Thread: Subsonic 22LR round for hunting?

Originally Posted by i41do2

I've just been using Remington Subsonics in my suppressed ruger 10/22, 38 gr. Its pretty average ammo to be fair. Its quite variable and a number of rounds fired through gave off a much louder crack. I suspect the QC in manufacture is pretty poor and powder loads are larger in some giving supersonic performance. I have had much better performance from Winchester ammo.
With the remingtons i did hit a magpie from about 200m but it just jumped back up and flew off.

I bought a 500 box of the 40gr Remington Subsonics and found exactly the same thing, It is rubbish!! 1 in about 7 comes out supersonic. I've relegated it to backup ammo or stuff to practice / dick around with