At 100 yards you are getting transonic speeds which opens groups.

It happens between 75 and 90 yards. This why people who shoot 22lr at long range use subs, no trans issues.

I shot minimags in a match last month and won because I had my dope perfect.  Others had not done the actual shooting and just used guesstimates.

Makes sense, transonic flow is a bitch for aircraft. Just a theory, but could the hollow point on certain rounds prevent boundary layer formation around the bullet, mitigating these effects?

I will be testing various velocities in the near future and post an update. My recent issue has been catching a severe case of the archery bug. At least I'm getting a lot of practice with holdovers. It won't be until February before I'm taking 50yd+ shots on squirrels.

I did swap out the scope for another 3-9x I had laying around with quick adjustable turrets and a zero stop. It has MOA hash marks, so I can compare holdovers vs doping on my next trip.

I'm most curious about the CCI 45gr I got. The only ammo I've ever had actually be subsonic out of my RAR in Bama air is CCI quiet. I'd like to see how subsonic ammo that isn't massively downloaded performs.

Eley has some 42 grn loads.

Where did you get this info? All I've seen has RWS headstamps. The current Wolf is made by Eley, maybe what you were thinking?

Yes, good stuff. I've shot quite a bit of Action and it is just barely subsonic and with the slightly heavier bullet it definitely hits with more authority than 40 grain bullets. Cheap and well under1 MOA in both my Tikkas.

I guess none of you read the thread title?



I don't think he does, or you either. I get it, 17 is stronger..

The thread wasn't, "Which cartridge is superior for squirrel hunting at 100 yards?".

Op, the CCI Velocitors are great, and for speed, the CCI stingers and Aguila has comparable cartidges. The Aguila shoots more accurately on one of my 10/22s, but I generally advocate CCI.

yup