![]() ![]() assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. USA These materials are provided by as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack |Ĭopyright (c) 1993 - 2022. In the meantime I would welcome all opinions and advice on how to make these squirrel killings a covert operation. Cabella's used to sell RWS pellet guns through the mail I'll check to see if they still do, but in the present environment I sincerely doubt it.Another thing I should have done when I felt like it. I guess it's time to either buy a new single shot. I live in a suburban environment, and so to dispatch a couple squirrels a quiet round is paramount. ![]() ![]() Is there a quiet long rifle round I'm not aware of? 22 ammo - the aforementioned Remington Target and some CCI Green Tag Competition, as well as CCI Stingers, shorts, CB caps and "snakeshot". But my recollections from using Remington target ammunition in my S&W Model 41 are quite the opposite. 22 target ammo was subsonic and the implication was that as such, they were quiet. 22 I now have is a Clark Ruger 10/22, which necessitates long rifle ammunition. 22 revolvers and single shot rifles were sold off long ago, so I can't use my ample stock of cb caps or. If a Z Lang or CCI CB Long had a hollow-point version, it would be a totally different situation.Unfortunately, all my. However, after these tests, I might have to rethink my logic about round-nosed solid low-velocity rounds - not the round’s fault, but my poor application. The true Z Lang round is designed for indoor target use, as it shows superb accuracy. I have nailed squirrels with air rifles but they get a death-grip onĪ barn’s rafters, only to drop down later, usually when the landowner or his wife are milking the cows. 22, with a heavier 29-gr bullet and more than 40ft/lb energy helps to stop them in their tracks and drop them at your feet. Squirrels can be difficult to put down and a low-velocity. I tend to use Z Lang’s on troublesome squirrels as they are quiet with a sound moderator fitted, and silent from the Sako SSR. But 6.75in penetration at 25 yards and total at 12 yards means most of that energy - which is more than the reduced-velocity rounds - is wasted outside the vermin’s vital area. Where the velocity was reduced by the Sako SSR’s ported barrel to 655fps and 27.6ft/lb over 12 yards, there was still total penetration, but at 25 yards it stuck at 6in.Īre you wondering why I don’t use the standard Eley subsonics because they only penetrated 6.5in in the media, less than the reduced velocity rounds? It’s a fair point, but that’s because the lead bullet is a hollow-point design so energy is dissipated from the bullet into the target quickly at a higher velocity. Recovered bullets looked in perfect condition, with only the rifling engraved to the bullet’s bearing surface. That’s because the bullet did not deform due to the round-nose lead profile so momentum pushed it through. Though the accuracy was superb at 0.45in at 25 yards range, I had total penetration in the ballistic media. However, look at the results: 858fps and 47.4ft/lb for the RWS Z Lang from the Sako Finnfire rifle. I still like to use air rifles and FAC-rated ones, but sometimes it’s just easier to use a low-velocity rimfire round, or at least keep a spare mag with some in case the shot presents itself. 22 rimfire-based vermin short-range gun over an air rifle on some occasions is that you can reload extremely fast, and it gives you FAC-rated air rifle velocities and energy levels. With the Z Lang, you have an even quieter and lower- velocity round, which is less likely to over-penetrate your quarry than a normal velocity rimfire, providing a safer shot that retains accuracy. This has a ported barrel just in of front of the chamber and drops a high-velocity round to that of a subsonic - 200fps velocity drop. To enhance the RWS Z Lang round, I shot it in a fully moderated Sako SSR.22Lr rifle. I initially used my trusty Sako Finnfire. Accuracy was conducted at 20 yards - the sort of range I was going to use these rounds on - then tested in ballistic media compared with an air rifle, my normal CCI CB Long and. I took 10 rounds, weighed them, then removed the bullet and weighed the bullet and powder charge, and measured the velocities. You still have to be careful with your shot and,Īs with all rimfire-use and air rifles, you need to make sure you have a safe backstop, especially with non-expanding bullets like these. 22LR subsonic round, the reduced velocity might make it much safer to use. True, it is a round-nose solid lead bullet but, compared with a similar. ![]()
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