What is the quietest .22

[Kansas Bound]

I just acquired my grandfather's remington 552 speedmaster and am really excited. It is my understanding that you can shoot basically anything through this thing.

So my question is, what is the quietest 22 sub sonic that you would recomend?

 

[Bwana John]

RWS CB Caps.

They are NOT going to feed thru the action, you have to single load each one.

CCI Long CB Caps will feed thru most actions but dosent have enought ummf to work the action itself.

I dont think any CB round will work the action by itself.

 

[Sniper X]

I have tried this and only the 60gr Colibri SSS subsonics will cycle the action, and even at that, not all the time. But if you are willing to cycle the action yourself, use the 30 gr Colibri's they are quieter than a pellet gun but more powerful.

 

[Afy]

I find CCI Subsonics with my supressor the quietest...

 

[Kansas Bound]

If these are not powerful enough to cycle the action in a semi-automatic would they work in a revolver or would the barrel be too short for it to be quite.

 

[rangerruck]

I have one as well, and it is well lubricated, with molyfusion, and it will actually cycle cb rounds. if yours wont do this, I am sure it will cycle with shorts or longs, longs are actually quieter than shorts, as they are not quite as hot loaded. you may also get Aguila super colibri's to work. they are also like a cb round. CCI makes cb shorts and longs.

 

[DeadHorrorFan]

Aguila Super Colibri are definitely the closest thing to a silent round I've found. They are a 20 grain conical projectile traveling at 500 FPS. The primer igniting is the only cause for propulsion, as there is actually no powder in the case.

 

[LiquidTension]

Wolf Match Target through my suppressor is pretty quiet. Through an integrally suppressed Whisper is even quieter

The Wolf stays subsonic through everything I've shot it in, including rifles. It's not going to be as quiet as a CB cap, but at least it's a real cartridge.

 

[rcmodel]

Aguila Colibri are the quietest I know of. (20 grain @ 375 FPS.)

Aguila Super Colibri are louder. (20 grain @ 500 FPS)

CCI CB caps are louder still. (29 grain @ 727 FPS)

RWS also makes a BB & a CB but I haven't tried them.

The Aguila 60 grain SSS Sniper Subsonic is fairly quiet compared to a regular .22 LR, but the bullet is too long to shoot accurately in standard .22 LR rifling twist barrels.
The bullets wobble & tumble at longer ranges.


rcmodel

 

[BADUNAME37]

Eley

I use Eley target loads in my Ruger Mark II which are pretty quiet and extremely accurate. They are expensive, but my gun really likes them.

Last summer, hunting with it, I put a bullet right through the heart of a large woodchuck sunning himself on a rock. I snuck up in the tall grass to get about 80 yards from him, rested my pistol barrel against the side of an old wooden fence post and shot him while I was lying down. He just fell off the top of the 5' high stone wall he was laying on and that was the end. I have a Volquartsen rear sight with the factory front which I used a bit of blaze orange paint on with several coats of polyurethane coating for protection (open sights).

They have enough power to cycle the slide every time in my Mark II.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

The quietest that won't feed are the Aguila Colibri and Super Colibri.

The quietest that will (probably) feed are CCI CB LONGS (not shorts).

 

[jjohnson]

Another Forum

Oh, man, this topic has been done to death several times on www.rimfirecentral.com - they're always going over debates on which 22 ammo is quieter, cheaper, more accurate, you name it, they do the rimfire stuff.

A short answer, though, is that many manufacturers make subsonic 22 LR ammo, from the fairly inaccurate (such as Remington is reported to be) to the match stuff like Lapua and Eley. CCI makes "CB Longs" which are long enough to at least hand cycle in many autos, but it really depends on what you're trying to do - if I wanted to kill small game or pests fairly quietly, I'd go with subsonic 22 LR hollow points, 38 grains, and live with the extra noise. I'd shoot maybe squirrels with a 29 grain bullet.

Then again, if I wanted it to be as nearly silent as possible, I'd go with the Aguila super colibri.

If "silent" is really your thing, and you can't legally own a suppressor, just remember too a couple things:

If you fire only one shot, most people or varmints won't be able to locate you, because they won't focus on the sound until they've heard the first shot. Make the first shot count.

If you fire prone (on the ground) part of the sound will bounce up, making it harder to locate you.

 

[possum]

the amphibian