Ok cool. Thanks for the info. If I build this instead of going the 10/22 route, I will go with the 4" barrel.I don't know if any .22 ammo will go supersonic out of a 4" barrel or not. The really hot stuff like CCI might, but I honestly don't know.
What I've found with my 4.5" barrel is that any ammo rated 1200fps or less stays subsonic 100% of the time, but anything hotter than that will go supersonic every once in awhile. Usually a couple rounds out of a full 25 round mag.
When I first got my Sparrow me and a buddy went out shooting. We had pretty much identical guns except my barrel was a CMMG 4.5" and his was a Taccom 4" we were taking turns using my Sparrow. I can't remember what brand of bulk ammo we were shooting, but I would get a sonic crack every once in awhile. He never got a single one.
Same ammo, same mags, same bolt. Pretty much the same gun other than the barrels.