.22 Ammo Question

knockon

I have .22 pistol, Sig Mosquito. It loves CCI Mini Mag High Velocity 22LR 40 Grain. I have run out and all that is available is Remington .22 Yellow Jacket Hyper velocity. What is the difference or is there one? Hyper/High velocity.

tac foley

CCI Mini Mags = 40gr bullet @1235fps - 136 ft lbs m/e

Remington YJ's = 33gr bullet @1500fps - 165 ft lbs m/e

You choose.

tac

Tackleberrywho

knockon wrote: »

I have .22 pistol, Sig Mosquito. It loves CCI Mini Mag High Velocity 22LR 40 Grain. I have run out and all that is available is Remington .22 Yellow Jacket Hyper velocity. What is the difference or is there one? Hyper/High velocity.

CCI Stinger are on a par with Yellow jacket, all I used for years when I only had a .22lr for foxes, was CCI Stingers

rrpc

knockon wrote: »

I have .22 pistol, Sig Mosquito. It loves CCI Mini Mag High Velocity 22LR 40 Grain. I have run out and all that is available is Remington .22 Yellow Jacket Hyper velocity. What is the difference or is there one? Hyper/High velocity.

There's quite a bit of discussion about 22lr pistol ammo on the 'Buck Mark' slide thread.

You certainly don't need to use high/hyper velocity rounds in a pistol; unless it's got a recoil spring that came from the suspension of a land rover

firefly08

You certainly don't need to use high/hyper velocity rounds in a pistol; unless it's got a recoil spring that came from the suspension of a land rover

+1 to that. I was using Mini mags too until rrpc set me straight. Granted the Mini mags worked reliably, but the various subsonics I've used have cycled equally well and been more accurate to boot, not to mention easier on the recoil.

The only type that wouldn't cycle for me in the Buck Mark happened to be standard velocity in fact.

knockon

rrpc wrote: »

There's quite a bit of discussion about 22lr pistol ammo on the 'Buck Mark' slide thread.

You certainly don't need to use high/hyper velocity rounds in a pistol; unless it's got a recoil spring that came from the suspension of a land rover

Ok
I found I was getting a lot of "stove piping" using the Mini mags so on Griz advice I changed the spring on the slide to a stronger tension and it was perfect (even on the Mosquito!). I was at the range last week and had a box of Eleys .22 (not High Velocity) - absolute disaster. Ever second round was jambing etc. I am not all that well educated on ammunition so forgive the basic explanation. So you are saying use a lower tension spring for sub-sonic will work?

Bananaman

Not a lot of ranges will allow you use HV 22s - it's a noise thing.

If you have put in a heavier spring to suit using Mini Mags then it may be too heavy for using subs.

Subs are more accurate - no doubt about it - the original spring would have been made to handle those.

B'Man

rrpc

Bananaman wrote: »

Not a lot of ranges will allow you use HV 22s - it's a noise thing.

If you have put in a heavier spring to suit using Mini Mags then it may be too heavy for using subs.

Subs are more accurate - no doubt about it - the original spring would have been made to handle those.

B'Man

+1. Also apart from the noise, there can be issues with bullet catchers, baffles etc.

Use the original spring and subs will work fine.