the do's and don't 's of the 22LR....

eltorro

eltorro

CGN frequent flyer
Rating - 100%
138   0   0
Location
Out West
Not being sure if the 410, 12ga or the folding stock 10/22 will make it as the grouse gun for the trip up North, I thought about asking what experiences do you have with using this round on game.

No comments about moose, bears or deer please.

I have 22lr in 32gr 1700fps, Aguila both HP and solid.... Stinger, 40gr subsonics... even a box of 60 gr SSS.

HP or solid? 32 HV or subsonics to not scare the bigger game?
Actual experience would really help.
 
only HP. a head shot with either is a dead bird. a chest shot with a RN will do very little damage and bird runs off into bush. chest shot with HP, you loose a little meat, but bird stays put.
 
i use the 22lr velociters from wally world for hunting rabbits and always put them in the head the odd time a shoulder shot but meat loss is minimal
and they are quite accurate out of my 22's for plinking i buy what ever is cheapest and last time i bought was dynapoints at 13$ a box of 500
 
Ive used lots of 22's to nail grouse, probbaly shot 100 or more of them wiht a .22

Since I pretty much always head shot them, I never reay care about what ammo I happen to be using.

I suppose he holowpoints are better for body shots, but honestly, a pellet or 2 of #5 shot int he body always seems to bring them down, anyway, so I don't see why a .22 woud not.

However, I wouldnt' bother using a solid on grouse, as in a head shot, it matters not, and I suppose the HP operates better on body shots.

Personally, I us a 20 guage, and shoot them ont he wing, or sluice them on the ground, if they are into running and I want dinner........:)
 
does the 10/22 handle 22 shorts? they make next to no noise and have plenty of power for garden raiding rabbits.

if using 22LR, i would take whatever you have found to shoot the best in your rifle. in my experience, the hyper velocity stuff (ie CCI stinger and whatever remington calls theirs) shot like sh#t. in my rifle, the winchester super-X 37 grain hollowpoint is the most accurate and has the best stopping power for gophers.
 
Thanks guys, .... keep them coming...

10/22 doesn't like too much to shoot shorts. There is a kit to fix that, but the subsonics are good enough if the noise are a issue. The thing with the subsonic ammo is that sometimes they do not cycle the action. I change the engagement angle on the hammer side of the bolt to ease thing a bit and now it works flawlessly.

all of them fully penetrated a 4x4" pine, so the question remenins: how well does the HP kills compared to the solid point?

I shot some birds, but some were small - and I usuallt go for the head, but I got a red dot on top of my rifle now, so the body shots might become the norm if the distance is less than 10m or more than 30m....
 
I shot a lot of gophers with my .22 one summer. the hollow point was dramatically different in killing power on marginal shots. I have seen simmilar results on Grouse & Rabbits. I like to make sure every animal I hit comes home, so I'll stick to the added insurance of a HP when hunting small game.
 
a hollowpoint has way more "stopping power" than a solid in a 22. i am sure that i have shot thousands of gophers with a 22LR and a HP anchors them with almost any sort of body hit (and you can often hear the impact), a solid often leaves it a mystery if the gopher was even hit at all, no sound and they almost always make it back down their hole.

with a headshot it should not matter at all.
 
Whatever type you decide on I would suggest you try diff. makes until you find the most accurate ones, some .22s show good accuracy only with certain makes!
 
I'm very found of subsonics, I got remington, elley and some SSS. Only the 60 grainers are not HP. I'll try to get some more and save the Stingers for bear defence.:eek:
 
I have found that Remington Yellowjackets are not the most accurate bullet in my rifle but work stopping grouse with body shots, while the heavier/slower brands of hollowpoints behave much like solids - you shoot them in the chest and they run away.

Testing them on phonebooks, I noticed that yellowjackets seem to be made with very soft lead and a large hollowpoint and they disintigrage in a very short distance compared to the other brands I tested. That was a few years ago so I do not recognize many of the brands mentioned here. One brick of .22 lasts a long time if you only hunt with it...
 
Once I had a TOZ-17 Quiet, and it did not like Stingers. It would chamber and fire them, however the empty casings had a bulge in them just above the rim! (Rifle not built to S.A.A.M.I. specifications)
So the hottest ammo I could fire was the Yellowjackets. They were very accurate and effective out of that bolt action 22.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom