Looking for some 22 mag subsonic

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Anyone know of any retailers that have subsonic 22 magnum for sale? I know winchester makes some or at least did at one time.
 
I don't understand, lol it's like when a buddy (not an avid gunnie) inquires about subsonic .556 lol. "You mean .22lr?"
 
Glad I'm not the only one confused.

OP-I'm not personally aware of any subsonic 22WMR loads, nor have I ever heard the question. Doesn't mean they don't exist though, so do some digging maybe?
 
In the original 'Day of the Jackal' film (not the horrendously bad Bruce Willis nonsense of a similar name) the rifle used was chambered in .22 Magnum, or possibly .22 Hornet. Whichever was the case, the loading was definitely subsonic, as no supersonic crack was heard when the shooter was sighting in the suppressed rifle at a melon target. The point seemed to me to be allowing a slightly larger volume of mercury in the bullets intended for use in assassinating Charles de Gaulle, the bullet size being slightly longer than would be practical in .22lr. Ultimate quiet and precision were central to the role of that rifle, hence the use of a .22" round instead of something larger in diameter - the suppressor used had to be of a relatively small outside diameter for concealment in transit. I can think of no other practical implementation of a subsonic .22 Magnum cartridge... but perhaps someone will come along and explain why such a thing might be wanted.
 
GerardSamija said:
In the original 'Day of the Jackal' film (not the horrendously bad Bruce Willis nonsense of a similar name) the rifle used was chambered in .22 Magnum, or possibly .22 Hornet. Whichever was the case, the loading was definitely subsonic, as no supersonic crack was heard when the shooter was sighting in the suppressed rifle at a melon target. The point seemed to me to be allowing a slightly larger volume of mercury in the bullets intended for use in assassinating Charles de Gaulle, the bullet size being slightly longer than would be practical in .22lr. Ultimate quiet and precision were central to the role of that rifle, hence the use of a .22" round instead of something larger in diameter - the suppressor used had to be of a relatively small outside diameter for concealment in transit. I can think of no other practical implementation of a subsonic .22 Magnum cartridge... but perhaps someone will come along and explain why such a thing might be wanted.
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I suppose if you were out shooting prairie dogs at a distance and you came across a prairie chicken close range ......................
 
Winchester makes a 45gr 22mag jhp loading. Be good for someone that doesn't have a 22lr and needs to dispatch the odd varmint quietly. Haven't seen any on the shelves of stores yet but it's being made.
 
Dumpshoot, good on you for the East Hill link. As for the movie reference Gerard, I wouldn't count on sound track to be definitive. Sounds are often dubbed to follow a plot line. I don't recall, did they 'say' the ammo was sub?
 
Buck1950 said:
Dumpshoot, good on you for the East Hill link. As for the movie reference Gerard, I wouldn't count on sound track to be definitive. Sounds are often dubbed to follow a plot line. I don't recall, did they 'say' the ammo was sub?
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No, I don't recall subsonic being mentioned in either the book or the movie. Just going from the sound effects used whenever he fired the rifle, and putting that together which the assassin's hope of getting away unnoticed. But of course you're right - movie sound effects people rarely concern themselves with authentic suppressed firearm sounds. They almost always go for a *pew* *pew* sort of thing, even in the supposedly realistic Navy Seal type shows these days.
 
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