Do yourself a favor.... 32 gr. frangible hollowpoint CBee LR.
Posted on 10/14/2022 12:36:26 PM PDT by real saxophonist
So CSI: Vegas decided that, instead of a show about 'assault-style weapons', they did one about trailer park rednecks and a Ruger 10/22.
Here's a link to the show. They called it a 'murder weapon', a 'sniper weapon', before they finally figured out it was shot into air and hit the victim by accident.
But they must have said 'Ruger 10/22' seven or eight times.
Do yourself a favor.... 32 gr. frangible hollowpoint CBee LR.
Stingers are great rounds, but they get their hypervelocity by using a light 32 grain bullet, which as a result may not provide enough recoil to reliably cycle the 10/22.
CCI Mini-Mags use a 40 grain (or 38 grain in hollow point) bullet and provide more recoil to cycle the action of the 10/22 a little more reliably.
i’ve got CBs but dint know they make frangible... THX!
I use Stingers in my Marlin 25, and CCI mini-mags in my Marlin 60.
These are LR and will hit the chamber when you rack the bolt. Man did I get tired of multiple raccoon targets and having to get a second round of CCI CB Long chambered, while half asleep. I think these use a bullet nearly identical to the Remington Yellowjacket, but cut to split into four segments on impact.
I like the non- black rifle look of a 22 semi auto and the rotary mag— very dependable. But I wanted more bang. I got the copycat Savage A-22 in 22 Mag. Shoots just the same with a lot hotter round. Within 3” of dead level out to 180 years depending on how you zero it in.
Nice rifle, the Marlin.
“Nice rifle, the Marlin.”
I’ve had the Model 25 for decades. It is my go-to squirrel rifle.
Yet another Freeper thread devolves into a morass of confirmation bias and self-adulation.
Back to the original topic, (ahem), the chance of a .22 LR fired in celebratory fashion inflicting a lethal wound is like Powerball lottery odds.
A bullet fired vertically has little to no horizontal velocity and its vertical velocity briefly falls to zero at its maximum ordinate before falling back to earth. Which means a bullet dropped from a platform of the same height would return to earth with the exact same velocity and force.
In Ch. 11., “Bullets from the Sky,” of his seminal “Hatcher’s Notebook,” Gen. Julian Hatcher gives details of three separate and unconnected experiments in which military rifles and machine guns were fired vertically and different methods used for measuring the velocity of the bullet on return. All three put the velocity of .30-cal bullets on impact at about 300 fps.
The figure is so low, despite the fact these bullets fell for more than 30 seconds before impacting the ground, because of aerodynamic drag. Acceleration due to gravity might (and does) increase at the square of time, but aerodynamic drag occurs at three times the change of velocity. So the two nearly cancel out, with gravity having a modest edge, with only 300 fps to show for more than a half minute’s fall.
The Army long ago determined that the minimum bullet energy required to give a “debilitating” injury was 60 FPE. For a 40-grain bullet, that would mean a velocity of about 820 fps. And a round-nosed or eliptical-nosed rimfire bullet has a far lower ballistic coefficient than any military spitzer bullet, which means a .22LR fired vertically would be at something less than 300 fps when it fell back to earth. Probably A LOT less.
40 grains at 300 fps makes about 8 FPE, far under the Army’s floor for dibilitating injury, about what a standard-velocity 40-gr .22LR would deliver at 1200 yards. Yes, 1-2-0-0 yards. It might break the skin, but only if it hit you at a spot that was unclothed. For it to kill you, the gods would just have had to wish you dead.
I’m sure this won’t come as a shock to you but the writers of CSI are full of ca-ca.
Cogent explanation. Thank you.
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For a .22LR I have a Ruger Mark II, a Remington Nylon 66, and two Marlin tube-fed bolt action rifles. My wife has a similar round-up.
The magazine of a 10-22 seems too complicated to be something that can last a long time or be repaired using hand tools. It certainly can’t be fashioned in the home shop. That is why I chose .22s with straight forward magazines.
“The magazine of a 10-22 seems too complicated to be something that can last a long time….”
I’m still using the original 6 ten round rotary magazines I bought 15 years ago. No issues whatsoever. I have 8 of the 25 round variant I’ve had for several years, too. No issues to report.
Ruger makes quality stuff.
Best,
L
I have a 22 caliber take down pump rifle that is a lot more accurate than a Ruger 10-22.
Don’t use it much, most of what I shoot is 30 caliber and larger.
Mine reaches escape velocity. Every month I eagerly wait for the full moon so I can plink the left behinds from the Apollo missions.
I like the hat tip they gave to the original cylons in the BG reboot and the opening scene of the old A Team. That helmet must look great on the mantel.
Your Cleaning methods are,,,,?
I go to my sandblaster-—
Incredible Performance!
Zero at 50 yards-—Good to 150?!?
Dang !
What ammo and any barrel Mods ?
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