Plenty for small game and varmints, but the steep trajectory requires very accurate ranging for full effect. Penetration drops with distance, being 13 to 16 inches in 10% ballistic gelatin at close range.
The bullet doesn’t expand but does tumble, and produces considerable gel displacement.
Terminal performance remains consistent at various distances. With a very small powder charge, Aguila Sniper Subsonic ammunition actually shot faster from it than from the 16-inch barrel. The integrally-suppressed barrel has about 10 inches of rifling and a foot of baffles. The Hailey integrally-suppressed barrel has about 10 inches of rifling and a foot of baffles. The 1-6x optic was a compromise selected for the ability to do quick snapshots at 1x magnification with the reticle’s center point lit up. The bullet shows good wind resistance, so accurate hits can be obtained further out with a more fully-featured reticle. Mid-trajectory height at 55 yards is around four inches or 2MRAD. Using an illuminated 1-6x Vortex Viper PST scope with Mil-Dot reticle, I can adjust for drop out to 3MRAD, corresponding to 155 yards.įlight time to that distance is about half a second, which makes for a surreal experience: hear a click, wondering if it was a misfire, then hear the hit on steel or berm after a wait. When recording a video, I had to go by the puff of smoke from the muzzle to know the difference between a live shot and an accidental dry fire.Īccuracy did not disappoint, being around 1.5MOA. It literally had no report, even the sounds of the falling striker and of the bolt handle being unlocked were much louder than the actual gunshot. The Hailey/Savage rig proved to be the quietest rifle in the world. 22plinkster has different results with the Volquartsen semi-automatic rifle. Match-grade accuracy with 40 to 45-grain loads made up for the disappointment. 22 Short case clears the chamber edge too early in the extraction process, and some residual pressure remains in the bore.Īlthough the rifle cycled well, it was not a good fit for the cartridge despite high expectations. It was a surprise to me that the more competent shooter - 22plinkster - and the ammunition for which it was optimized, gave no better than 3MOA and a rather sharply audible “pop” from the ejection port. The VQ rifle was earlier tested with CCI 40-grain subsonics, producing 1MOA, or slightly better, and very quiet report. Aguila Sniper Subsonic ammunition is incredibly quiet when used with a suppressor. CMMG and Ceiner conversion kits used with AR-15 uppers produce decent accuracy.Ĭuriously, some rimfire pistols shoot it quite accurately as well.įor testing Aguila Sniper Subsonic ammunition, I had two rifles made with 1:9 barrels: a Volquartsen semi-auto used with a Gemtech G5-22 suppressor on the muzzle, and a Savage Mark II bolt-action with a Hailey Ordnance integrally-suppressed barrel. If not stabilized, the bullet would tumble right out of the muzzle and could damage suppressor baffles.Īccuracy of an under-stabilized bullet of this length is non-existent. There’s a catch, the bullet is too long to stabilize properly in the typical 1:16 twist rimfire rifle barrels. 22 Short casing to provide space for the elongated. 32 ACP bullet of the same weight, it retains about the same velocity at 100 yards thanks to the greater sectional density.
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