I thought this was pretty cool.
Over the years, I've played with BB caps, CB caps, CB longs, Subsonics, etc. in 22's and never been impressed.
I mentioned earlier my Walmart is heavy on 22 ammo, so I picked up some CCI & Win hp's; even some 22 short hp's since I hadn't seen them in years. As a kid we shot shorts because they were 25 cents/box cheaper. In recent years they seem to have become a boutique item. I shot them up today, along with this CCI "Quiet-22" ammo. I was amazed that it edged out all the others for accuracy @ 50 feet. That's a hair under 1.5" for 8 shots and I did it twice from a rest...no fluke.
I also ran them all over the chronograph at 10 ft. The Quiet-22 is advertised @ 710 fps ( from a rifle no doubt) and I got 586 fps. That sure sounds wimpy, but my .17 pellet rifle launches a 7.9 grain pellet @ 650 fps and hammers starlings with a whopping 7 ft-lbs of muzzle energy.
This 40 gr bullet @ 586 fps generates 4 times that. That'll be overkill....may have to dedicate it to red squirrels.
