Ted;
As long as I can get the standard or sub-sonic LR I have no desire at all for the shorts. The reason I tried them in the Mossberg was to get away from the sonic crack. Back in the depression days shorts were cheaper than LR's so many shot them for the economy. Today when you can even find a short they are more expensive than the LR's. For a squirrel rifle, I always preferred the "Clip" over a tubular magazine & also prefer the 40-grain bullet over the 29 grain. Now that I am not hunting much anymore at all I have inherited a Marlin 39A which will serve all my purposes for a .22. This one belonged to my late Brother-in-Law & I also got a matching 336 in .35 Rem along with the 39A.
Although it didn't belong to me a shot a single shot bolt action Remington quite a bit. It was very accurate for a low priced gun as were nearly all Remington .22's I ever had any dealings with. As I recall this one was maybe a 512.
