Favorite .22lr small game ammo?

[DadSmith]

heres a test I did with various ammo at 25 yards with the Ruger. Pic 1 are the groups, pic 2 are the corresponding ammos fired to each target.

CCI and Eley look like they are awesome from your rifle.

 

[d.kaufman]

Heres a few examples of ammo results from 2 of my 22lr. Top target is with my precision 10/22 i built at 50 yards with absolutely perfect conditions. These are 5 shot groups after shooting 5 shot fouling groups.

Bottom target is 30 yards with a cheap Marlin xt22 bolt action. Ignore bottom right target as those were just some fouling shots. These are 10 round groups

Ammo brand written on targets. 2nd target a little harder to read. Sorry for crappy pic there

Every rifle is gonna like its own ammo, but this gives you a few more ideas on what some ammos are capable of.

 

[JettaKnight]

That pretty much matches my experience: Avoid Rem. & Fed., stick to plain 'ole (i.e. inexpensive and available) CCI SV.

 

[natdscott]

I beg to differ on the hollow point statement. Much better transfer of the kinetic energy with a HP. My home made SV flat nosed HP will whack the snot out of...

Note my bold point above?

I didn't say hollowpoints don't do anything...I said, more-or-less, that "most hollowpoint designs..." do not do much better than LRN.

I try to take pains to write literally. If you get into segmented (rare-ish), truncated cone HP (rare-ish..only Yellowjacket), or customer-formed hollowpoints, or get into Stinger where the speed is self-fulfilling, then the hollowpoints work.

But as I said, MOST (by volume of loadings) "hollowpoints" in .22LR are merely little dimples in the front, and the .22LR impact speed is not enough to open them more than a LRN.

These aren't academic points. It's LITERALLY what I meant.

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

Odds are he is taking regular Sv rounds and cutting the round nose off and drilling a cavity. Modifying round nose isn’t very uncommon, I’ve cut X ‘s into the nose of many and hammered rats with them

 

[natdscott]

Likewise, at least as a kid.

They blow big holes in things.

 

[patience0830]

Odds are he is taking regular Sv rounds and cutting the round nose off and drilling a cavity. Modifying round nose isn’t very uncommon, I’ve cut X ‘s into the nose of many and hammered rats with them

No. Odds are that I have a tool that removes no lead and reshapes the tip. But winchester powerpoints are not just a dimple on the end. Winny 42 gr subsonic Hp same way. Very adamant THWOPP! when they make contact with squirrel noggin or starling breast. Shoot two squirrels in the head. One with a lead solid and one with a lead HP and compare the damage. There are a few varieties with a harder lead composition that don't expand as much when I modify them, but SK subs, Wolf Match Target, CCI SV, all expand nicely and do much more damage than a lead or copper washed solid. RWS hv hp will turn a squirrel head to mush. Damage approaching the .17 mach2 level of destruction.

 

[bwframe]

No. Odds are that I have a tool that removes no lead and reshapes the tip. But winchester powerpoints are not just a dimple on the end. Winny 42 gr subsonic Hp same way. Very adamant THWOPP! when they make contact with squirrel noggin or starling breast. Shoot two squirrels in the head. One with a lead solid and one with a lead HP and compare the damage. There are a few varieties with a harder lead composition that don't expand as much when I modify them, but SK subs, Wolf Match Target, CCI SV, all expand nicely and do much more damage than a lead or copper washed solid. RWS hv hp will turn a squirrel head to mush. Damage approaching the .17 mach2 level of destruction.

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

No. Odds are that I have a tool that removes no lead and reshapes the tip. But winchester powerpoints are not just a dimple on the end. Winny 42 gr subsonic Hp same way. Very adamant THWOPP! when they make contact with squirrel noggin or starling breast. Shoot two squirrels in the head. One with a lead solid and one with a lead HP and compare the damage. There are a few varieties with a harder lead composition that don't expand as much when I modify them, but SK subs, Wolf Match Target, CCI SV, all expand nicely and do much more damage than a lead or copper washed solid. RWS hv hp will turn a squirrel head to mush. Damage approaching the .17 mach2 level of destruction.

Ain’t nobody got time for that. I just spend the money and get the Segmented. Ill let the engineers deal with bullet design. Every body they hit sounds like a paper bag exploding and the bodies show the damage. I’d post pics but I’m sure this thread would get shut down immediately

 

[johntheplinker]

Can almost guarantee this will not group worth a ****.

Eley subsonic. SK std. If you absolutely must go supersonic then RWS high velocity HP may be the ticket. RWS subs shoot well in some of my .22's as well. Every .22 will have a preference. Buy several brands and test. Only way you'll know for sure.

This right here. Every rifle has its individual preferences. What shoots good in mine may not shoot worth a crap in yours and vice versa.

But for my 2 centavos here are some results that I've gotten recently with my Tikka T1x. This is an average of at least 5 5 shot groups @ 50 yards, also got some 10 shot groups where noted.

Aguila SE SV .45" 2 10 shot groups of .64 and .62
Aguila SE HV .5" 2 10 shot groups of .7 and .85"
CCI HP Mininmags .45"
CCI SV .6" 2 10 shot groups of .5 and .8" About every other 5 shot group I'd get a really bad flyer, no rhyme or reason I can see.
CCI Blazer .4" 1 10 shoter of .69"
CCI AR Tac .82" best I've ever had this ammo shoot
Geco SA .4" 2 10 shoters of .46 and .53
Fed AE 36 Hps .88"
Fed 710 1"
Rem Goldens .75" very inconsistent, a couple of groups were actually really good, but the others

Win HVHP .9"

 

[two70]

But winchester powerpoints are not just a dimple on the end. Winny 42 gr subsonic Hp same way.

Yes, Winchester HPs actually work like a HP is supposed to. I don't do much small game hunting currently but when I did Winchester Powerpoints were my first choice. They always got the job done, up to and including a few coyotes.

For fairly close range pest removal the Aguila Supermaximum HP and Interceptor HP will do a number on the target. Most .22s probably won't print bragging size groups with them though.

 

[patience0830]

To quote Bob &Tom, "Theres nothin funny down that road!"

 

[patience0830]

Ain’t nobody got time for that.

I apparently do. And it's about the accuracy achieved and the terminal results, not the dollars saved.

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

Who’s saving money? It ain’t me, the boutique rounds aren’t .02 a round

 

[bwframe]

I'm curious about the tools to adjust LRN's into HP's? Is this done with a mission specific tool or something else?

 

[ROLEXrifleman]

The tool

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQC51Nst_g

 

[patience0830]

The tool

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQC51Nst_g

Like that although not from them. They may have some trouble from someone who was there first and holds the patent.

 

[omegahunter]

Remington Subsonics in the 881, Winchester bulk in the BL-22, and bulk Federals for the 10/22.

Gotta figure out what the gun likes, not what I like.

 

[natdscott]

Like that although not from them. They may have some trouble from someone who was there first and holds the patent.

You oughta forward that on to him.

 

[clayshooter99]

I recently killed about 70 prarie dogs with a Ruger 10/22 and Lapua Match ammo which is not flat shooting at all. Flat shooting is not a requirement and the faster flat shooting ammo you have will likely result in very poor grouping. With that said, some of the most accurate 22 ammo will be under 1200 fps by far. Some stuff that is fast does shoot well in SOME guns.