A strange person
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I cannot seem to find any consistent info on this. What velocities could I expect from a .22WMR load with a 40 grain bullet advertised to give 1800 fps from a rifle in something like a Ruger Single-Six with the 6.5" barrel?
understand that IF you get 1500 fps, you still only have 200 ft lbs, like a 380?
Yes because the market is flooded with nice .380's suitable for small game hunting.understand that IF you get 1500 fps, you still only have 200 ft lbs, like a 380?
And Speer/CCI has Gold Dots out, in a short-barrel recipe.Hornaday just released their Critical Defense HP's in .22 mag!
They have, out of a six-inch barrel, almost exactly the same velocity and energy as long rifle CCI Velocitors do from a rifle.
Stingers go 1329fps out of my 5.5" Ruger MKII for 126 ft-lbs.
40gr Aguila Interceptors avg 1175fps for 123ft-lbs from my 5.5" Single Six. CCI velocitors were not as fast.
Magnums out of 5.5" Single Six
30gr Hornady Vmax, 1484fps for 147 ft-lbs. Not much improvement over the Stingers and Interceptors.
Best 22Mag load are the 40gr CCI MAxi-Mag with 1344fps for 161 ft-lbs.
No where nearly twice as powerful. The 22LR stacks up pretty good, and their bullets are designed to work at handgun velocities, can't say the same for 22Mags going 1344fps. Even the Vmaxs act like FMJ and don't blow up on game at these velocities.