Aguila Super Extra .22lr: does it smell citrusy to you?

twofewscrews · Jun 28, 2021

Hey,

So I was talking with my friend about the smell given off when plinking and whatnot with various kinds of ammunition. I swear when I shoot the Aguila Super Extra .22lr I smell a strong citrus smell. My friend says I'm losing my marbles. He says it smells just like regular gunpowder. My girlfriend says she smells a little bit of citrus but I think she might be humoring me.

Am I the only one who is instantly reminded of fresh squeezed OJ when firing Aguila Super Extra .22lr? Federal, Eley, Armscor, and Winchester all smell like proper gun powder but the Aguila stuff makes me hungry/thirsty.

Boomholzer · Jun 28, 2021

Sounds like a side effect of the 'Rona.

Barbaroja · Jun 28, 2021

No citrus smell here, great ammo though

Hartkopf · Jun 28, 2021

Smells like glue to me. Like the extremely smelly, chemical glue that I imagine some people would try to get high on.

trackskippy · Jun 28, 2021

It does have a different, but not unpleasing smell to it. Not sure Id call it citrus though.

OrangeCat · Jun 28, 2021

I use a lot of it it's inexpensive and easy to find and agree it smells different, wouldn't call it citrus. But it definitely doesn't smell the same as the federal or cci products.

Gone Hiking · Jun 28, 2021

It seems particularly acrid to me. Decent ammo, but I do not like the smell.

tark · Jun 28, 2021

I'm with Orange cat.

jmorris · Jun 28, 2021

How old is it?

Most of mine is fairly old and some is very accurate for the money. I got some more of the Standard velocity super extra because one rifle did particularly well with it but the new batch isn’t so great.

Then I noticed most of my stock is Eley prime and the new stuff is Aguila prime (bottom left).

snuzzo29 · Jun 28, 2021

One of my friends thinks it smells like soap. I'm not sure what it smells like honestly.

twofewscrews · Jun 28, 2021

jmorris said:
How old is it?

Most of mine is fairly old and some is very accurate for the money. I got some more of the Standard velocity super extra because one rifle did particularly well with it but the new batch isn’t so great.

Then I noticed most of my stock is Eley prime and the new stuff is Aguila prime (bottom left).

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Not sure about age but it says Eley prime. I've used Eley Match and Eley something or other though and neither of them smelled like the Aguila.

Deus Machina · Jun 28, 2021

snuzzo29 said:
One of my friends thinks it smells like soap. I'm not sure what it smells like honestly.

That's what I get.
Like the super-cheap commercial-grade antibacterial hand soap, or like you didn't rinse Dawn off the stove burners.

Waveski · Jun 28, 2021

[QUOTE="Deus Machina, post: 11977938, member: 48165". ….. or like you didn't rinse Dawn off the stove burners.[/QUOTE]

High points for imaginative analogy.
I agree that Aguila .22 has a funny/ bad smell , but I’m not going to try to top Machina’s description.

12Bravo20 · Jun 28, 2021

Yes it is the same priming compound that Eley uses/makes. All of my older Remington/Eley 17m2 ammo smells the same. For the most part all of the Aquila Super Extra 38Gr HP and 40Gr RN ammo functions and shoots well out of all the 22lr guns I've use it in. I still find CCI ammo to be a little more accurate.

Leon tP · Jun 28, 2021

I've shot quite a few of the Aquila Sniper SubSonic stuff (SSS)

And I would describe it as summer time outside of the sewage reclamation site... it has a very unpleasant odor.
It's so stinky, I call that ammo Super S****y Smell (SSS). Other than that, it's good shooting reliable ammo. Maybe I just got a really bad batch. Like I said already, it shoots great except for the smell. I wish it smelled like oranges.

CoalCrackerAl · Jun 28, 2021

Im glad my sense of smell is not strong. I have some Aguila standard velocity. My LGS gave me a brick of the super when i bought my Ruger MK4. The ruger didn't like it. I used it in my rifles and revolvers.

Hartkopf · Jun 28, 2021

Has anyone gotten the same smell as anyone else here? I wonder how many different smell descriptions we can come up with before thread lock!

Bazoo · Jun 28, 2021

Imagine Sean Connary saying "citrus", that's the only correlation to citrus in my opinion. I like the ammo, don't care for the smell. It's the gunpowder smell equivalent of ballistol.

Riomouse911 · Jun 28, 2021

Yes, Aguila has a weird odor when fired. I don’t have a descriptor other than “different.”

But any burnt gunpowder odor smells like Freedom to me

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Stay safe.

Carl N. Brown · Jun 28, 2021

I like to joke that Aguila Sniper SubSonic must use pure priming compound in that .22 Short case to give the 60 grain bullet a velocity over 900 feet per second. SSS smoke definitely has a unique aroma.

Carl N. Brown · Jun 28, 2021

Aguila uses the priming method developed by Eley.
Changing the name Eley Prime to Aguila Prime might be a change in process or might just be a change in name to get away from the impression Eley primed the casings for Aguila.

Skeptic13 · Jun 28, 2021

I purchased two large boxes about a year ago and have been shooting it fairly often lately. Don't notice any hint of citrus when I'm shooting it.

DustyGmt · Jun 28, 2021

Bazoo said:
Imagine Sean Connary saying "citrus", that's the only correlation to citrus in my opinion. I like the ammo, don't care for the smell. It's the gunpowder smell equivalent of ballistol.

High five!

DustyGmt · Jun 28, 2021

I don't know about citrus, but I definitely get what you mean. It's got a tangy, acidic, sulphuric smell to it that is unique

Pat Riot · Jun 29, 2021

snuzzo29 said:
One of my friends thinks it smells like soap. I'm not sure what it smells like honestly.

Deus Machina said:
That's what I get.
Like the super-cheap commercial-grade antibacterial hand soap, or like you didn't rinse Dawn off the stove burners.

I also smell a soapy smell when shooting it.
It’s funny, I don’t smell that soapy smell when shooting Agiuila Interceptor or the Super Extra standard velocity ammo. Just the high velocity Super Extra.

Aguila Super Extra .22lr: does it smell citrusy to you?

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