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For hunting critters , what's yours ? Anyone use Remington Sub Sonic ? Opinions of the Sub Sonic for hunting ?

Mike

If they shoot good, shoot em. I have never owned a 22 that wuld shoot any Remington rimfire ammo worth a dam, now CCI shorts and longs is a different story.

Many a bushtail has met his maker with CCI longs in my back yard at ranges up to about 40/43 yards.

I normally use Wolf Match Target for hunting gray squirrels. It is very accurate in my Kimber Hunter and with head shots, it is plenty enough. I have a Browning A-Bolt .22 that shoots Remington Sub Sonic quite well. I killed a lot of squirrels with that combination. CCI Standard Velocity and Mini-Mags are almost never a bad choice in any .22 firearm.

Man we think alike on a lot...I always used Match Ammo on squirrels...back in the day, usually CCI gree tag or Remington Pistol Match...It shot better in my rifle,and was a skosh more quiet...I used to shoot them behind the shoulder cause head shots often caused them to kick when they hit the leaves, making more noise,behind the shoulder was DRT.
Nowadays for ground squirrels here in MT. which we shoot by the thousands and don't eat, I favor CCI Mini-mag Hollow points...gun likes them best, and the HPs doink 'em pretty hard..
Ingwe

Another vote for the Mini-Mags. I have some Wolf Match and PMC match that shoot the best on both of my .22's, but the Mini-Mags shoot better on average than anything else I have tried.

CCI Velociter and the mini mags get my vote. My Ruger 10/22 with a 20" Green Moutain barrel spits the Velociter into 1 hole at 50 yards. Haven't tried them on grey yet.

Ken

Two of my rifles really like Rem Sub-Sonics. They are accurate, effective on head or shoulder shots, and used to be pretty cheap.

Tried some Winchester Sub-Sonics yesterday, and got .5 inch five shot groups at 50 yards. These bullets have a wicked large hollow point. I'll be giving them a try in the squirrel woods this fall.

Wolf match seem to work in every rifle I've tried them in.

Steve

So Steve, I'm guessing we're splitting that case you ordered ? Got the same results with my Cooper.

Pugs,

Yup!

Steve

CCI LR sub-sonic HP's work great in my Weatherby MK XX11 and Sako Finnfire. Have shot bunches of ground squirrels with this combo. Kills them with any kind of decent bullet placement.
Virgil B.

For me it's a 10 year old batch of Federal Gold Ultra Match. I'm down to 18 boxes and the thought of running out brings tears to my eyes. My primary squirrel rifle is a custom Martini 12/15 that shoots this stuff into 3/8" groups/50 yds. My M2 Springfield orders Eley Tenex off the menu. The lot I have of that stuff is very accurate in that gun, but not so hot in the Martini.

I prefer match ammo for squirrels because I believe in bullet placement being more important than high velocity. Of course if the Hi Vel stuff shot better than the match stuff in my rifles, that's what I would use. I can't remember ever losing a squirrel that was hit in the chest with a low vel .22 bullet. I bought into the high velocity/hollow point arguement as a kid, but as I got older I came to find that the slow stuff kills just fine too. A lot quieter also- maybe a consideration if additional targets are desired.

I've got an old mossberg us44 and it hates the high velocity LR's, but the lr standard vels work very nice. Right now it's tuned up to shoot CCI CB's and when it comes to those rounds it is hell on earth and very quite. At 30 yrds I can knock a spent shotgun shell primer straight out of the shell. I know that distance isn't much, but I figure my job is to close the gap and the gun will do the rest.

I've used Remington sub sonic HPs for the last couple years and they've performed great on squirrels.

CCI Mini-Mags shoot the best from my Kimber and my Green Mountain Barreled 10-22. My 22 pistols like the Winchester Dyna-Points the best . I use the 17 HMR for most of my squirrel hunting these days . My Anschutz and Cooper 17 HMR are the tops when it comes to killing squirrels.

The CCi stingers shoot best in my Ruger 10/22,Blazer 22 lr's come in a close second.

I've got a 1022, a Marlin 60, an Anshutz, and a old Ruger Standard pistol (that's the one that preceded the MK I) and they all prefer different shells. I have found that the standard velocity shells seem to be a mite more accurate. I have also found that hollow point/solid point does not make any difference in dead squirrels or cotton tails.

I do a lot of shooting with sub-sonic ammo and this is my favorite sub-sonic hunting ammo:

lapua

I've shot Remington Sub-sonics on grouse (head shots only) and rabbits. They've done just fine on either one. They're as accurate as Remington Target or Federal standard velocity out of my Anschutz 64 or Remington 541 and have fewer fliers than the Remington Target. They also used to be pretty inexpensive.

I bought a carton of the Winchester sub-sonics but haven't had a chance to get out to the range and see how they do.

My three primary .22LR squirrel hunting rifles absolutely love both the Eley High Velocity Hollowpoint AND the Eley Sub Sonic Hollowpoint. Unfortunately Eley can't seem to produce enough ammo to feed the U.S. market and they are only available in small runs which dry up so quickly if you aren't paying extremely close attention you miss out.