Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires What is the most consistent subsonic .22 LR HP ammo?

My brother went looking for CCI SS after he installed M4-2000 on his 10-22 and couldn't find any in his typical gunshops in the Front Range.

Found plenty of Rem SS and it shot quietly enough at his elevation and temperature. But I prefer the CCI out of any .22; reckon there's a reason they were out everywhere?

Bob,
Are you sure about that? I don't think that is true. I "think" Remington contracted Eley to make some loads for them with a co-banner so Remington could cash in on the Eley name and reputation, but I'm pretty sure they didn't buy out the entire company. Eley has been saying they were redesigning both the sub sonic and the high velocity hollowpoint load (what many of us called the "White Rabbit" load because of the picture on the front cover of the boxes). Supposedly Eley has a new bullet design for those loads... but they are s-l-o-w to get product on the shelves.

Remember, to really test the grouping of different rounds, you should season the bore with 10-20 rounds of a given brand before you shoot your test group. Left over lube from the previous brand may affect how your gun actually shoots different stuff.

shoot4fun - by "consistent" i am talking about velocity (as in the difference in sound between a sub and something faster). i have a suppressor on this .22, and one can easily disern the difference between a sub round and one that isn't. the remington subs i have are not all subs (although they say sunsonic on the box), but vary greatly in sound/velocity, which shows itself in different points of impact. the win and rws are not only accurate, but every round fired sounds exactly like the one before. that is not the case with the rem loads i have. thanks for the response.

I have been using the CCI standard velocitys for a while but they started going supersonic on me last time I was shooting. Not good, so I just ordered 2 bricks of RWS Subsonics. They will be in Thursday and I will report back.

I also have used Wolf Match ammo and had good results.

How did they go sub-sonic on you? I am pretty sure they start out subsonic.

Dink

I am not sure what your saying.

They stay subsonic for in my auto loader, but I was getting some supersonic cracks while shooting them in a 16" bolt gun.

Jbuck I mis-read what you posted. I thought you were saying they were going sub-sonic even though they start out already sub-sonic.

Dink

I'd like to try the RWS but haven't seen it around here (haven't looked very hard though). The CCI standard velocity ammo and segmented HPs have been great but I'm sure the RWS ammo is top notch as well. I might have to give some a try - along with some Wolf Match ammo....

I ordered the RWS from Midwayusa