What do I look for in 22 ammo?
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You cant be less than subsonic. Subsonic by definition is already what is "less".
And match ammo doesnt have to be subsonic, lots of people prefer super sonic.
When it comes to 22 match ammo it will usually say what it is or have the velocities provided on the box. Below 1100 fps is going to be your subsonic choices.
And match ammo doesnt have to be subsonic, lots of people prefer super sonic.
When it comes to 22 match ammo it will usually say what it is or have the velocities provided on the box. Below 1100 fps is going to be your subsonic choices.
Grab every mfg'er of ammo you can an test, your rifle will tell you all you need to know in the end.
FYI sub ammo per box info may or may not be depending DA.
Standard velocity ammo runs at subsonic velocity so that IF the trajectory were actually supersonic, AND the trajectory was long enough for the velocity to degrade below supersonic, the bullet would not be subjected to the wobble/instability that gets imposed on it while passing through the transsonic velocity band.
By starting out subsonic, it never deals with the transsonic.
This becomes irrelevant if the trajectory is short enough that the supersonic projectile never gets into the transsonic. It's also irrelevant if the accuracy becomes secondary to terminal performance.
Greg
By starting out subsonic, it never deals with the transsonic.
This becomes irrelevant if the trajectory is short enough that the supersonic projectile never gets into the transsonic. It's also irrelevant if the accuracy becomes secondary to terminal performance.
Greg
I don’t know if anyone seriously shooting precision rimfire that uses super sonic ammo.
The transonic area which the ammo moves into shortly after leaving barrel presents a lot of predictability issues.
If you mean precision by nrl style matches maybe not but in the paper target world I know I see lots more around than I would have thought. Outside of eley Id say this is the most frequent ammo I see at the 100 yd scheutzen matches. Im an eley shooter myself but some peoples rifles seem to like this pretty well.
