any experiences using Colibri in a 22/45??

[Mobuck]

I intend to use my 22/45 5 1/2" for knocking off trapped coons this winter. My son picked me up a couple of boxes of Colibri ammo for this purpose. He tried a few rounds through his MK1 which didn't function well with it. I've read most of the reviews and sometimes it works and sometimes not. I'm hoping my pistol is looser than son's and will at least feed from the mag manually.
Has anyone used this ammo for the purpose I intend? I'm trying to reduce noise and increase the chance of the bullet not exiting. I know some of my sets are going to be inside buildings and/or on or near hard surfaces so pass throughs are not so good.

 

[Snake45]

Not Colibris but I've played with CCI CB Longs (about the same as the Super Colibris) enough to know that you can't make them function in ANY semiautomatic. If by "function," though, you just mean feed normally from the magazine, yes, they might do that, but they won't operate the action.

As to are they powerful enough for coons, the CB Longs are just barely powerful enough for squirrels out to 50-75 feet or so. Never shot a coon so I don't know about them at all.

As to noise, shooting standard velocity .22 LR (not high speed) out of a 24" barrel rifle will make less noise than the Colibris out of a handgun, probably.

 

[CraigC]

No hope for making Colibris or CB's function a semi-auto. At least CB's have powder, Colibris are primer only.

 

[Dan in MI]

Never in a 22/45, but in a MK-II. No chance of semi-function.

I have shot racoons with them. Up to about 30', BUT I always take the archers 1/4'ing away shot through soft tissue behind the ribs.

 

[Uncle Howie]

I intend to use my 22/45 5 1/2" for knocking off trapped coons this winter... I'm trying to reduce noise and increase the chance of the bullet not exiting. I know some of my sets are going to be inside buildings and/or on or near hard surfaces so pass throughs are not so good.

I've shot some of the Super(?) Colibri (no powder) rounds, and they splattered on sheet metal, denting but not penetrating it. I think you are going to want something with a little powder behind it, for a humane dispatching.

I think maybe a Bearcat and some CB caps are in order. I'm not conversant in all of the different loadings, but there should be something available to give you the ability to dispatch the raccoon humanely and quietly.

You need a Bearcat!

Good luck!

 

[il Padrino]

I've used the Colibri primer only without powder in my mark II competition model with a 6-7/8" barrel, at short range 10-15' and they penetrated right through 1/4" plywood, I think at short range they should be able to dispatch small game animals with minimal noise.

 

[il Padrino]

I've used the Colibri primer only without powder in my mark II competition model with a 6-7/8" barrel, at short range 10-15' and they penitrated right through 1/4" plywood, I think at short range they should be able to dispatch small game animals with minimal noise.

 

[Mobuck]

Update on this topic.
I got hold of a couple of boxes of Super Colibri and did a little testing with my old beater 22/45. I can get manual operation by loading only one or two rounds in the mag. Loading more causes misalignment in the mag and either produces a bullet down misfeed or spits rounds out of the mag. They work manually through a 10/22 and so far all have exited the barrel. At 10', POI is right on the normal sight setting. Good enough for my purpose of killing trapped coons at 5-10'.

 

[Snake45]

Update on this topic.
I got hold of a couple of boxes of Super Colibri and did a little testing with my old beater 22/45. I can get manual operation by loading only one or two rounds in the mag. Loading more causes misalignment in the mag and either produces a bullet down misfeed or spits rounds out of the mag. They work manually through a 10/22 and so far all have exited the barrel. At 10', POI is right on the normal sight setting. Good enough for my purpose of killing trapped coons at 5-10'.

The Super Colibris, as I understand it, are more like the CCI CB Longs I'm familiar with. I've been amazed that the POI is identical to regular .22LRs at 50 feet.

I'd guess they'd have enough power to kill a "trapped coon at 5-10'." Enough to kill a loose coon at 30 to 50 feet or so, I'd be less sure. :?