Quitest .22 round out of a rifle?

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All other things being equal, I'm thinking that the quietest round out of a .22 rifle (I have an M-6 Scout, breakdown 'survival rifle' - .22LR over 410 bore) will be the *slowest* one, regardless of bullet weight, propellent used, etc.

My non-expert picks:
1. Aguila Super Colibri 22LR 20 grain 575 fps.
2. Fiocchi SM200 22S 29 600
3. CCI/RWS CB Caps 22L/22S 29 727
4. RWS BB Cap ?? 17 750
5. Aguila Subsonic 22LR 60 950

Your thoughts??

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The Colibri one is the quietest, it's also slower than most air guns. That's Colibri, not Super Colibri which is hotter and louder.
 
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The Aguila Super Colibri is meant to be a practice round ONLY. It can't even penetrate paper at a certain distance and only fires using a primer and no gunpowder.
 
Whilw the Colibri is the quietest, I would never shoot anything larger than a rodent with it. For any type of shooting past about 50ft, they just drop too much. I prefer the Remington Subsonics myself. They are reasonably quiet, very accurate and they still hit with a decent amount of power.
 
my M6 quiet ammo

ive had an M6 for a few years and built a survival system out of it.

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i modded it out some to expand its use and divercity.

if i need power ammo for hunting i use CCI mini-mag HP's. if i need to use it quietly but still have some power to shoot quietly i use Remington Subsonic. if i need it super quiet for hunting in "Indian country" then i use CCI CB's. however i have found that Winchester sells large boxes of CB shorts for much less than the CCI's. my thoughts are that i would rather buy up the Win. CB shorts and be able to store away more for my dollar than buy a few higher priced ones and stretch my purchasing time out over months. best of luck! -Eric
 
FWIW I had the rear sight on my M6 completely milled off and a weaver rail mounted in its place with a strong steel rear aperture attached to it. POA for CCI mini-mags and Winchester 410 3 pellet OOO Buck is identical at 25 yards.
 
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