Old CCI Stinger rounds

The boxes my be worth more than the duds, if they have been stored in non climate controlled conditions.

cool find.

Neat stuff. The pop can picture really is the truth, in my experience - assuming you actually managed to hit one. I was always shocked at how violent the things were, and also how crummy the accuracy was.

I doubt they are worth anything. I would shoot them up, if they were mine.

heck yeah Id shoot 'em

I'd run 'em through my Nylon 66 and remember when my dad would buy the same rounds and go bust Lone Star beer cans at our property

I would take out a few boxes and see how they shoot. If they all go bang like I suspect they will I would keep them or sell some to friends. Those stingers were loaded a little hotter than the stingers of today. They list the velocity as 1685 fps. Interesting.

If you want the pop can pictures, drink a can, then shoot it empty. Then fill another with liquid and shoot it. The hydraulics will be much more dramatic. Of course your not going to find any “steel” pop cans these days.

Sounds a bit more old school to me.




A faster bullet will actually make less of an imprint on an empty can at high speed. A 22-250 will wiggle one at 4000 fps where a red Ryder will dent it and knock it over at a couple hundred fps.

Fill them up with water first and the results are dramatically different.

Put them on Armslist and see what happens. Someone may just have to have them for their collection. You never know and it won't cost you a thing.

Shoot ‘em. Save the boxes.

As was mentioned above, all depends on how that ammunition has been stored. Cool, dry, atmosphere is the best. Here is a variety of CCI .22 rimfire, pre Stingers, and the value at this time, per box, doesn't set any records. Maybe in another 20 years, or so, things may change:



From what I've seen, probably around $50.00 per brick, but the ORM-D shipping will be something else. I would be interested in a brick, but only to keep those rounds "out of the hands of children". Only full boxes of older .22 rimfire ammunition interests true collectors.

I’d skip on shooting as the coating is probably pretty dried up. That means lead smearing in your barrel. Snap a picture of one out of the box, probably looks crusty.

I have some Winchester superX from the 50s. My Martini single shot won't shoot as well with anything else. I bought a box full of stuff st an estate sale 30 years ago, gave $35 for the box, there were 42 boxes of those SuperX in that box. Wish I could score like that sgain. I say shoot them up.

Skylerbone said:

I’d skip on shooting as the coating is probably pretty dried up. That means lead smearing in your barrel. Snap a picture of one out of the box, probably looks crusty.

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My recollection of CCI Stingers of this vintage had nickeled cases and copper-plated bullets -- I second the request for a sample photo.

I was in the Scouts back when Stingers first hit the market -- they were a big talking point then, as if Super Vel ammo had been introduced to the rimfire set. They may even have advertised in Boy's Life back then. I tried a box and got over them pretty quickly, as the added cost plus nothing special accuracy from my Marlin didn't seem worth bragging about.