my dad a box of 22 shorts for pest control when we lived in a location with very close neighbors because they were quieter he also said they were fine to shoot inside lol

Ahh finding a video with Danny in it I hadn't seen, what a wonderful bittersweet surprise

Very, very nicely done video. I felt like I was hanging out with my buddies. Not too slow, not too fast. Just right.

Dad and I used the 22 Short exclusively to consistantly get meat for the table. They were a bit cheaper but nearly, as you've proved, great at taking small game. One year while on a duck hunt my Uncle took his Dear with a 22 short fired from his Great Western 22 pistol in the head. The Dear walked right up to the Duck Blind so it was only about a 15 foot shot but that is still testimony that the 22 Short deserves respect. My Dad didn't believe he got it with a 22 short so he dug the bullet out of the skull and sure enough it matched the size and weight of the Short...Besides Uncle Wally only had Shorts in his pistol all the time. Thanks for proving the effectiveness and comparing today's ammo to yesteryear's...

I've shot those very same bullets from my father's 22 revolver. Just seeing that box brought back a ton of great memories shooting that great gun, and the ammo was absolutely perfect, even so many decades old. Bravo!

Yep The Good Old Days I Sure Do Miss Em !

My grandmother kept a revolver in 22 short in her house for personal protection I always thought to myself what in the world is that little thing going to do if someone broke in but I guess if you aim in the right spot and pop 6 in someone It will definitely stop them

The round shorter than a .22 short was the .22 flobert. My dad used to shoot them at the fair back in the 50's. Good to see Danny up and running again.