Aguila 60gr 22 LR Sniper Subsonic

[rat-7]

Has anyone tried this for hunting? Is it any good or just hyped up? Does the 60gr. make any difference in performance? I'm assuming this would be a relatively short range round.

 

[vp6111]

Reports and reviews indicate it needs a barrel twist faster than a traditional 1:16 for to be accurate.

 

[22forever]

1:9" twist recommended

 

[I Dont Care About You]

It needs a fast twist barrel. The bullets are solid round nose so not exactly amazing for quick kills.

 

[Big bore dinosaur]

Wonder how quite they are compared to the cci qiutes. . 60gr is a big bullet to spin

 

[thegazelle]

Reports and reviews indicate it needs a barrel twist faster than a traditional 1:16 for to be accurate.

Aguila recommends minimum 1:12

https://www.aguilaammo.com/products/22-sniper-subsonic-long-rifle-subsonic-lead-solid-point

I have shot these through my CZ 457 - I believe it's a 1:16 twist rate - for targets. Grouping at only 25 yards was decent (for me). I know it's lead round nose, so I can't comment about hunting applications. Accuracy was better than Remington CBees (33 grain) and Aguila Colibri (20gr) - maybe not a good comparison point, but not as good as CCI Quiet 40gr (out of my CZ 457 and my Savage Mark II-G) which have had the best performance. But YMMV.

 

[*lawrence]

They really smack the gong at 100 yards......

 

[brybenn]

They were quiet but none of my rifles would stabilize them. They all keyholed

 

[*lawrence]

My Norinco JW-15A shoots them very well. The barrel has to have the correct twist.