Never thought I would ask a 22LR ammo question like this

[ridgerunner33]

https://www.ammoland.com/2017/06/be...-world-record-grizzly-and-more/#axzz6TVZtJ59u

Thanks for sharing!!!!Wonderful read and good info for facts.Much appreciated and two great big thumbs up for you sir!

 

[Jambo]

Here's a video from Paul Harrell about using a 22LR for home defense:

Spoiler: Probably not the best choice, but not to be under estimated, either.

 

[BigMike]

Whatever feeds reliably in your gun.

 

[lostchild]

I’m a rimfire junkie, I have more .22 firearms than any other. I do not carry one for a PDW, but if that’s all I had at the time I’m confident I could get the job done! I’m also knocking on 50 and date girls half m age so I have nothing but confidence!!!

Do they give you the senior discount?

 

[Cataula]

Kel Tec PMR 30 with 22 magnums.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Bird shot load first

.22 rimfire Birdshot / shotshells use tiny #12 shot also known as a dust shot.
It has virtually no penetration. I shot some into a stack of cardboard boxes and I think most of the pellets were caught by the 4th sheet of corrugated cardboard.
These will barely penetrate a bratwurst sausage from 5 feet away.

However, when 100+ pellets strike the lenses of a pair of cheap sunglasses, all at once, they will shatter the lenses.

P.S. That's a Federal crimped .22 shotshell shown, but the more
popular CCI shot shells with the little blue plastic capsule tip
work the same way --same payload of dust shot at the same velocity.


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Also, .22 shotshells won't cycle the action of any
semiautomatic gun.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Aguila 22 Interceptor Is the round you want because penetration is the goal In big animals as someone already wrote.
40 Grain solid copper plated lead Rated at 1470 FPS. That is only a couple hundred FPS slower than 22 Mag ...

Thanks for the heads up on this product,
and the others who mentioned CCI Velocitor round.


I didn't know about those before, and I assumed that they were ultra-light bullets driven to very high velocity, but I see now they both involve a normal 40 grain bullet which I agree is the best choice for self-defense in a rimfire.

Pushing a 40 grain bullet at over 1450 ft./s, about 200 feet /second faster than most companies so-called high velocity loads, is significant.
I'd want that extra velocity for self defense use.


Here's a chronograph and ballistic gelatin block test on four types of CCI rimfire ammo. Of these, I like the Velocitor the best.
The segmented hollow point ammo, also recommended a couple times in this thread,
doesn't penetrate enough to suit me. About 5 inches is all it will go in gelatin.
I like the FBI's recommendation of 12 inch of gelatin penetration for any self-defense round.

 

[Phydoux]

Do they give you the senior discount?

Not yet! Still don’t look my age yet

 

[ridgerunner33]

Thanks for the heads up on this product,
and the others who mentioned CCI Velocitor round.


I didn't know about those before, and I assumed that they were ultra-light bullets driven to very high velocity, but I see now they both involve a normal 40 grain bullet which I agree is the best choice for self-defense in a rimfire.

Pushing a 40 grain bullet at over 1450 ft./s, about 200 feet /second faster than most companies so-called high velocity loads, is significant.
I'd want that extra velocity for self defense use.


Here's a chronograph and ballistic gelatin block test on four types of CCI rimfire ammo. Of these, I like the Velocitor the best.
The segmented hollow point ammo, also recommended a couple times in this thread,
doesn't penetrate enough to suit me. About 5 inches is all it will go in gelatin.
I like the FBI's recommendation of 12 inch of gelatin penetration for any self-defense round.

You may also want to look @Some impromptu testing of Aguila's Super Maximum 30 grain before going all in on the 40 grain.Some of the videos I saw were impressive transfers of energy to target vs the 40 grain.With any 22LR round chosen,bullet placement is gonna trump all else.IMHO.

 

[ChimChim]

They make a reliable 22 ?