I assume you're referring to the lead free subsonics? (Blue tip). I've been trying to find some, but like everything else, OOS. They are supposed to reduce fouling substantially in a can. I HAVE found Remington Subsonic fairly regularly at WM, for about $6 a hundred. Waiting on a .22 can.I like the CCI blue tips. Noticeably quieter than most standard velocity out of the 617.
I'm told (but haven't tried it out yet) that Eley Contact is fairly quiet, or as quiet as the CCI blue tips.
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Yes Sir, the poly/powder coated. Figured I'd try em out. Haven't tried them in anything with a can. Mostly El-Manual type stuff. Bolt action, lever gun, revolver.
While waiting on my .22 stamp, I'm tempted to try my .30 can on my .22 1911. I have the adaptor, but I hear it's not a good idea to shoot .22 thru a non user serviceable can. Thought a few blue tips might not hurt.
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Aguila quiet crap stinks to high hell and might not pierce the skin of a grape at 2" away.
Also hard to find sometimes. Another item Im sure is a short production run . Growing up 22 shorts where very popular but if you did not buy what gou needed for the year by mid may it would be gone.
they have nice ammo, they are into the highend 22lr game with both feet.Contact seems to be about 300 fps faster than Quiet with a 42 grain non segmented bullet. Eley does make a version of the quiet but it seems to have the same specs for bullet and velocity as contact... in any case, go here for more information:
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They are an Eley distributor and have all the cool stuff needed for serious .22 shooting...
Thier prices are not terrible , considering the inventory . i have not bought a lot from them but 9.5/10 times he has what I want when I go in. Gene has never not offered to get what I want the few times He did not have what I wanted.
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I thought you just put an empty 2 liter on the barrel
Dude, 3-4 weeks ago, KTP had piles of .22, Cabelas had hundreds of bricks, every gun store I went to had A LOT of CCI and other .22LR ammo.
Maybe all the people from commie states have been buying the online supply?
theres so much going on with any ammo selection it can be head spinning. Now 22lr is not short on head spinning options and frankly 80% is just marketing. The 22lr has been around since 1884
Now there are a few differences.
Keep in mind all 22lr (most ammo) is tested out of a dedicated test barrel of 28" IIRC this was sent to me by CCI years ago when I was asking about accuracy standards on CCI SV
Here is my general idea of 22lr
22lr Match ammo is almost always around 1040-1080 fps. high end match is carefully inspected and assembled. There is a difference if you and your rifle can deliver. Velocity from high end match ammo is very consistent especially out of a match chamber.
Target ammo is for the most part a step down from match with looser tolerances.
Varmint ammo: Well lets see, whats varmint?
Basically animals from ground hogs to small coyote. That for the most part are dispatched because they are destroying crops or farm animals with little intention of eating them so a fast expanding flesh destroying ammo is ok.
Varmint ammo is generally 30-36 grains at 1250fps+ this gets added energy down range and allows segmented bullets to segment.
Then there is your plinking/target ammo thats in bulk boxes. This is the stuff that is run through the machines with what ever they want to with not much in the way of consistency.
They key to 22lr is to find something that you and rifle like and buy as much of the same lot number as you can afford/need
For the high end 22 shooters they go to eley or lapua and have thier rifles matched up to particular lots. Then buy 50k rounds or so
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Just remember that every rifle is different and seems to have a particular load that it does its absolute best with. My daughter's .22 is a bolt-action Savage FV-SR with a 16.5" heavy barrel. For low-noise shooting, we find it to be extremely accurate with Remington 29-grain Shorts. Don't know if you want to try them in your own .22 rifle, but we have very good results with this load.
Outdoor Limited has a good supply of 22 LR.... $.05 - .09 / Round
They're about and hour from me, not sure if they'll ship to MA... Call him, he's good to work with.
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They're about and hour from me, not sure if they'll ship to MA... Call him, he's good to work with.
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Sure.
What I did in the beginning of my shooting addiction was; whenever I picked up a new caliber, I would read as much as I could find about that round.
History/capabilities/ballistics/issues and finally good old opinions. Keep in mind that was when paper was king, so mostly books, magazines, loading manuals
and Shotgun News.
Today, I can be brought up to date pretty quick with a few keystrokes and an hour to kill. Still miss the paper though...
Some guys just want to push lead down-range, and I can appreciate that. I'm a little 'different'.
Have a fun journey and enjoy the smell of the roses (primer & powder) along the way...
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Eley has a delightful smell... (based on my 17HM2).
heres a ok article and shot with a reasonable affordable 22
www.ssusa.org
this article is a little old. I like to read this stuff because I cant get to the range as often as I like.
this test was done with the Match grade ammo with a $10k rifle
An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | 31 Different .22 LR Loads
We tested 31 different .22 LR cartridges from several manufacturers useful for a variety of shooting sports including not just competitive shooting, but also plinking and varmint hunting
this article is a little old. I like to read this stuff because I cant get to the range as often as I like.
this test was done with the Match grade ammo with a $10k rifle
pan...demic
Totally agree.
As far as hunting Vs plinking......with hunting small game if you hit a rabbit or squirrel in the head or engine room with just about any 22lr projo it's a dead game animal.
The only real key is finding what works reliably and is accurate in your gun.
