Hey guys, had a bit of a revelation~my interest in hunting coincided with new-found interest in .17 HMR last winter, so I pretty much pushed my .22 lrs to the back-burner and concentrated on this hot little round. Flash ahead to now~I've been spending a great deal of time WITH my .22s close to home where the noise of a 17 wouldn't be ideal. To keep things interesting, I sourced some .22 ammo that I'd never tried~CCI's Sub-Sonic LR HP.
While doing some casual plinking this past weekend, I found a frozen/bruised granny smith apple beside the green bin, and figured I'd blast it. I loaded a few CB longs into my little Norinco Backpacker (
) and sent them down range. I wasn't sure I'd hit the apple, so I had a closer look. 2 direct, one grazed. Funny thing was, you could barely see the entrance holes the CB longs had made. Loaded 3 more, repeat...all 3 hit this time, apple looked largely unscathed. I then remembered the hollow-points, and thought, what the heck? Loaded 5 in the mag, took aim. Bang, direct hit...and this big frozen apple exploded. Now, I'm not sure what role the CBs played in the cloud of mist that replaced that apple...but what a dramatic effect!
Having spent 99% of my .22 shooting using subsonic target ammo., I guess I'm curious about this round and what people are using it for. I'm not sure if there is enough resistance in a frozen apple to cause the kind of expansion that gave that result, or if it was the 11 grains 340 fps boost. Either way, I'm very impressed....and giving thought to using my .22 for small game.
While doing some casual plinking this past weekend, I found a frozen/bruised granny smith apple beside the green bin, and figured I'd blast it. I loaded a few CB longs into my little Norinco Backpacker (
) and sent them down range. I wasn't sure I'd hit the apple, so I had a closer look. 2 direct, one grazed. Funny thing was, you could barely see the entrance holes the CB longs had made. Loaded 3 more, repeat...all 3 hit this time, apple looked largely unscathed. I then remembered the hollow-points, and thought, what the heck? Loaded 5 in the mag, took aim. Bang, direct hit...and this big frozen apple exploded. Now, I'm not sure what role the CBs played in the cloud of mist that replaced that apple...but what a dramatic effect!Having spent 99% of my .22 shooting using subsonic target ammo., I guess I'm curious about this round and what people are using it for. I'm not sure if there is enough resistance in a frozen apple to cause the kind of expansion that gave that result, or if it was the 11 grains 340 fps boost. Either way, I'm very impressed....and giving thought to using my .22 for small game.
