22 subsonic

zeissman

Lads.
I want to get some subsonic 22lr ammo for rabbit shooting.
What brand do you find the best for accuracy and stopping power ?
My rifle is a CZ453 varmit.

johngalway

Eley subsonic were most accurate when I had my .22, though there seemed to be a fair enough split between them and Winchester subs between shooters. I didn't use the Winnies myself as I didn't find them as accurate through my rifle, but people did say they had more stopping power than the Eleys.

clivej

CZ Style and now the Varmint = Eley green box subs and Laupa/SK gold box subs, easy 1/2" at 50m.:)

ormondprop

i like the eleys aswell but they can be hard to get at times, not a big fan of remingtons as nearly every box of them i got had a dud round or 2 in them and had the odd flyer aswell, using cci's at the moment but havent used them enough to comment on them, seem a lot better than the stingers through my rifle anyway

poulo6.5

zeissman wrote: »

Lads.
I want to get some subsonic 22lr ammo for rabbit shooting.
What brand do you find the best for accuracy and stopping power ?
My rifle is a CZ453 varmit.

I have a .22lr cz style and I find Winchester subs hard to beat. I was getting a brick of them for €45 but they have gone up to €60 last I checked. Still cheap at €6 a box or 12cent a shot.

bunny shooter

Winchester are best for stopping power, Eley are very accurate, Remington are awful, currently have RWS but haven't tried 'em on bunnies yet.

session savage

I find lapua the best. One shot kill on a pigeon at 150yards last week. No flapping or anything just one shot and dead pigeon.

sharpshooter murphy

I was using winchester subsonic all last year but could not shoot a consistant group, last week i brought the rifle to a friend of mine and exlained what was happening, he shot 5 rounds of winchester and the grouping was awful, without even adjusting the scope shot another group of 5 using lapua subsonic, bang on target almost a hole in a hole at 75 yards, i couldnt believe it, he explained to me that some of the cz rifles are bored differently and that explains why my grouping was so off, maybe you should buy a box of each brand and see what shoots the best group. lapua are made in germany and like everything else made in germany they insist on precision.

zeissman

Thanks lads. I will try a box of lapua, eley. and winchester to see which groups best. A dealer near me has RWS also so I might try them as well.

bunny shooter

sharpshooter murphy wrote: »

.......maybe you should buy a box of each brand and see what shoots the best group........

That's good advice there

lefthooker

Its been said already but every rifle will have its own preference. My savage luvs RWS & Lapua. Eleys & Remington were a no go.

cavan shooter

eley subs when I had the cz and still with the 10/22. Wunchester seem to have more of a whack;)

zeissman

Well lads I tried a few bullets out today on targets at 50 yards.
I had winchester, lapua, and rws, all subsonic.
It was quite breezey but I shot some good groups.
The rws were the most accurate followed by the lapua then the winchester.
All bullets were accurate enough to go hunting with but I shot a couple of 5 shot groups with the rws that measured 1/4 inch centre to centre.
Must try them out on a few rabbits now.