CCI Ammo

[DickyRivers]

I occasionally use CCI Quiets out of my CZ 457 with a 24” barrel. Pellet gun-quiet given the length but fly truer than the shorty, lighter CB Shorts at a distance for quiet work. Even going down to about a 20” barrel in my old Savage Model 5 bolt is substantially louder. In the 24” barrel CZ, it negates the need for a suppressor IMO. As a side note, CCI warns not to use Quiets in barrel lengths over 24”.

My daughter is a bit noise sensitive w/o hearing protection and I buy Quiets mainly so she can use them in her little short barreled Savage Rascal when squirrel hunting w/minimal pop. Standards are great too... juuust subsonic. They’re awesome in the CZ. I’ll buy the relatively cheap Blazers too but the standards are my preferred round if I could only buy 1 CCI .22LR round.

 

[Dice]

I occasionally use CCI Quiets out of my CZ 457 with a 24” barrel. Pellet gun-quiet given the length but fly truer than the shorty, lighter CB Shorts at a distance for quiet work. Even going down to about a 20” barrel in my old Savage Model 5 bolt is substantially louder. In the 24” barrel CZ, it negates the need for a suppressor IMO. As a side note, CCI warns not to use Quiets in barrel lengths over 24”.

My daughter is a bit noise sensitive w/o hearing protection and I buy Quiets mainly so she can use them in her little short barreled Savage Rascal when squirrel hunting w/minimal pop. Standards are great too... juuust subsonic. They’re awesome in the CZ. I’ll buy the relatively cheap Blazers too but the standards are my preferred round if I could only buy 1 CCI .22LR round.

I shoot CCI standard velocity out of my CZ455 and they are very quiet with the suppressor on it. I tried the Blazer ammo and it was considerably louder. I'm a fan of the standard velocity CCI.

 

[John5757]

I occasionally use CCI Quiets out of my CZ 457 with a 24” barrel. Pellet gun-quiet given the length but fly truer than the shorty, lighter CB Shorts at a distance for quiet work. Even going down to about a 20” barrel in my old Savage Model 5 bolt is substantially louder. In the 24” barrel CZ, it negates the need for a suppressor IMO. As a side note, CCI warns not to use Quiets in barrel lengths over 24”.

My daughter is a bit noise sensitive w/o hearing protection and I buy Quiets mainly so she can use them in her little short barreled Savage Rascal when squirrel hunting w/minimal pop. Standards are great too... juuust subsonic. They’re awesome in the CZ. I’ll buy the relatively cheap Blazers too but the standards are my preferred round if I could only buy 1 CCI .22LR round.

I have the 457 Lux which has a 24.8” barrel and haven’t tried the quiets in it because of CCI’s statement. Is your 457 right at 24”?

I mainly shoot standards or subsonics out of it.

Quiets out of my Henry are awesome but have switched to hollow point shorts. Love the Henry!

 

[BHPSteel]

On the topic of CCI Standards, something I discovered from talking to a guy who literally receives his ammo by the pallet (competition bullseye shooter - with sponsorship - up in the north-east).

There are two packaging formats for CCI Standard. There's the 50-round old-school cardboard box, and the 100-round lucite boxes. As of a couple of years ago (and maybe now) - the two variants were manufactured on different production lines, and the 100-round boxed ammo is somewhat more consistent than the cardboard box content, being produced on (from his research) a more modern production line.

Whether this is still the case - no idea - but in 2017 I spent a day at the range with about 500 rounds, a chrono and a couple of sandbags and it certainly seemed to me that the 100-round boxed CCI was better.