Shorts out of a .22 Contender Barrel

[Pickwick]

May be a dumb question but I wanted to make sure before I did.  Can I shoot Shorts out of these barrels or just Long Rifle?  Thanks

[Hopalong7]

It's OK to shoot'm.  Mine does MUCH better with long rifle subsonics.

[Pickwick]

Thanks Hop

[weasel]

Wouldn't that leave lead in the chamber and make it hard, eventually, to chamber a LR?

[Hopalong7]

Yes eventually I guess it would, but .22's don't foul much so I think it would take an awful lot of shootin without any cleaning.

[Totenkopf]

I used to shoot the standard shorts for subsonic until the lr subs came out. I'm bad about cleaning barrels. Never had a problem. The contender barrel has had 3-4000 rounds out of it, I decided to clean when accuracy fell, hasn't happened yet. One little tip though, I think all that is made in shorts now is high velocity. Try to find one with a copper wash or some type of lube like rem uses. You will get less lead fouling.