Thread: Bullet Choice

Been using subsonics and a silencer recently in favour of the old power points. Have fired 50 rounds or so of the Aguila stuff through my JW15. What are people’s thoughts about them? Thinking of trying out the CCI standards at some stage as well


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Dirty, stinky stuff that Aquila. CCI is cleaner. Accuracy will depend on what your rifle likes.

Originally Posted by Makros

Dirty, stinky stuff that Aquila. CCI is cleaner. Accuracy will depend on what your rifle likes.

Agila is okay. I quite like the heavier winchester subs. I used to love the fiocchi subs but I think they don't hit as hard.

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agula uses a dirty dupont powder. stick with cci

I’ll give the CCI stuff a go, especially if it’s a bit cleaner and about the same price. Anyone found much difference in hollow point rounds vs round nose in effectiveness of dispatching rabbits?


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I would be very careful with the CCI standard velocity.

Anything manufactured during the pandemic period is likely to be very inconsistent. If you search this forum under my name you will find the thread about how I successfully got refunded from CCI after much argument and proving the point.

Lots of shots were going supersonic and hitting very high.

There were reports of problems with 2020-21 batches from all over the place and it was discussed on Rimfire Central. A couple of other guys on this forum also had problems and I think someone mentioned it again the other day?

I don’t know if CCI has got on top of this problem yet.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I would be very careful with the CCI standard velocity.

Anything manufactured during the pandemic period is likely to be very inconsistent. If you search this forum under my name you will find the thread about how I successfully got refunded from CCI after much argument and proving the point.

Lots of shots were going supersonic and hitting very high.

There were reports of problems with 2020-21 batches from all over the place and it was discussed on Rimfire Central. A couple of other guys on this forum also had problems and I think someone mentioned it again the other day?

I don’t know if CCI has got on top of this problem yet.

Very interesting read. What have you been using personally as an alternative since?


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Originally Posted by Arced

Very interesting read. What have you been using personally as an alternative since?

Sellior & Bellot 40gr HP subs

https://www.sellier-bellot.cz/en/pro...on/detail/479/

Sellout & bellot and fiochi worked best for me in subs. Tried 4 or 5 others as well. Mostly crap in my rifle.

Originally Posted by Swanny

Sellout & bellot and fiochi worked best for me in subs. Tried 4 or 5 others as well. Mostly crap in my rifle.

I might give them a crack and find out what’s best. I’ve been a tight bugger, but as you would expect you get what you pay for


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Originally Posted by Flyblown

I would be very careful with the CCI standard velocity.

Anything manufactured during the pandemic period is likely to be very inconsistent. If you search this forum under my name you will find the thread about how I successfully got refunded from CCI after much argument and proving the point.

Lots of shots were going supersonic and hitting very high.

There were reports of problems with 2020-21 batches from all over the place and it was discussed on Rimfire Central. A couple of other guys on this forum also had problems and I think someone mentioned it again the other day?

I don’t know if CCI has got on top of this problem yet.

Must of sorted it, definitely the most consistent .22lr ammo now.

Originally Posted by Arced

I’ll give the CCI stuff a go, especially if it’s a bit cleaner and about the same price. Anyone found much difference in hollow point rounds vs round nose in effectiveness of dispatching rabbits?


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Hollow point for hunting, solids are head shot only as they pencil through.

Originally Posted by Makros

Must of sorted it, definitely the most consistent .22lr ammo now.



Hollow point for hunting, solids are head shot only as they pencil through.

I find cci hp still punch through anything under 50m

I think I might have a few trays of pandemic cci hp subs. Would these be affected? It would have been one of either the last packs in nz or the first batch back in the country. Any way of identifying them?

I rate the winchester subs. They seem to go well and cycle well in the 10/22.

I heard that fiocchi subs were made by cci? I though. Would that be correct?

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Originally Posted by Rn-85

I find cci hp still punch through anything under 50m

I think I might have a few trays of pandemic cci hp subs. Would these be affected? It would have been one of either the last packs in nz or the first batch back in the country. Any way of identifying them?

I rate the winchester subs. They seem to go well and cycle well in the 10/22.

I heard that fiocchi subs were made by cci? I though. Would that be correct?

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Punch through sure but they expand on impact and make quite a sizable amount more damage than solids.

Some Fiocchi subs are made by CCI you'll have to look at your packet.

Winchester from America is the worst I've ever dealt with. Fail to fire, fail to extract, and dirty as anything. Failures were caused by too much variation in rim thickness. I do wish the Aussies remade their factory and started making the Aussie Winchester ammo again, that was market leader for hunting ammo for sometime I reckon. The US stuff I will not buy, terrible.

Originally Posted by Makros

Must of sorted it, definitely the most consistent .22lr ammo now.



Hollow point for hunting, solids are head shot only as they pencil through.

Cheers I’ll make sure to keep using hollow points. Good to know CCI have sorted the problem


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Originally Posted by Flyblown

I would be very careful with the CCI standard velocity.

Anything manufactured during the pandemic period is likely to be very inconsistent. If you search this forum under my name you will find the thread about how I successfully got refunded from CCI after much argument and proving the point.

Lots of shots were going supersonic and hitting very high.

There were reports of problems with 2020-21 batches from all over the place and it was discussed on Rimfire Central. A couple of other guys on this forum also had problems and I think someone mentioned it again the other day?

I don’t know if CCI has got on top of this problem yet.

Interesting…Gun Shitty are peddling the Winchester subs in the red plastic case potentially manufactured during the pandemic, consistently is all over the place, accuracy not much better, through a 10/22, at least they cycle better than the Australian manufactured Winchester subs through a 10/22