I recently stumbled across this stuff and I love it! This and the hyper-velocity ammo's have really amazed me recently. This thread is about the CB ammo though.
I'm gonna go ahead and state a few things you should know off the gate. I won't use the aguila ammo because it is only primer and has been known to stick in rifle barrels. Also don't expect too much from this stuff. It has to be well placed to do its job, and you have to know it's limits. It is no long range varmint ammo. It is quiet discreet ammo for close ranges (probably 40 yards or less, no more than 50 max) I have tried two kinds and I love them both. For the record I'm shooting out of a 25 inch bbl Remington Sportmaster from the 50's or 60's. (the longer the barrel the quiet this stuff is). Both kinds of ammo were next to silent, just a nice pffft. Maybe as loud as a loud airgun, but no louder, probably quieter. The remington ammo is very slightly louder. Either way you can shoot a squirrel at about 20 yards and a squirrel 20 feet away from the one you shot won't even notice half the time.
First up was the CCI cb ammo. It is 22 long, not long rifle, which I don't like. The bullets are 29 grain rated at 710 fps. It fed fine in my tube magazine, but my wifes savage mark 2 wont feed it from the box magazine. I shot 2 squirrels with this from about 20 yards. One was a headshot that was DRT, the other one I shot in the shoulder, and the bullet didn't penetrate to the vitals, the next shot caught him in the spine and he was DRT. There was nearly no meat loss with these as they are just round bullets. Shot into wet phonebook It went in maybe 4 inches. If you can place these you can probably take rabbits or other similair sized critters.
Next up is the Remington CBee ammo which was discontinued a while back but is back in production now. These are .22 LR so they feed in anything. They are 33 grain hollowpoints going 750 fps. I have only shot one squirrel with these but they are A LOT more deadly. The squirrel actually sprayed blood out from the wound when shot. The bullet entered below his left ear, expanded nicely, and bounced down to his right shoulder. DRT. When I was skinning him both his front shoulders and his head fell off once the skin was to that point. In the photo you can actually see him bleeding from his right shoulder, I suppose a bullet fragment must have exited there. It was hard to tell with the mess on the inside. I lost some meat with that one. This one went maybe 5 inches in wet newspaper and showed a lot of expansion. These show a lot more promise for humane kills on small pests.
Either way I think these are great rounds for discreetly taking out pests, as long as you don't try to push the abilities of the round, and can place your shots well.
Any of you guys try this stuff?
I'm gonna go ahead and state a few things you should know off the gate. I won't use the aguila ammo because it is only primer and has been known to stick in rifle barrels. Also don't expect too much from this stuff. It has to be well placed to do its job, and you have to know it's limits. It is no long range varmint ammo. It is quiet discreet ammo for close ranges (probably 40 yards or less, no more than 50 max) I have tried two kinds and I love them both. For the record I'm shooting out of a 25 inch bbl Remington Sportmaster from the 50's or 60's. (the longer the barrel the quiet this stuff is). Both kinds of ammo were next to silent, just a nice pffft. Maybe as loud as a loud airgun, but no louder, probably quieter. The remington ammo is very slightly louder. Either way you can shoot a squirrel at about 20 yards and a squirrel 20 feet away from the one you shot won't even notice half the time.
First up was the CCI cb ammo. It is 22 long, not long rifle, which I don't like. The bullets are 29 grain rated at 710 fps. It fed fine in my tube magazine, but my wifes savage mark 2 wont feed it from the box magazine. I shot 2 squirrels with this from about 20 yards. One was a headshot that was DRT, the other one I shot in the shoulder, and the bullet didn't penetrate to the vitals, the next shot caught him in the spine and he was DRT. There was nearly no meat loss with these as they are just round bullets. Shot into wet phonebook It went in maybe 4 inches. If you can place these you can probably take rabbits or other similair sized critters.
Next up is the Remington CBee ammo which was discontinued a while back but is back in production now. These are .22 LR so they feed in anything. They are 33 grain hollowpoints going 750 fps. I have only shot one squirrel with these but they are A LOT more deadly. The squirrel actually sprayed blood out from the wound when shot. The bullet entered below his left ear, expanded nicely, and bounced down to his right shoulder. DRT. When I was skinning him both his front shoulders and his head fell off once the skin was to that point. In the photo you can actually see him bleeding from his right shoulder, I suppose a bullet fragment must have exited there. It was hard to tell with the mess on the inside. I lost some meat with that one. This one went maybe 5 inches in wet newspaper and showed a lot of expansion. These show a lot more promise for humane kills on small pests.
Either way I think these are great rounds for discreetly taking out pests, as long as you don't try to push the abilities of the round, and can place your shots well.
Any of you guys try this stuff?
. Mine feeds anything though. It holds 16 LR rounds, so thats not really a concern.
. I was wanting to get some entry and exit wound shots with the remington CBee ammo, but I can't. Maybe I'll have to quit the headshots and try for lung/heart shots. I got some new photos with the skin still on though. This stuff is vicious. Both squirrels I shot today had exit wounds at all which is fairly impressive for CB stuff. I have also had a lot of trouble skinning the males. The females skin comes off easy. 