stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) hi guys just wondering if the hi vel fragmenting 22 rounds i.e stinger ricichet as much as subs, and info appreciated. Steve Edited June 26, 2008 by stevethevanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I'm under the impression that no .22lr bullet can be pushed out fast enough to make it fragment on impact. Even the really fast ones are still just lumps of lead and in comparison to most rounds, they're pretty slow! I think it's just an issue we have to deal with when using a .22lr. We get near silence and cheap ammo, but they can't be trusted to stay down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 no its just because i had a ricichet last night and plan to try some stingers but was wkndering if there any better on the ricocheting front. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 no its just because i had a ricichet last night and plan to try some stingers but was wondering if there any better on the ricocheting front. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I wrote somewhere else on here the other day that my experience with stingers was that it ricoched more than the eley subs I use normally. You really need to be firing it into a backstop. I was sighting the scope in when I changed ammo from the subs. the ground was baked hard and bare, and shot after shot went whinning away up into an embankment where they are building a road through one of my farms. It was quite disturbing. They seemed to be going up at an angle of about thirty or more degrees from the horizontal that they had been fired at. The stinger definitely will not destroy itself, only what it hits - and how. The round isn't all that accurate either. Somewhere around an inch and a half at sixty metres out of my rifle. The effect on rabbits is dramatic though. Like that ciillit bang advert - "Bang and the head is gone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) no its just because i had a ricichet last night and plan to try some stingers but was wondering if there any better on the ricocheting front. Steve The .22 Hi Vel rounds are only copper coated lead so they will ricohcet, depends on the ground and what the backstop is like. Edited June 26, 2008 by kip270 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 thanks will bear that in mind Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Get used to it. It won't be the last. Bear in mind that it probably sounds worse than it is. Once it's gone airborne again it's tumbling and losing velocity quite quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 thanks DaveK will still use subs as long as i hit the rabbit they dont bounce its a miss thats worrying. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 What sort of ranges are you shooting at? any chance of using a lighter round like the .22long 29 grain, will still rick 'o' shea but won't carry as far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethevanman Posted June 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 about 60yds is my prime lamping shooting distance. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Buy a HMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 thanks DaveK will still use subs as long as i hit the rabbit they dont bounce its a miss thats worrying. Steve They still ricochet after exiting the bunny if they hit something hard - or wet grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Elvis Posted June 28, 2008 Report Share Posted June 28, 2008 will still use subs as long as i hit the rabbit they dont bounce its a miss thats worrying. i shot a rabbit through the head at 81 yards the other night, and the round richoched up and hit a fence some 20 yards behind it!!!! It dont matter if you hit the bunny or not....they can still fly!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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