Aguila "quiet" .22

[maxpress]

I have a friend thats looking to eliminate some coons from no more than 25yrds. he lives just outside city limits but still in a residential area so noise is a problem at 1am.
does anybody know if the Aguila primer only 36gr rounds at 500fps have enough poop for a clean kill at 25 meters. we are also looking at the aguila 60gr subsonic load at 995fps but i dont know how loud these are.
he is using a 10/22 and i already told him he will have to manually cycle the action.

 

[Hammerdown77]

I shot some of them out of my bolt action. Biggest issue with them is they have a rainbow-like trajectory. I put a soft 2x4 piece out at about 12-15 yards, and they sunk in about 1/8".

I don't think I would feel right shooting coons with them. Maybe a squirrel at 10 yards or less, out of a rifle.

 

[comanche]

Super Colibri : Head shot only @ about 10yrds.
Colibri : I don't believe so, at all
Sub-sonic : Shot placement is key, vitals or head shot. firecracker loud.
Hope this helps.

 

[Pal Val]

I've tried all three, and didn't like any.

Colibri - lucky if you don't get the POS stuck in the barrel.
Super colibri - Will make an angry wounded raccoon. Don't like it
Sub sonic - not too loud. Make sure you hit the vitals.

I bought some Remington CB shorts for vermin at short range a few years back as a favor for a friend who owns a house in the mountains. Shot them with a Single-Six, three mangy, nasty-looking raccoons. All three took two shots to drop from about 20 ft away. The sound was a bit less than a firecracker. The nearest neighbor lives 200 yds away, and he didn't hear a thing.

An idea - get a strong air gun.

 

[maxpress]

The pellet gun was my first suggestion.
He seems to think because its air driven it dosnt have the magical properties of gunpowder. Told him a .22 cal bullet at 900fps has the same killing power no matter if its driven by air or powder. Of course the top break air rifle i was going to lend him isnt much quieter than a .22 short.
I really like CB shorts but i think theres a problem shooting them out of a 10/22.

 

[unter1]

Cant get a trap?

 

[horse shoe guy]

Ive shot some feral cats with the SSS 22s and they did the trick. I might think about the trap as well.

 

[WyoGunner]

Peanut butter mixed with Decon should do the trick as long as it is in a fairly controlled environment where you don't have to worry about other animals getting into it.

 

[Nard]

They'll work, if it don't kill it on the spot it'll run off and die if he hits one good.

J.B.

 

[TinStarFirearms]

I have shot maybe 8-10 raccoons, several possums and snakes with the Colibri and Super Colibri. I used a Browning BL22 and they were highly effective. My wife was asleep just inside the house and never heard a thing. I took five during that instance and the rounds worked just fine. Longest shot was maybe 20'.

Andrew

 

[Cholo]

I recommend CCI .22 CB longs over the shorts. In my experience they're a bit slower than the shorts and less report from a rifle. It's more like a "pap" and not even close to a firecracker. Pleany accurate as well out of my Rem 581. Knock a garden eating rabbit ***hole over appetite at 25 yds. I can't begin to count pesky critters I've had to dispatch in the last 30 years with them. Kinda loud in a handgun, not rifle.

I saw them yesterday at Sportsman's Wearhouse so they're very available in the bigger outlets. Avoid the Remingtons.

 

[bennettfam]

Don't know about killin' with 'em, but they are just the ticket for plinking in the woods when backpacking in areas shared by others. Most hikers don't like guns or noise (neither do I unless I'm the one shooting) but the Super Colibri rounds are quiet enough to plink into the lake without campers over the hill hearing you. I restrict them to handguns for fear of bullets hanging up in the barrel of rifles.

 

[Bucks Owin]

The only "sub sonic sniper" round I have any experience with is the 60 gr Aguila which is a longgg bullet in a short case. (In order to fit std .22 LR OAL). They're fairly quiet alright, but it appears that long 60 gr bullet starts to tumble soon after leaving the muzzle of an 18" rifle barrel. Accuracy limits it to maybe 50 feet. (Velocity of around 850 fps by my chrono BTW). 50 yard groups sure ain't "sniper" quality, running around 3-4" and keyholing from a target barrelled 10/22....
Think I'd just use a target rd in the head. My pick is the Wolf M/T..At least you'd be sure to hit it, and the noise is no louder than say a hammer strike of someone pounding a nail. JMO...

(BTW, I find the CCI CB long plenty accurate and quiet but they aren't much of a powerhouse. On feral cats I tried to be within 25-30 feet for best results..)

 

[maxpress]

Peanut butter mixed with Decon should do the trick as long as it is in a fairly controlled environment where you don't have to worry about other animals getting into it.

thought about that but he has kids and cats. tried my coon trap and had a very upset cat the next morning :shock:

 

[Arokcrwlr]

Here's my story on coons and .22lr...

When I was young and stupid, a friend and I went squirrel hunting and came upon a tree with a big fuzzy ball in it. Being young and stupid I thought, hey let's shoot it. I shot, heard the thud as the bullet hit the target, shot again, and again, and.... After about 6 shots the thing gets up and starts walking along the tree branch it was perched on - that's when I realized it was a coon. I shot several more times and each shot seemed to not phase the coon at all. My friend was hunting with a 20ga and ended up finishing it with one shot. I probably shot the thing 12-15 times and it didn't make a sound or act like it was hurt at all.

Coons are tough animals - I wouldn't use a .22 on one again.

If shooting in a neighborhood, you need one of these...

 

[powder smoke]

Have-a-heart Trap. Trap em then throw the trap in a pond and drown them only takes a few minutes. Don't forget to tie a rope to the trap so you can haul it out. ps.

 

[maxpress]

Here's my story on coons and .22lr...

When I was young and stupid, a friend and I went squirrel hunting and came upon a tree with a big fuzzy ball in it. Being young and stupid I thought, hey let's shoot it. I shot, heard the thud as the bullet hit the target, shot again, and again, and.... After about 6 shots the thing gets up and starts walking along the tree branch it was perched on - that's when I realized it was a coon. I shot several more times and each shot seemed to not phase the coon at all. My friend was hunting with a 20ga and ended up finishing it with one shot. I probably shot the thing 12-15 times and it didn't make a sound or act like it was hurt at all.

Coons are tough animals - I wouldn't use a .22 on one again.

If shooting in a neighborhood, you need one of these...

we have a $200 dollar tax to get one of those. but a lawnmower muffler works great.
I used to sit on the fence and pop butcher pigs in the head with a .22 and they would just fall over twitch and die. So im not to worried about regular .22s taking out a coon.
sounds like its time to go get a new muffler for the mower. Thanks for the reminder. :lol:

 

[Glupy]

I recommend CCI .22 CB longs over the shorts. In my experience they're a bit slower than the shorts and less report from a rifle. It's more like a "pap" and not even close to a firecracker. Pleany accurate as well out of my Rem 581. Knock a garden eating rabbit ***hole over appetite at 25 yds. I can't begin to count pesky critters I've had to dispatch in the last 30 years with them. Kinda loud in a handgun, not rifle.

Agreed that the CB longs are quiet in a rifle. I shoot them in an old Remington 510 Targetmaster. The CB's are too loud (for an urban setting) in a 6 1/2 Single Single though.

Dave

 

[sourdough44]

I did dispatch a possum last Winter with those 20 grn 'primer only' 500 fps loads. I used my SP 101 & they worked better than I expected. It was very close range at my backyard compost bin.