
Still plenty accurate, although a bullet like this only belongs on the target range – or perhaps the lawn as well, if there are squirrels or other little pest animals who need to go away.Īguila’s Mexican-made ammo is brass-cased, non-corrosive, and nonmagnetic. This round’s bullet is a basic lead round nose: no copper plating that protects against lead fouling, no hollow point that enables terminal expansion. The 22 LR was never a very noisy cartridge to begin with, but you’ll barely need hearing protection at all with Aguila Subsonic! Although its bullet weighs in normal at 40 grains, its lighter propellant charge is not powerful enough to make it break the sound barrier. This 22 LR ammo by Aguila is right quiet. Our Maximum Expansion Technology is used to produce projectiles that create the largest. We can make no guarantees that this ammo will fully cycle your semi-automatic handgun or rifle. 308 CALIBER, 194GR, MAXIMUM EXPANSION, SUBSONIC, 50/BOX. Just the fact that the shooter was able to take a shot without hearing protection and then still talk in a normal voice afterwards should be enough to convince most people of the suppressor’s effectiveness.Please note: This subsonic 22 LR ammo may fail to cycle some semi-automatic firearms.
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Don’t think so?, go to 3:13 on the video to hear the differences between suppressed and unsuppressed.Īlthough, of course, you don’t quite get the full effect of the sound difference by watching the video, you can definitely tell that there is a big, big difference. Shop today at your online source for subsonic ammunition, Palmetto State Armory. Technically, any ammunition that achieves less than supersonic velocity is in and of itself subsonic, which is 1,126 ft per second. The cartridge can’t make a cracking report because it can’t break the sound barrier, but take. Moreover, it produced the second largest groups for 25 shots, the mean was an unremarkable 1.53 inches. That’s the average weight for a 22 LR bullet, which means they ensure the cartridge’s subsonic 1,040 fps muzzle velocity (out of a rifle barrel) by loading a weaker than usual propellant charge. Test: Posting an average velocity of 1042 fps, Winchester’s Super-X 22 Long Rifle Subsonic load was the fastest of the bunch, and it was the loudest, too. We stock a variety of calibers from subsonic. Eley adorns this round with a 40 grain bullet. The advantage of subsonic rounds is noise reduction when paired with a suppressed firearm. This avoids the supersonic shockwave or 'crack' of a supersonic bullet, which, particularly for suppressed firearms, influences the loudness of the shot. Well, in short, subsonic ammo doesn't break the sound barrier.


Then you might just think someone is out plinking with an airsoft rifle. Subsonic ammunition is ammunition designed to operate at velocities below the speed of sound, which at standard conditions is less than 273 m/s (900 ft/s) or Mach 0.80. Unless, that particular firearm is both suppressed and shooting subsonic ammo. Whether you are are the shooter or not, if you are anywhere in the vicinity you will hear, and most likely, feel the shot go off. 50 Caliber (.490 Diameter), 177gr Rifle Round Lead Balls - For Black Powder Guns / Muzzleloaders - Pure. Many know the 50 BMG shot to be one of the loudest and most painful out there. Usually when you are anywhere nearby when a 50 BMG is being shot you would be aware of its presences by the loud sound, but thanks to a suppresser, you may not recognize the sound of this rifle.
