Favorite 22lr ammo for grouse?

I've used .22 quiet segmented hollow points out to 25y on all kinds of game including a crow I stumbled upon in a tree. Only bad luck I had was on a skunk at distance in the chest under the advice that when shot in the heart they don't spray... That advice was wrong
 
I have had good results with CCI Sub-Sonic HP, I found them more accurate than the Remington version I used to use. More energy than CCI Quiet rounds, but without the sonic Crack of high velocity shells. WK
 
I used to like it when you could buy 22 long. Found them much nicer on grouse and bunnies than the long rifle. Not as much damage if you hit a bit low. I used to aim for where the neck and breast meet. Killed them every time without damage to the breast. Can't do that with the long rifle rounds. Just a bit more oomph seems to tear them up a bit.
 
I use CCI velocitors - head shots only - very accurate out of my scoped Ruger 10/22. Even a glancing head shot is effective.

I would switch to a higher energy 22 like the velocitor, stinger, yellow jacket etc (what ever shoots best) and try again.
 
I had good luck and accuracy with the 22 Quiets in a Winchester Model 69A target rifle. Shot a number of grouse with no problem. In the Ruger 10/22 I use Blazers. Shoots very well.
I am also a believer in shooting for the crop on grouse, as I have actually witnessed numerous grouse duck 22 bullets at various ranges between 20 to 30 yards over the years. Although I think that the ambient lighting conditions does make a difference in their ability to see the bullet coming at them. And I am not the steadiest hand in the world, and the base of the neck moves less when they duck than their head does. Have had fewer misses over the years since switching away from the head shots.
Just a thought, but if you saw blood on the bird's beak, perhaps that is where your bullet struck that grouse and caused it to crash into the tree dazed. Could explain the sound of the bullet strike and it not being a lethal hit???
 
I guarantee that you missed.

CCI Quiets have 45 ft/lb energy... we have killed hundreds of grouse and hares with pellet pistols that shoot 14.3 grain pellets at 460 fps for a whopping 6.7 ft/lb of energy... birds drop like stones when shot squarely through the head... the point is, you have to hit them "squarely" through the head. If they fly away, it was not a square, brain-pan hit... period. I shot a sharptail last fall with a CCI Subsonic, through the head and was shocked to see it fly off, it went 100 yards and then turn straight up and then hovered flapping frantically before it came crashing to the ground. My Springer recovered the bird and when inspected, it turned out the bullet had indeed gone through the head, but below the eye and did not disrupt the brain or spinal column, in other words, I hit but missed.

Long story, short... the ammo was not the problem... just spend a little more time fine tuning the POI and aiming for the center of the cranium... the Quiets will work fine... personally, I don't like Quiets, but only because they are not very accurate in any gun that I have tried them in... Subsonics and Standard Velocity have been my go-to's most of the time.
 
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I use the 710fps CCI for groundhogs in the past. Big groundhogs, in the head, out the other side dead on impact. How big are the grouses heads you're shooting? Like the other poster said, there's like 45ish foot pounds. So about 9 times the power of your standard Canadian Tire Pelle gun in .177.
 
The CCI Quiet is notoriously inaccurate.
A rifle sighted in with CCI SV at 50 yards will be 4-5 inches low with Quiet ammo.
Group size will exceed 2" so "sighted in" tells little.
Testing Quiet to 25 yards and then shooting beyond that distance will tell a story.
The high velocity ammo explains why there are advocates in this post.
The originator of this post did not post much evidence as to accuracy obtained at a known distance nor the distance the missed shots were taken at.
Quiet ammo is a specialty product and requires testing to the same standard as any other ammunition.
The weight of the powder used is roughly as follows for CCI: MiniMags - 1.5 grains; SV - 1.0; Quiet - 0.5. One day I may do the same test using my GemPro.

Today was the day:

CCI MiniMags 1.34 grains With the new red polymer coating

CCI SV 0.92 grains

CCI Quiet 0.44 Grains

So there is not much room for error and testing in your particular rifle is a necessity.
 
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I’ve found CCI subsonic to be the perfect grouse killer for me; has proven accurate in the field for me within 50 yards. A little more oomph than the quiets but still not much more than a loud snap. Might be a nice middle ground for you if you want that extra punch without too much of a bang.
 
I used CCI quiets 2 years ago on grouse from a chiappa little badger with great success.
Last year up north I had them in my 10/22. Saw a grouse, jumped out of the truck...pop! Tap! Wtf?! Pop! Tap! I shot it 10 times. Every shot I heard the "tap" which I can only conclude was the bullets stopping on the feathers. It eventually flew away.

I use yellow jackets now.
 
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Squamch said:
I used CCI quiets 2 years ago on grouse from a chiappa little badger with great success.
Last year up north I had them in my 10/22. Saw a grouse, jumped out of the truck...pop! Tap! Wtf?! Pop! Tap! I shot it 10 times. Every shot I heard the "tap" which I can only conclude was the bullets stopping on the feathers. It eventually flew away.

I use yellow jackets now.
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Grouse now have Kevlar woven into their feathers?
 
Short range the CCI quiets work for me. Shots are 10/20 feet most of the time, the 22/410 is the truck gun, use shotgun when out and about. Anybody remember the Short shorts. There were some in the basement when we bought the house and a box of longs.
 
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