Thread: Vmax in 22lr

Seems only logical........ its in the 22WMR why not the 22LR?
Would breathe a bit of life back into this round as long as price wasn't HMR ridiculous.

Yeah, that would be good.

I cant understand why Hornady haven't done it yet, surely 22lr ammo sales would have to be more than WMR HMR Mack 2 combined.

probably not fast enough. It's on a HM2 but I think even hyper velocity 22's would struggle.

30gr should be up round 1600fps surely. Winchesters new power point is 1320fps and its 42gr

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

30gr should be up round 1600fps surely. Winchesters new power point is 1320fps and its 42gr

Have you chronied that Cam? Sounds good, I must try some when I get home.

Not yet R93 just what it says on packet. Il put it over the crony but you know grain of salt etc

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Not yet R93 just what it says on packet. Il put it over the crony but you know grain of salt etc

Still, if it was close, it would be good. I will get some for a play.

yeah are there many 22 barrels out there that can spin them well enough. I've never found velocitors or Stingers that accurate. Hypers don't cut it for me.

Originally Posted by scottrods

yeah are there many 22 barrels out there that can spin them well enough. I've never found velocitors or Stingers that accurate. Hypers don't cut it for me.

Perhaps actually having a proper round and pointy bullet with a jacket instead of a lump of lead would help with that. Seems it does in wmr

The advantage of .22lr is that its basically free

Except it's actually really expensive these days, comparatively

I hear what your saying. I payed $110 for a brick of the new power point max, you can get those 555 packs for lots less but there shit.
But then all ammo has gone up a shit load.
Shot a hare with it tonight and it defiantly fragmented like its sopost to(the new powerpoint that is) cant comment on actual vel or accuracy yet.

I liked the CCI Standard Velocity for hunting. The cheapest .22 ammo I could find locally and it's performance was ridiculous even out to 100m. The wounds it inflicted were totally out of proportion for what it was designed for. This was a couple years ago now, I've found recently it doesn't work that great. Maybe they changed the composition of the projectile. Or maybe I just suck now. Found you couldn't go wrong with the power points. The US made power points weren't as effective, but $1 cheaper per packet. I was shooting a lot of .22 back then. A .22lr V MAX would be cool, but probably a gimmick more than anything. An excuse to double the price on a packet of ammo.

And having to clean copper out of your .22 barrel that never normally sees a cleaning rod would become annoying.

I was using Velocitor in my Full Suppressed Marlin, bit changed away from them because of them being noiser than powerpoints. Now Im buying that dirt cheap winchester 555 stuff.
When you get it on special its ok.