You know you are addicted to shooting suppressed...

[Jethro]

When this makes you smile. Picked up at LGS today, 1000 rounds at 8 cents per round. I convinced them that 2 boxes meant 2 bricks...

[M.E.B.]

I thought to shoot sub sonic rounds to shoot silently?

[txhoghunter73]

I thought to shoot sub sonic rounds to shoot silently?

Huh???

[M.E.B.]

Huh???

From what I understand if you shoot a standard velocity round through a suppressor the slug still breaks the sound barrier and you still get the crack of the bullet when it does so.

If you shoot sub sonic ammo there is little to no noise.

[Drycreek3189]

From what I understand if you shoot a standard velocity round through a suppressor the slug still breaks the sound barrier and you still get the crack of the bullet when it does so.

If you shoot sub sonic ammo there is little to no noise.

Isn't 1070 fps still subsonic ?

[M.E.B.]

Isn't 1070 fps still subsonic ?

Well apparently you are correct.

I thought all standard velocity ammo was faster than the speed of sound.

After doing a check of their web site CCI quiet rounds are pellet gun quiet without a suppressor.

Great. I have a bunch of both and a .22 suppressor on the way.

Good buy!

I have some .22 Remington and they state subsonic right on the box. I need to check the fps on my other .22 Remington boxes and see what the fps is on them. I may own more subsonic ammo than I thought.

[Tony Pic]

See if you can find some of these sub .22's. Man are they quiet and run pretty clean also. KNS Precision had them in Fredricksburg.

[jared07]

Isn't 1070 fps still subsonic ?

Temperature and humidity depending....

I shoot Norma Tac .22s out out of a 16" which advertise 1100fps and they stay subsonic.

[35remington]

CCI SV is consistently subsonic, which is why many competition shooters like it. That CCI Quiet someone posted above is silly quiet in my guns. It's very dirty but still delivers 43 FPE which will dispatch plenty of critters.

[Jethro]

At my elevation, and standard pressure/temp, the barrier is right around 1108 fps.

I have some Remington Target that is rated at 1150 fps, 95% of it is supersonic out of my rifle. Every now and then one will go subsonic.

CCI SV is 1070 fps, very quiet in my 10/22 through my Spectre. It never goes super. Lots of 22 shooters who want to stay subsonic love the CCI SV because not only is it subsonic, but it is very accurate and consistent ammunition without paying a hefty price. It is my standard for testing accuracy in a 22 without going to match ammo. And at today's prices and availability, 8 cents per round is a heck of a deal on SV. I picked up more on Saturday, basically buying every bit of it they will let me buy.

I have some of the Quiet too, but it has 1/3 less velocity with the same bullet. Different POI in my rifle. But, it does have its uses.

If a 22 is rated high velocity, generally it will be in the 1200-1300 range on a 40 grain bullet. Some are much faster because they use lighter bullets, like a 36 or 32. Most standard velocity stuff is slower, but you have to read the label. And not all advertise the velocity on the box.

There is quite a bit of ammunition out there that is subsonic that isn't advertised that way. Most match ammo is subsonic as well. Basically on match ammo they want it as fast as possible (less wind drift) without passing through the transonic barrier (bullet instability). Therefore most of the match ammo you see will be between 1025 and 1075 fps.

[91cavgt]

I need to see if shooting Mini Mags in my 10" barrel Charger will keep them subsonic. I'm hoping they will. If not then I've got plenty of the standard velocity rounds to play with.

[Jethro]

Probably not. Mini-mags are pretty fast, I think it takes cutting the barrel down to about 4.5"-5" to keep everything subsonic.

[IOWA BOW HUNTER]

Nice, I love sub sonic 22 shorts there kickass.

[35remington]

At my elevation, and standard pressure/temp, the barrier is right around 1108 fps.

I have some Remington Target that is rated at 1150 fps, 95% of it is supersonic out of my rifle. Every now and then one will go subsonic.

CCI SV is 1070 fps, very quiet in my 10/22 through my Spectre. It never goes super. Lots of 22 shooters who want to stay subsonic love the CCI SV because not only is it subsonic, but it is very accurate and consistent ammunition without paying a hefty price. It is my standard for testing accuracy in a 22 without going to match ammo. And at today's prices and availability, 8 cents per round is a heck of a deal on SV. I picked up more on Saturday, basically buying every bit of it they will let me buy.

I have some of the Quiet too, but it has 1/3 less velocity with the same bullet. Different POI in my rifle. But, it does have its uses.

If a 22 is rated high velocity, generally it will be in the 1200-1300 range on a 40 grain bullet. Some are much faster because they use lighter bullets, like a 36 or 32. Most standard velocity stuff is slower, but you have to read the label. And not all advertise the velocity on the box.

There is quite a bit of ammunition out there that is subsonic that isn't advertised that way. Most match ammo is subsonic as well. Basically on match ammo they want it as fast as possible (less wind drift) without passing through the transonic barrier (bullet instability). Therefore most of the match ammo you see will be between 1025 and 1075 fps.

Great post. Thanks for sharing.

I need to see if shooting Mini Mags in my 10" barrel Charger will keep them subsonic. I'm hoping they will. If not then I've got plenty of the standard velocity rounds to play with.

Nope. See chart. Here's a link with good info.

http://www.ballisticsbytheinch.com/22.html

[M.E.B.]

Thanks for all of the info guys. I have stocked up on a lot of .22 ammo. Unfortunately after looking all of my standard stuff appears to be super sonic.

I will be keeping any eye out for that CCI standard 1070 fps.