The firearm thread

[Indiana_Jones]

Hey, this is probably a stupid question... But, do all bolt action 22s shoot everything from high velocity to sub sonics, fine?

That they do.

No such thing as a silly question when regarding firearms. Gotta be sure!

-Indy

[wbks]

Yea, I thought that some semis might have trouble with weak sub sonics, but wondered if there might have been something to do with pressures in the barrel.

[Indiana_Jones]

Yea, I thought that some semis might have trouble with weak sub sonics, but wondered if there might have been something to do with pressures in the barrel.

Yea, with semi's you'd want make sure, but with bolt it's all good.

-Indy

[ManDownUnder]

Hey, this is probably a stupid question... But, do all bolt action 22s shoot everything from high velocity to sub sonics, fine?

They all spit the bit of lead out the end... yes. Every rifle has a preference for some ammo and not others though, so it pays to have a play with different kinds of ammo till you find one that groups nicely, then stick to it if you can.

Obviously if you're intending to hunt with it - grab the different kinds of hunting ammo to try out, or target shooting you'd grab the target rounds.

[wbks]

At the moment I'm only really looking at regular or sub sonics for plinking and obviously I can get what ever shoots best within that. I could get high velocity but I'd prefer to be able to shoot all day in the paddock without the neighbors getting annoyed, and anything other than high velocity sounds too quiet to even hear at 500 mtrs away. That, and the farmers won't think I'm doin' some cattle rustling hahaha

[jono035]

At the moment I'm only really looking at regular or sub sonics for plinking and obviously I can get what ever shoots best within that. I could get high velocity but I'd prefer to be able to shoot all day in the paddock without the neighbors getting annoyed, and anything other than high velocity sounds too quiet to even hear at 500 mtrs away. That, and the farmers won't think I'm doin' some cattle rustling hahaha

Yeah, with a couple of very specific exceptions, any .22 ammo will do fine. Most of the semi-autos will cycle with decent subsonic loads (CCI subs for instance) too unless they're dirty or have an overly strong spring, but this is rare.

The only time you'll run into issues really is with the heavy target barrels (like the one on my target 10/22). They are tight barrels to begin with and the rifling goes all the way back to the casing so the bullet is wedged into the rifling before it is fired. The biggest problems I had were CCI stingers (complete no go) and some of the subsonic rounds. These were due to slightly oversized projectiles.

For plinking CCI standard is pretty good value ($65/brick of 1k rounds from Reloaders Supplies) with good quality to boot. Most of the other cheaper stuff can be a little bit variable in terms of accuracy...

[hospitalfood]

winchester long-z is interesting .22 ammo. quiet as a silenced round without the silencer.

slow as but effective out to 50 m probably, depending on the target.

worth a try, good fun stuff and accurate.

[Indiana_Jones]

Good ammo also makes cleaning a lot easier I find.

Highland is flithy flithy stuff lol

-Indy

[jono035]

Good ammo also makes cleaning a lot easier I find.

Highland is flithy flithy stuff lol

-Indy

Ugh, highland is fucking terrible. They started shooting it as the cheap ammo at CSI, smells terrible and leaves a bad taste in my throat too.

Don't know about accuracy but it doesn't sound consistent when firing...

[The Pastor]

Many a possum has fallen as a direct result of highland ammo :d

one of my gun mags has highland ammo as the authors fave brand ahahaha

[Indiana_Jones]

Highland shoots straight enough, just flithy lol

CCI is pretty clean, hardly use any patches with it.

-Indy

[scumdog]

Highland shoots straight enough, just flithy lol

CCI is pretty clean, hardly use any patches with it.

-Indy

Can't remember the last time I cleaned the bore of any of my .22 rifles.
A wipe down of the bolt etc and a drop of oil is all the lovin' they get.

[Wolf]

Can't remember the last time I cleaned the bore of any of my .22 rifles.
A wipe down of the bolt etc and a drop of oil is all the lovin' they get.

My bore cleaning is irregular. It may get cleaned when I get home if I have the energy to do more than shove the rifle in the cabinet and lock it. More likely it'll get cleaned the night before a planned shoot. Always comes up shiny, though.

[The Pastor]

can't remember the last time i cleaned the bore of any of my .22 rifles.
A wipe down of the bolt etc and a drop of oil is all the lovin' they get.

what a waste of oil

[ghost]

Hey, this is probably a stupid question... But, do all bolt action 22s shoot everything from high velocity to sub sonics, fine?

Yup, would also pay to have a bit of a play to see what brand shoots where.

My BRNO throws any brand in the same place time after time, only varies with sub's being lower at range. My 10/22 definatly is a bit fussy with some of the slow stuff, not cycling, but throws it around more.