![]() ![]() It's too loud for me to think of it as quiet though. ![]() If you're one of those, then the SSS isn't loud. How loud is loud? Some people think CCI CB caps are quiet. You mentioned that you heard the Aguila SSS is really loud. So for special shoots/hunts, use the Lapua Scoremax, and for the plinkinga and the rest of the time use Aguila Subsonics. Then I decided to try a new ammo thats appeared, Aguila subsonic, it looks and shoots just like PMC stuff,but is cheaper,then I looked at the 2 rounds side by side, and I cant till them apart.Also looked at the packaging etc,etc, I would put money on it that Aguila in Mexico makes both. So for target shooting or hunting, if you can afford to use it, its great,įor general use there is cheaper ammo that will still do the job, I used PMC Moderater for a while and liked the accuracy, sound and price,then it disappeared for a while,it is available again in NZ,but its a bit dearer,always the way. 22lr rifles in NZ, we use a lot of subsonic ammo from around the world.Īs most rimfire rifles have a 1-16 or 1-17 twist the Aguila SSS 60gr bullet will not stablise,and as such is not a good subsonic load, the heaviest that will work in most 22s is Lapuas Scoremax, its subsonic and uses a heavy 48gr bullet that has a solid nose.The scoremax is the best there is, accurate,heavy, non hollow point design, its only flaw is its twice the price of the run of the mill subsonic ammo. ![]() 22lr rifle and on the end is usually a silencer, either a parker -hale MM1 or simlar.The guns are used at night to spot-light possums and rabbits,and with the can on the farmers dont distrub anyone, and because of the heavy use of silenced. The cheapest stuff that shoots well in your rifle, and also stuff made by a compny that will still me around in a few years time.I live in New Zealand, and as sliencers have no restrictions on them, most farmers have a. But you must remember.those people were doing it for SURVIVAL, not sport.īTW-I just came across this site while researching some ammo. Deer-sized game was frequently taken with squirrel-sized rifles, and evidence shows it continues today. 22rimfire feeding a family is not ucommon, since this was the least expensive ammunition at the time, and rural residents kept a large supply. 22lr/.22Mag can be very effecive when shots are PROPERLY PLACED.įWIW-From what I was told by my father and others, there was a period during WWII when civilian ammunition was not being produced. These means of taking game are not recomended, but the. This was done by inexperienced shooters, of course, but it continues to happen to this day. While growing up, I remember a countless number of whitetails being ***/gut-shot with magnum caliber nning until they finally bled out. It was always done during evening hours, and all my shots were 35yds or less. This has been the most efficient means of taking game that Ive seen. NOT ONE TIME did an animal go in any direction but straight down. I used a Remington Model 40X with standard-velocity 40gr solids, equipped with an 8X56 Zeiss optic, to take 23 of the 160 whitetails myself. 22lr as a method for taking illegal game. In nearly every evidence room, across the country, there is most likely dozens of vidoes of poachers employing the. Hits to any section of the head causes fractures throughout. The volume issue was also mentioned in the report.įor those not familiar, the skull of whitetail is fairly fragile. This was mostly due to their limited range and lesser chances of a misguided projectile wondering into a populated area. The council overseeing this project specified that short-range firearms be used, and that CRANIAL shots with rimfire firearms were the prefered choice. The 120-day project was granted the authority to take 160 Whitetailed Deer, within the limits of the 18 county & city parks. ![]() The group was comprised of several State, County, and Municipal Law Enforcement agencies, as well as the states Fish & Wildlife Division. In 1990, I was part of a tri-county effort to control the whitetail population of a large metro area. ![]()
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