Thread: cci stinger

I didnt find good accuraccy out of any of my rifles with the stingers, both my ruger1022 and brno didnt shoot them that well
and in my gevarm they would rupture the sides of the cases and jam the action

winny supers on the otherhand seem to shoot well and reliably thru all my rifles if I want to change up from subbies

I ended up trying several different types of ammo through the zastava but started with some lapua match grade stuff which was extremely accurate... Then went to Stingers, Velociters, mini mag and finally powerpoints (aussie ones) found the powerpoints were the best through my rifle of the lot..

Hey they work good in my brno but didn't like my old marlin tube feed 22lr
The stingers are good for rabbits and pack a punch ,good on long range
For the zastava s they are very rare in the uk not seen any and I heard parts eg mags are hard to find
Also I think the zastava factory was blown up a long time ago
Croataiton think they make cars as well

Hey bill
How hard is it to find brno parts at home
As I've been looking for a firing pin
Still waiting for it to turn up ?
Might buy another brno
Any ideas

No experience with the Zastava's, but The Stingers shoot very tight in my Marlin 795, as do the CCI subs, the Win PP's are ok too, but not quite as tight as the CCI in my rifle, might have to try the velocitors after the feedback on them here.

You pretty much just need to try different brands and types of ammo and see what your rifle likes. It seems some rimfire rifles are very fussy, others not so.

Have tried power points, velocitors and stingers, all work well in my BSA sportsman tube mag (iron sights) Haven't tried grouping but the power points hit dead on 0-50m and the stingers hit dead on at 100m so a magpie height below the magpie at 40m seems to hit them well (no idea where as they end up in bits) hope this helps.

Arn't the stingers slightly longer in the case? Could this be effecting chambering slightly?
Also could the 20% lighter projectile at the much higher velocities be a bit fast on the twist rate?

Might explain why they shoot well out of the marlins (different rifling) and not many of the others.

ive used winchester dynapoints /rabbitammo for years in both my M14 stirling and my tozmod17-1 and found both were bloody lethal on anything possum,rabbit,hare etc when hit.Thar stirling was my first .22 and shit it nailed some possums in its time.dyanpoints sometimes blow up with exceptional results.summary either willleave em dead very dead.remington subs in my toz are a bloody dissapointment-sound weaker than a virgins fart!

if you can find mexican made Fiocchi .22 ammo for your norinco it would be worth a try as it is made in the aguila factory and I used to use aguila exclusively through the norinco .22 I used to have and it used to shoot very accurately in it, I used nothing but the mexican fiocchi ammo through my TOZ and it really poleaxes the jackos.

I have never got stingers shooting well in any .22 i ever owned .

Originally Posted by deye223

I have never got stingers shooting well in any .22 i ever owned .

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Tim

Originally Posted by Bill999

and in my gevarm they would rupture the sides of the cases and jam the action

If your bolt weight/spring guide is already in the supersonic position you could try adding some more weight to it, fixed the issue for me with various hot .22 rounds

It's the mode of fire, gevarm a are open bolt so yes I could but for me it's not worth it

I'm not a big user of stingers by any stretch of the imagination

Originally Posted by kiwi39

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Tim

best i ever seen was 1.8" at 50 out of a BRNO mod 2

Originally Posted by kotuku

ive used winchester dynapoints /rabbitammo for years in both my M14 stirling and my tozmod17-1 and found both were bloody lethal on anything possum,rabbit,hare etc when hit.Thar stirling was my first .22 and shit it nailed some possums in its time.dyanpoints sometimes blow up with exceptional results.summary either willleave em dead very dead.remington subs in my toz are a bloody dissapointment-sound weaker than a virgins fart!

My first .22 was the Stirling model 20 semi-auto in 1982. Had all sorts of problems with The wide, flat, firing pin "hydraulicing" if there was any oil in the bolt. Traded it in on a Model 14 which I still have today. In fact I was shooting it this morning siting it in with some sub-sonic ammo (I have a suppressor on this rifle for shooting in or near houses). And my brother swears by (not at) his Toz 17. Both good rifles!

Mind you immediately after I finished sighting in the M 14 I sighted in my Bruno #2. A totally different rifle to shoot triggerwise and my favourite .22 of all I have owned.

As for the CCI Stinger round. Best shot I have ever taken with a .22 was 75 m uphill with my open sight Slazenger single shot and a CCI Stinger. I saw the rabbit just before he saw me and crouched down head on to me in a clump of grass. I could just see the top half of the ears. I aimed about 40 mm beneath them and at the shot the rabbit turned a summersault and never moved again.