But for a fun plinker, I can't say enough about the Heritage Rough Rider revolver. OK, I'm getting away from the ammo discussion into the guns. Only time I ever had problems was with my Remington 597 rifle, but it's a finicky gun anyhow, and it's not fair to compare something to a 10/22 that swallows everything. Cheap hollow points that work in the gun. I think it's subsonic, but I'm not sure exactly what the specs are.
That usually means the bulk packaged Remington stuff. I imagine that would make an interesting game of Battleship, trying to sink a soda can in a mud puddle.Īs for the more normal rounds. On one trip to the mountain I sat at the top of a hill and watched as the bullet arced down and made the funniest plop sound as it landed in a mud puddle. Out of my revolver it sounds about like a toy cap gun. No powder in them, and muzzle velocity is only 375 fps. In pistols you get a bit of noise from the primer, but still very quiet.
Out of a rifle it is virtually silent - just a *puff* as it comes out of the barrel. They are fun for plinking in the basement though. The biggest one is that they are not accurate enough for head shots (on grey squirrels) at 25 yds in every gun I've tried them in. I try to stay away from the CB caps for hunting for several reasons. At 60-70 yards in the woods,you can barely hear it. My longest barrel rifle sports a 29 3/4 inch barrel and it sounds like a medium grade air rifle.
I've also noticed that when using the quiet stuff, that a single shot does not scare the other game at all allowing for a possible second shot much of the time. Right now I'm hunting with eley subsonic hollowpoints and am Very pleased with their performance. I have tried all of these and many more brands and I have found that although you can occasionally find some cheap ammo that shoots well, you will always get better consistency with the more premium ammo. I have about 12-15,000 rounds of 22 ammo at home that I've acquired throughout the years for testing. 22 LR HP, 38 gr GP 1015 fpsĮley Subsonic Xtra Plus. 22 LR S, 40 gr GP 1015 fpsĪguila Subsonic. 22 LR S, 60 gr GP 950 fpsĪguila Subsonic. Here are some velocities of some different types of subsonic:Īgulia Sniper Subsonic. I only hunt squirrels with a 22 using subsonic hollow point ammo and I can tell you that they work quite well. I was shooting at an empty cardboard box the other day and it was literally snap.BOINK The downside is this is getting into the ballistics of an air rifle, not offering a good knock down on game without really good placement and not offering the accuracy for good shot placement beyond 15 to 20 yards depending on your gun. You have to crank the sights way up for them from where you set the sights for high speed stuff.Out of my bolt gun, the sound of the bullet impacting the target is louder than the report of the gun. They shoot a 20 grain solid at roughly 900 ft/sec and are reasonably accurate to about 20 yards. Now if you want a really quiet load for close in work, your looking for CB longs. I haven't tried any long range stuff with them, but I have a feeling they will do very well out to 100 yards as the bullet will stay stable since its not making the transition from supersonic to subsonic in its flight.
Not silent, but there is no sonic crack which is what really seems to carry with a. I found them very accurate in both my rifles (a marlin 81ts and an old remington 121). I can't remember all the ballistics listed on the box but they were pretty good all things considered. They launch a 38 grain lead hollowpoint (same bullet as their thunderbolts I beleive) at just a hair under the speed of sound, like 1040 fps. I plan on buying a brick or two as soon as I can find one.
I did a little trial and error last summer with 2 different rifles and found that Remington Subsonic hollow points are good stuff. You need to be a little more specific in what type of round and what type of use.