Thread: Subsonic 22 ammo suggestions .

In case anyone needed convincing that the USA winchester was crap: a mate came round yesterday to sight in his recently purchased second hand 10/22. He brought a couple of packets of usa win 40gr subs. The groups weren't terrible but it wasnt cycling well with one or two jams per mag. The wax was odd and very gummy which I reckon most of the problem. The action needed a bit of a clean but still... I grabbed some of my cci subs and it ran beautifully and groups tightened up a lot.

Mate stopped at gun city on the way home and totally sold out of cci.

Same here. CCI Standard speed any day.

Originally Posted by Dama dama

Mate stopped at gun city on the way home and totally sold out of cci.

Visit both GC in Auckland today for some CCI sub and both had none
I ended up picking these up from their competitor

I was told Norma is as good as CCI
time will tell.

A few months ago I bought a new Ruger bolt action. Tried out every type of ammo I had and bought others, all subs . US Winchester were the worst for accuracy and going supersonic at times. The best for me was fiocchi followed by selliers and bellott. Don't know if I spelt that right. My mate sold his rifles and had 6 boxes of Aussie made Winchester which shot as good as the fiocchi. Cci shot 3rd best. Had some PMC zapper (supersonic)which shot exceptionally well but can't get them now. Not sure on killing ability yet.

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

RWS Club shoot well in my brno. But they are a solid. I did this in a drill press using a bolt and the adjustable stop to get this result. Still to test for accuracy and kill improvement.

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Question how did they work, love to know as experimenting with a die hollow point set up made here in NZ

I just noticed that Aguila do a .22LR 60gn subsonic - anyone tried those? Not particularly cheap, but I imagine it might carry a fair bit more energy out to 100m. Though not sure the rabbit would care...

just have to be lucky to stabilise, They are very long. I did a very small trial several years back. it was a bit windy so hard to pick. relatively shit 30 or 40m out but thought what they hay and tried 70. i think i had the start of a reasonable group but the wind came up again and I gave up for the day. never got back to try it and used most of what was left up testing silencers i made.
I will say they did have a very pronounced whining ricochet off the ground. And yes I reckon they would do some damage especially if they started tumbling

Hi bjp to use the 60grain Agulia sub. one needs to have a fast twist barrel ..i found one on t/me Volquartsen 1 /10 or 1/8 twist for a 10/22 [usual twist is 1/16 ]
i didnt want to use it on a semi thinking the heavy weight might have problems with it firing out of battery so matted it to a bolt action
and after correcting a miss alignment with the thread adaptor that was Volquartsen factory fitted this now shoots very well @ 75m
very Quiet except for the thud of the impact Cheers

Originally Posted by bjp

I just noticed that Aguila do a .22LR 60gn subsonic - anyone tried those? Not particularly cheap, but I imagine it might carry a fair bit more energy out to 100m. Though not sure the rabbit would care...

Don't cycle in the 10/22's I've tried, are as accurate as most 22LR rounds, so out of a bolt could be a go if the rifle itself likes it?

Sellier & Bellot far more consistent than anything else.
And thats tested across a Garmin C1 chrono.

They also smack harder than anything else I've tried.