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It worked so well that I stocked up so I could use it around the house, and have had nothing but success. I first had the opportunity to shoot this ammo in Texas, on a night hunt for skunks and raccoons. CCI is using a compressed metal projectile-which, upon impact, breaks into three segments-at the sedate muzzle velocity of 710 fps, for a wonderful close-range load. This is a horse of a different color, and I like this horse. I like the blend of a bit heavier bullet than normal, combined with the relatively flat trajectory.
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So quiet, in fact, that I got a second shot at the Evil Woodchuck of the Garden that Ol’ Grumpy Pants couldn’t connect on, after he ducked my first shot. I didn’t have the opportunity to use these with a suppressor-both suppressors and fun are illegal in New York State, and I believe smiling may be a misdemeanor-but they were plenty quiet. Using a 45-grain round-nose lead bullet at a muzzle velocity of 1,090 fps (my chronograph showed an average of 1,050 fps from my Ruger), the Winchester M22 Subsonic load offers all the accuracy of the M22 line, but in a quiet and efficient package. Aguila’s SSS ammo will definitely ruin a garden pest’s day. They will cycle in most autoloaders, and will stabilize in the longer-barreled rifles.
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Running at 950 fps from a rifle barrel, I’ve experienced that these long bullets will tumble and keyhole out past 50 yards in my Ruger 77/22, but inside that range they are deadly. Using a heavy for caliber 60-grain round nose lead projectile, seated in a shortened case, this ammo makes a great choice for close shooting. I found these in a gunshop, maybe a decade ago or so, and was immediately intrigued. Rogue red squirrels that chew holes in the shed, renegade woodchucks and rabbits that destroy the garden I've worked so hard to plant, and the nefarious skunks that prowl the night, just waiting to spray my dogs all have fallen victim to the subsonic. 22 Long Rifle loads don’t produce a terrible report, I appreciate the subsonic rounds, not just for their quiet attributes, but for applications where I don’t want to alarm the neighborhood with the sound of gun fire. Hard-kicking magnums, with their ear-flattening report, muzzle brakes on any sort of rifle, combined with 25 years of being a musician have certainly taken their toll on my hearing my tinnitus is an aggravating, permanent addition that I wish I didn’t have.Įven though the standard. Quiet rifles are all the rage today, and I’m quite alright with that.