Thread: More fragmentive .22 rounds?

Stony ground is a bit of a specific case in point - but .22 in general can do some eye opening things. I know quite a few people that have worn a .22 pill that they just fired after it's bounced directly back at them from hitting something unexpected. Padlocks seem to be a frequent entry in the "bounce back" database, coupled with younger, braver firers of said rifle!

Subsonic anything is a mongrel for ricochet, they can ricochet off trees and the like so it's not just hard stuff. I've seen a .22 sub literally skipping across a dam after it went through a small rabbit. Things that I've done that have helped in the past when using .22's in ricochet-prone areas is go to HV or RFF (really f-ing fast) ammo as the faster it goes the more likely it is to break up and not whine off at some stupid angle, and try to go for pills with a flatter nose profile. The old orange box Aussie Powerpoint was great for this, the flatter front end seemed to be a lot less prone to the whine offs for some reason that I could never work out. The same company's Superspeed offering had the same grain, same velocity just a round nosed hollow point pill) was an utter mongrel for ricochet, we stopped using it on low lying farms in the CHB for that reason. The only difference was the nose profile of the pill, more rounded and a more narrow hollow point than the Powerpoint offering.