Are CCI Stingers Still made?

They are still made.

They are still made, but so hard to find that I haven't shot any of the 3500 I have in quite some time.

There's all sorts of .22LR being made. Finding it can be a problem.

.22LR is much easier to find than it was a year ago, but you can't be too choosy yet.

look also for aguila hypers, but if you are using a semi auto, I would avoid
hypers alltogether.
also, if you want a true 22lr round, that is fast(hypers use a 22stinger case)
look for Aguila interceptors. uses a true 22lr case, and fires a 40 grain round, not a 30 like for most hypers. Speed? try almost 1500 fps.
at 40 grains, that is putting out some monster energy...

Yes Stingers are still made. Just that they don't do runs of them all the time. Considering CCI makes 4 million rounds of 22 a day. I would say more than a few people are still buying a lot of extra 22 ammo.

Nothing wrong with CCI Velocitors. Them things hit hard for a 22.

I bought 50 about three months ago. They sound like "the crack of doom" out of a Walther P22!

Aguila interceptors.

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I just repaired a Browning Buckmark that suffered a sheared off bolt stop because of this stuff!

But talk about poopin' and scootin' out of a rifle, this is the stuff...and 40 grains to boot!

I'll never forget when stingers first hit the market in the mid 1970's. They killed game far better than any .22 I had ever shot. They were so fast that they would completely penetrate a hand tossed quarter if hit square and knock a hand tossed golf ball like Tiger Woods was having a bad day. Since their introduction they have gone thru numerous changes, but their performance remains stellar.

hometheaterman said:

Why do you guys not recommend these in a semi auto .22 rifle?

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Check your owner's manual for sure (Ruger has them for download on their website if you've lost it). Most semi rifle makers discourage the use of hyper velocity rounds (but not high-velocity) because they beat up the buffers and other internals too much.

Kind of like +P ammo in a handgun not rated for it, a few probably won't hurt, but a steady diet is an eventual recipe for disaster.

You would be better off getting aguila interceptors; they are a true 22lr case.
the stinger cases are .1 inches longer than a regular 22lr case, and they also use a 30 or 29 grain bullet- this so they can stuff more powder in the stinger case. So you will have a faster, stronger recoil impulse imparted on the bolt assy., which in a ruger, is stopped by a metal bar, from going further backwards.
Does that sound like something you want to do to your rifle?

Since the Stingers have become so hard to find, I have found myself becoming more attached to the Velocitors

my Mossberg Plinksters manual said the gun is designed for high velocity ammo specifically, and I have noticed the best accuracy (and what I would certainly call "positive" casing ejection) with the Stingers. It uses a plastic buffer to keep the recoil energy from shearing the pins or cracking the receiver, which is apparently different from the way the Ruger 10/22 works.

There still available up here in Maine. After I find where the coyote went my trap and drag he become quite familiar with them.

Hard to find at times but still being made.

RevolvingGarbage said:

my Mossberg Plinksters manual said the gun is designed for high velocity ammo specifically, and I have noticed the best accuracy (and what I would certainly call "positive" casing ejection) with the Stingers.

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My Marlin Model 60 is also geared toward high velocity ammo. The manual says (in red ink on p.4): "Your rifle is...designed for .22 Long Rifle High Velocity cartridges only (not Hyper-Velocity)." It also has a plastic buffer.

I was surprised that Winchester Xpert outshot the CCI Mini-Mags on the last outing. I'll try a repeat next week and see if it happens again.

I feed my .22LR semi's Mini Mags. I've found all my guns shoot and feed better with them, from my father's 1972 Ruger Mark I to my 10/22 to my Ruger Mark IIII.

The Stingers have never been very accurate in the rifles I have tested them in (Win M52, Rem T513, Contender Match and more). The case is longer than 22lr and can extend into the lead of a match chamber. This raises pressure considerably.

Personally, I like the CCI Velocitors (40gr, 1400fps Gold Dot HP bullet) in a 22lr rifle for any serious use. They are very accurate and use a standard case length. The CCI minimags are also excellent. For plinking ammo I have had good results in several rifles with CCI Blazer 40gr solids.

Stingers are one of the best rounds for 22lr pistols as far as terminal results are concerned. The Velocitors really are optimized for rifles and don't perform as well as standard rounds in short handgun barrels.

I've often wondered what rifle the stingers were optimized for? Same as DBR I haven't found one that shoots them accurate enough. I like them in my pistols..Heritage revolver and Ruger mk..

I don't know what is or what is not recommended, but in the late 70s thru the mid 80s I ran 15 to 20K rounds of CCI Stingers in a Ruger 10-22. It was sure death for a mountain of jackrabbits and p-dogs. It did seem to wear out and I replaced it, but I feel it did its job.

I used to use CCI Stingers many years ago to take down coyotes and bobcats in South Texas on my ranch.
The ammo was pretty good.
I found a better ammo. It is made by CCI and in my opinion, it is far better than the Stingers if you want to use a Hyper Velocity round.
CCI makes a .22 Long Rifle ammunition called QUICK-SHOK. This ammo in my opinion is the best .22LR ammo for medium size varmits. I have shot coyotes and bobcats and I also took a large boar Javalina with this ammo. The QUICK-SHOK bullet separates into three equal parts on impact. Three large projectiles or bullet fragments produce a lot of damage to the vitals of an animal or if you had to use this ammo for self defense. My shots to these animals just dropped them on their tracks with a good chest or shoulder shot. Most animals would jump up or leap forward and run for a short distance before dropping with a body shot with standard .22 long rifle or high velocity. The QUICK-SHOK ammo delivers a terrible shock wave in the body cavity of an animal.
Try this ammo and see if you can see the difference from the CCI Stinger to this ammo.

Good luck,
Daniel

I use Quik-Shok for up to rabbit sized animals. They are very effective. However, they only penetrate about 7" in muscle. They also are loaded in Stinger cases so they have the same chamber issues as Stingers.

The CCI Velocitors are loaded in standard length cases. Out of a rifle they reliably expand to about 38 caliber and penetrate 14"-16". I think these are more suitable for larger animals.

The Velocitors are ballistically superior to the Stingers, especially in the more common 18" and 20" barrels. Stingers use a proprietary powder that burns slower and gets them most velocity out of barrels longer than 22". Although my 10/22 (with a 22" medium contour barrel) can chew dimes out of targets all day at 50 yards with Stingers, I havent' been able to obtain that kind of accuracy with them past that, but I have with the Velocitors. The 25% increase in mass far outweighs the 300 fps difference in velocity. I'd buy them instead.