What's the most quiet .22 ammo?

[Orbie]

What's the most quiet .22 ammo? Hypothetically, if you were to shoot a pest without a suppressor, which ammo would you choose?

I was leaning towards CCI or Aguila.

 

[Blind Sniper]

The Aguila Super Colibri is fairly quiet, though I'm not sure how the slug itself performs. I can vouch for the CCI Quiet-22 stuff though. No ear protection required, fairly accurate (minute of beer bottle out to 50 yards), and the hollow-point slug does a number on critters even at ~700 FPS.

First time I shot the CCI stuff, the report was so quiet I thought the round was a dud. No issue but the expected short-stroke though - bolt of my 10/22 didn't even cycle far enough to pull the spent case from the chamber. If anything the sound of the bolt cycling was louder than the shot.

 

[deemus]

I use the Aquila rounds. Those Super Colibri rounds sound like a pellet gun. Fairly accurate too. My BIL has killed a hundred squirrels with that bullet.

 

[Charlie]

I use the Aquila rounds. Those Super Colibri rounds sound like a pellet gun. Fairly accurate too. My BIL has killed a hundred squirrels with that bullet.

And ................... if you carefully look over the barrel when you shoot these, you can get a momentary glimpse of the bullet going down range!

 

[deemus]

LOL. Sometimes you can. My squirrel race course is too close usually, but on longer shots I have seen it. Good call!

 

[Charlie]

Come to think of it, I don't think what I was shooting were those Super Colibri rounds. They were just the Aquila Colibri (I bought them long ago). If memory serves me correctly they were listed as just over 200 fps. Extremely quiet but probably not too deadly on even small critters!

(They would kill a beer can though!)

 

[fuelfather]

22 cb caps

 

[fuelfather]

Would only recommend for revolver use.

 

[Charlie]

22 cb caps

Yep!

 

[Acera]

22 cb caps

Those are good, I have also had good luck with CCI .22 CB Longs. I shoot them in the house and the just about the only thing you hear is the clang when it hits the steel target.

edited to add, same power (or lack of it) as the CB caps. However, they reliability function in bolt, slide, and lever action rifles designed for .22 LR. Good for semi-autos as well if you don't mind cycling the action each time.

 

[Charlie]

Would only recommend for revolver use.

I used them in a single shot Steven's Favorite and they work fine (the low power Aquilas).

 

[Younggun]

I have used the CB shorts, longs, and Aguilla super Colibre.

The Aguilla are by far the quietest. But the range will be pretty low.

I'm curious now, so when I get a chance I will run the Aguilla and CB shorts over the chrony and see what the velocities are out if different barrel lengths.

For critters, I would bet the CBs will have a much better kill ratio than the Aguilla. Sound is still minimal, especially if you have an older .22 with a long barrel.

 

[Orbie]

Ran out to Academy and they were sold out of almost all .22 period. I bought the last box of Winchester 29gr 770fps. I've got a raccoon that's been getting into my wife's garden.

 

[deemus]

I have used the CB shorts, longs, and Aguilla super Colibre.

The Aguilla are by far the quietest. But the range will be pretty low.

I'm curious now, so when I get a chance I will run the Aguilla and CB shorts over the chrony and see what the velocities are out if different barrel lengths.

For critters, I would bet the CBs will have a much better kill ratio than the Aguilla. Sound is still minimal, especially if you have an older .22 with a long barrel.

I'm shooting the Super Colibris from a Henry Lever gun. Scope sighted at 40 ft. Very accurate, and deadly, even if its not a head shot, on squirrels.

How's that for scientific? lol

 

[Younggun]

I'm shooting the Super Colibris from a Henry Lever gun. Scope sighted at 40 ft. Very accurate, and deadly, even if its not a head shot, on squirrels.

How's that for scientific? lol

That's my kind of science!

 

[Vaquero]

Interesting thread.
sub'd

 

[THE LAREDOAN]

depends on the size of the pest...but for "big game" like a racoon I use the cb short or CCI quiet ....the CCI quiet cycles perfectly on my Sig 522 and the noise is not louder than a pellet gun.

 

[Byrd666]

VERY interested myself

 

[Younggun]

I find the pellet gun comparison interesting.

Not that it's bad, but because the huge amount of variation in the report of pellet guns.

 

[Saltyag2010]

Single shot .22 rifle with .22 shorts. So quiet. First gun I ever shot and first rounds I ever fired. Killed 5 turtles.