Accuracy of .22 LR Stingers

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Hi, I was just curious as to the accuracy of the .22lr stinger bullets. I currently shoot CCI green tag and Federal match .22's, but would like to shoot varmints with a little faster bullet if I can with about the same or close to the same in accuracy.
 
I get good groups with stingers when I am shooting off a rest. They arent match bullets but I think they are good quality bullets.
 
The issue with stingers and most of the hyper velocity stuff is to get the velocity up they use very light bullets. IMO, the barrel twist in most .22s work best with bullets from 36-40grs. Forget the Stingers, buy some Velocitors or Mini Mags. Velocitors for larger varmints like big chucks and mini mags for small game and small rodents. You'll find most .22's will shoot these much ,much better than stingers.

LK
 
I use stingers almost exclusively...they function my semi auto's perfectly with the extra bang and as for accuracy i get better groups at over hundred yards escpecially on windy days....but on a windless day at 100yds or less then federal match ammo is a decent one


i shoot orange clays on a berm at 200yds with my 10/22...really fun on windy days for windage an elevation practice!

reg 22lr at 1280fps drops about 2ft at 200yds

CCI stingers drop about a foot at 200yds at 1680fps
 
Other than stingers the velositors are my favorite bullet. I have over 1000 of them bad boys squirreled away along with that many or more stingers.
 
Csnt really loose with any bullet cci makes. Me and My friend guit hunting grouse with shotguns about 15 years ago and started using 22s for the challenge. He shoots mini mags and I shoot stingers and we both consistently hit birds in the neck all year long popping there little heads off.
 
Years ago, I got one batch of the SGB (Small Game Bullet) rounds from CCI that were absolute tack drivers. . Half-inch groups at 50 yards. Haven't found any to shoot that well since, but they're great on small game. They're solids with a truncated cone (flat) nose that hit small game with a loud whack!!

Stingers are quite effective on small game out to about 65 yards, then they seem to lose too much energy to be better than Mini-mags.

I tend to use mini-mags for most hunting these days. I used to shoot Winchester Power Points, but they changed manufacturing locations and don't shoot as well. I won a lot of turkey shoots with Power Points and Super X ammo several years ago. It was falling steel plate competition and they had good hitting power to knock them down. Today, I'd use CCI HV solids or Velocitors.
 
Interesting, do they limit it to rimfire? Some states of course allow rifles for spring turkey.

Head shots on grouse sounds very challenging.
 
I've shot about 10 grouse with hunting rifles, mostly my .270, one with .223 Rem, even one with a .357 handgun.

(FYI: Turkey shoots are competitions shot at paper targets, not at live birds.)
 
FYI, I know very well that there are turkey shoots that only involve paper targets. I have shot quite a few. Some are shotgun only, and some are more traditional affairs. I was referring to live birds, in the spring season, and with rifles. Pennsylvania would be one of the states, there may be others. The .22 Hornet is a popular turkey chambering for such doings.
 
You can actually damage a tight match chamber using Stingers because the brass is slightly longer than regular .22lr
 
Stingers: Not nearly as accurate for me.

I'd gladly give up the higher velocity for increased accuracy.

My guns all like Winchester Super-X. (not the bulk junk, the gray box stuff) High velocity. These shoot as well in my guns as CCI Green Tag or Eley, but with higher velocity and lower price.

As for the truncated cone hunting load, look at the Remington Vipers. The flat nose bullet looks like it would be devastating on all small game. Enough penetraion for bigger animals like coons, since it is not a HP, but flat nosed to give it some shock value too.
 
I was always under the impression that .22lr accuracy is greatly affected when the speed of the bullet drops below the speed of sound, a reverse sonic boom if you will. When this occurs, there is a deviation in its flight trajectory causing a loss of accuracy. If your rifle will stabilize the lighter bullet, then it should be just as accurate as any other until this occurs. I believe this is why subsonic ammunition has better overall accuracy but more of a drop to compensate for. That being said, I see far better accuracy out of slower ammunition than hyper velocity. Since my only use for a .22lr other than paper punching, is small game at 50yds or less, I see very little difference in the effects on the target inside that range from sub. to hyper velocity ammunition. If you want something that fast, switch to .22 mag or .17HMR.
 
Both high velocity and standard velocity (subsonic) .22LR rounds can be nearly as accurate. However, high velocity rounds are subject to about 23% greater wind drift at 50 yards, due to the transition zone effect, but only for that portion of the flight after entering the transition zone.

Prior to the transition velocity, which occurs usually inside of 50 yards, they should have less wind deflection and after going through the transition, they have the same deflection as a standard velocity round. Unfortunately, the angular deviation has already occurred, so the bullet continues to deflect at that angle, plus the deflection as a subsonic round at longer distances.

Accuracy of a .22LR is dictated by the care in manufacture (uniformity) and how that particular configuration is tolerated by the rifle. There may be few makes/types of ammo that cause a .22LR rifle to shoot it's best. It's up to the owner/shooter to test various brands/types to achieve the best results at reasonable cost.

Bottom line: If you find ammo your rifle likes and your pocketbook doesn't scream too loudly, buy as much as you can afford of that particular LOT NUMBER. The next batch you try could be the worst stuff you've ever shot!
 
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