CCI 22 lr "Quiet" ammo semi-auto version

[stubshaft]

I ordered a 6# recoil spring from Wolff. If this doesn't work, I'll start cutting coils off of it until it does! It's not as though I do not have any other type of 22 ammo to shoot out of it, but this ammo is just so darn accurate!

[uscra112]

Remember that shortening a coil spring reduces the preload, but increases its' rate.

[stubshaft]

No Joy! Even with the new lighter spring, the cartridge does not generate enough energy to fully cycle the action. Well, back to the Remington pistol match.

[elmacgyver0]

Indeed yes. I just repaired an original 1904-1910 model, for a friend. A childhood heirloom, given to him by his grandmother, about 1960. I'd like to think she had it from new, but he doesn't know. Sending it back with 2-3 boxes of Quiet and a stern admonition never to fire HV in it ever again.

Exactly!
It is nice to be able to shoot these old guns with ammo that will not tear them up.

[Digital Dan]

I'm not terribly happy with CCI Quiet for the reasons indicated in the following picture.
https://i.imgur.com/OCLWcrJ.jpg

Norma Tac does better:
https://i.imgur.com/yg7hZQG.jpg

[uscra112]

My firewall doesn't trust Imgur, and I won't over-ride it.

But Norma Tac MV is ~1150 MV. so it's going to have a longer effective range than Quiet, just the same as about 100 other standard velocity brands.

[DGV]

That is one loud flyswatter!

[Digital Dan]

My firewall doesn't trust Imgur, and I won't over-ride it.

But Norma Tac MV is ~1150 MV. so it's going to have a longer effective range than Quiet, just the same as about 100 other standard velocity brands.

Norma Tac is advertised at 1082 fps and is NOT supersonic. The groups in the pics I posted were shot at 20 yards. CCI is 5 shots at 1.23". The Norma Tac is 5 shots in .218".

I shoot .22 CB Shorts with a T/C Contender and it does quite well. Last group measured was shot at 25 yards and measured 5 shots in .283". The combo has killed over 150 hogs with a single shot. Placement matters, and precision is the path to success.

[uscra112]

OK, you have a gun that doesn't like Quiet. Duly noted.

[Digital Dan]

I have 4 rifles chambered for the .22LR. 2 have match chambers. None shoot the subject ammo very well. As a matter of fact, they shoot ALL other brands and styles much better. A fair comparison is that most will shoot 5 shot groups at 50 yards that range from .1-.6” at that distance. CCI SV typically runs about 1/2” at 50. YMMV.

[uscra112]

YMMV.

Yes, it does.

But the main thing is that it's not as noisy as SV ammo of any brand, and that's what it's all about.

[Digital Dan]

True. ‘Tis the reason I use CB shorts for pigs. Have put down multiple hogs with that rig without taking a step. My record is 5, a 200#+ boar and sow, plus 3 shoats of about 60#.

The LR rifles love the silencer and make a little less noise than the short shooter when using SV ammo.

[uscra112]

Most of us don't want to spend the $$$$$ to license a silencer.

[steve urquell]

That is one loud flyswatter!

You should always wear hearing protection when swatting flies.

[Kestrel4k]

Most of us don't want to spend the $$$$$ to license a silencer.

No such thing as licensing a silencer.

The $200 transfer tax is nothing compared to the value of the pile of firearms that can be shot with it.

[farmbif]

I got a few bricks of that norma tac ammo back after the big Obama shortage was easing. it was the only reasonable priced 22 ammo at the time but that stuff was a mess the bullet lube got all over everything, nothing worst than sticky hands all day at Cecil Webb with no way to get the goo off, and to top it off it would not even work the action on a real nice stainless target 597. could not get rid of that ammo fast enough. cci quiets I like a lot but are only good in lever and slide actions.

[barnetmill]

No such thing as licensing a silencer.

The $200 transfer tax is nothing compared to the value of the pile of firearms that can be shot with it.

It is not the money in my case. I just do not want to be involved with the NFA in anyway.

[uscra112]

It is not the money in my case. I just do not want to be involved with the NFA in anyway.

And that $200 will buy 3 bricks of Quiet, more or less. I don't waste it plinking; that's several years' supply for me.

Might add that it doesn't leave that nasty fouling ring in the chamber like shorts do.

[Digital Dan]

My short chambered rifle never whines about rings.

[uscra112]

And it can't shoot anything but shorts, either.