Thread: Best Subsonic 22LR Hunting Ammo ?

SK ammo availability - just been into Belmont Ammo and they advise they have a good selection of SK arriving @ the end of Jan. Seemingly no SK Subs though.

Winchester 42gn or even just the standard 40gn cci subsonic hp gets 3rd

Winchester 40 or 42 gr subs is all I've ever shot and been successful for the intended task. Lately they have had the odd (1 in 50) sonic boom and some have what appears to be some wax on the shells which makes them a little difficult to retract. Other than that I've always found them very accurate


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Originally Posted by smidey

Winchester 40 or 42 gr subs is all I've ever shot and been successful for the intended task. Lately they have had the odd (1 in 50) sonic boom and some have what appears to be some wax on the shells which makes them a little difficult to retract. Other than that I've always found them very accurate
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was the projectile taken from a shot animal ? If so that's great expansion from a .22 round.

Originally Posted by viper

was the projectile taken from a shot animal ? If so that's great expansion from a .22 round.

yes, retrieved from a hare. Was under the skin on the opposing side

Winchester hands down perform better on game, but price and accuracy see me shooting cci. Agree that Winchester subs aren't always subsonic in my rifle and I really don't get the point of shooting hv in a 22. Mine is always suppressed.

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Well I had to go to Winchester as local shop out off CCI subs. Brought a brick three weeks ago and I have got to say I am impressed. I lost no accuracy and performance equal to if not better that CCI on game.
I will buy them again.

Winchester don't feed as reliably in my marlin model 60.
Out of interest @viper, how much for your brick of Winchester?

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I think it was $89

Power point orange box, CCI stinger are my go to.

Bulk Winchester 555 HP works well.

Had a few sonic booms in the last brick of Winchester subs, store recons that the factories sorting an't what it used to be. Had the same with Remington subs.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Had a few sonic booms in the last brick of Winchester subs, store recons that the factories sorting an't what it used to be. Had the same with Remington subs.

A sports store owner gave me 6 boxes of the rem subs, he couldn't sell the stuff. Sonic booms, dirty as and some were not loaded with much powder. Had a few doing 500fps...

Originally Posted by smidey

Winchester 40 or 42 gr subs is all I've ever shot and been successful for the intended task. Lately they have had the odd (1 in 50) sonic boom and some have what appears to be some wax on the shells which makes them a little difficult to retract. Other than that I've always found them very accurate
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CCI sub almost looks the same when retrieved from a hare. Very rarely ever get one back from a rabbit.


But they do leave big holes in rabbits. This was one of last nights efforts.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Power point orange box, CCI stinger are my go to.

Bulk Winchester 555 HP works well.

HAHA retard...

Should have re-read the thread title. Need a coffee...

cci subs but the 45 grn stuff