Cci Stinger Ammo

[Atrain1]

Is CCI Stinger ammo pretty powerful, when I carry and shoot my gsg 1911 that is what I use.

[mcantar18c]

Carry it? But its not a .45! How will it ever be effective?!

In all seriousness, avoid .22LR for carry purposes. Not because of ballistics reasons, more than a few people have died with .22" holes in them. One thing: reliability.
First off, I've had more FTF's, FTE's, stovepipes, etc. with .22LR than with any other cartridge, in multiple guns. I wouldn't trust one for carry purposes just for that reason. Secondly, they generally like to be run pretty wet, and its a simple fact of life that lube attracts debris... and I'm sure you know what can happen when there's lots of crap in your action. Also, being as its a rimmed cartridge, it's more prone to failure from being bumped around excessively. If the rounds are exposed to lots of jostling around (running, jumping, being bumped into, and just daily life), there's a risk that the priming compound in the rim can mix with the powder and render the round inert.

Now about the ammo itself, I've heard good things about it. I've also heard that it doesn't feed reliably in some guns for some reason (there's a reason, I just don't recall what it is at the moment). If it runs in your gun OK, I see no reason not to bring a box to the range.

[Fromk]

Those are all good points above but ballistics are a valid reason not to use it in a carry gun. The utter lack of stopping power isn't good and shooting to wound (which is likely to happen) is just pretty messed up. The extra punch the stingers get you out of the barrel would probably just increase the chance of it zipping right through what you're shooting at.

[Atrain1]

Those are all good points above but ballistics are a valid reason not to use it in a carry gun. The utter lack of stopping power isn't good and shooting to wound (which is likely to happen) is just pretty messed up. The extra punch the stingers get you out of the barrel would probably just increase the chance of it zipping right through what you're shooting at. Not for carry I ment to say when I leave the range and have it on me I always keep 10 to go back with me. I thought about it but the rimfire reliability thing is what I cant get past. Just to use as a plinking round cause it seems like it has more power it is more fun to shoot, but I think it has been the cause of the death of my pt22 and my chiappa 1911-22, they have both been fixed but that round just seems like it has alot more power than a normal 22 round. The one that I was going to carry was the PMR30 I figured the 22 mag round would be able to do the job.

[SA Friday]

Yes, stingers have a lot more velocity and are loaded hotter than the average 22LR ammo. This doesn't necessarily equate to accurate ammo. I've always found stingers to be very inaccurate in my 22s. The velocity is just too high to be within the accuracy node for most guns, IMO.

Also, I doubt with the very high velocity and the very thin copper jacket that a stinger hollow point has ever not capsized and expanded in a normal target like a rabbit, etc. Most 22 hollow points have such thin jackets that they sometimes mushroom to the point of enveloping the entire base in the expansion process; they can mushroom into a blob of lead and copper.

[Atrain1]

Yes, stingers have a lot more velocity and are loaded hotter than the average 22LR ammo. This doesn't necessarily equate to accurate ammo. I've always found stingers to be very inaccurate in my 22s. The velocity is just too high to be within the accuracy node for most guns, IMO.

Also, I doubt with the very high velocity and the very thin copper jacket that a stinger hollow point has ever not capsized and expanded in a normal target like a rabbit, etc. Most 22 hollow points have such thin jackets that they sometimes mushroom to the point of enveloping the entire base in the expansion process; they can mushroom into a blob of lead and copper. That explains alot I thought it was just me when I was getting better shots with federal bulk ammo and the winchester bulk, also alot of the time they do not like to load. Thanks.

[Bill]

yes more powerful round its a hyper velocity
most of the cheap stuff is high velocity

For powerful 22 rounds (velocity out of a rifle) Thats most of the hyper velocity rounds.

CCI Velocitor 40gr hp 1435fps
CCI Stinger 32gr hp 1640fps
Aquila Super-maximum 30gr hp 1750fps
Super-maximum 30gr solid 1750fps
Interceptor 40gr 1470fps
Win Supreme Xpediter 32gr 1640fps
hyper speed 40gr hp 1435fps
Rem Yellow jacket 33gr TC hp 1500fps
Rem Viper solid 36gr TC 1410fps

22's are very deadly becuase they bounce around alot after hitting the body, but they are not take down power for self defence.

[Atrain1]

yes more powerful round its a hyper velocity
most of the cheap stuff is high velocity

For powerful 22 rounds (velocity out of a rifle) Thats most of the hyper velocity rounds.

CCI Velocitor 40gr hp 1435fps
CCI Stinger 32gr hp 1640fps
Aquila Super-maximum 30gr hp 1750fps
Super-maximum 30gr solid 1750fps
Interceptor 40gr 1470fps
Win Supreme Xpediter 32gr 1640fps
hyper speed 40gr hp 1435fps
Rem Yellow jacket 33gr TC hp 1500fps
Rem Viper solid 36gr TC 1410fps

22's are very deadly becuase they bounce around alot after hitting the body, but they are not take down power for self defence. I know my uncle was shot with a 22 in his back it made a uturn and came out his back, I have been trying to argue knock down power, everything I have chambered in a 45 I have in a 22 for practice and muscle memory, thats why I shoot 22 that and I get a kick out of shooting them they are cheap and fun.

[Paladin]

Those are all good points above but ballistics are a valid reason not to use it in a carry gun. The utter lack of stopping power isn't good and shooting to wound (which is likely to happen) is just pretty messed up. The extra punch the stingers get you out of the barrel would probably just increase the chance of it zipping right through what you're shooting at.

I agree with you, but it does beat throwing rocks.

[Bill]

I see people say about CCI Stinger "it zipping right through what you're shooting at." and "How will it ever be effective"
Well if its not any good why do Pro-Killers/Assassins us it all the time?

[Fromk]

My "zipping through" comment is related to self defense. If someone is charging at you I want as much chance as possible that shooting them will stop them and preferably with one shot. It's not saying that getting shot with .22 can't be deadly but for every story (and they're just that and mostly hunting related) of one tearing something's insides apart there is one of it bouncing off a piece of bone and leaving nothing but a small flesh wound. Mostly it's somewhere in between.

I believe that the assassins in question also used them at point blank. Hinckley managed to not kill anyone with six shots from 15 feet way despite hitting someone in the head and using crazy explosive ammo.

[Atrain1]

My "zipping through" comment is related to self defense. If someone is charging at you I want as much chance as possible that shooting them will stop them and preferably with one shot. It's not saying that getting shot with .22 can't be deadly but for every story (and they're just that and mostly hunting related) of one tearing something's insides apart there is one of it bouncing off a piece of bone and leaving nothing but a small flesh wound. Mostly it's somewhere in between.

I believe that the assassins in question also used them at point blank. Hinckley managed to not kill anyone with six shots from 15 feet way despite hitting someone in the head and using crazy explosive ammo. That is why the .22 is so dangerous they can bounce around inside as well, But for stopping power I will stick with my .45

[SAnd]

I remember reading an article years ago about which handgun ammo is the deadliest. The author showed statistically that 22rimfire was tied with another cartridge for death rate. I think the other cartridge was a .45 but I really don't remember. The thing that has stuck in my mind all these years is that the .45 killed now. On the other hand the 22 rf took several days to kill someone. The large caliber killed with immediate trauma and shock. The 22rf killed with infections and complications that accumulated over time to be lethal.

[Bill]

I can not call Hinckley an ture assasin he is a stupid,retard, moron Idoit with a gun with too short of a barrel to get the explosive ammo to explode too short of barrel for good velocity.


To Atrain1
gsg 1911 says it has a 5inch barrel, you are good to good with stingers in that but 5inch barrel try some CCI Velocitor 40gr hp 1435fps they should be some harder hitting 22lr ammo good for self defense.

I have been shooting 22's for 31 years now and I know what they can do.
as long as your not at point blank range they will do you good.





My "zipping through" comment is related to self defense. If someone is charging at you I want as much chance as possible that shooting them will stop them and preferably with one shot. It's not saying that getting shot with .22 can't be deadly but for every story (and they're just that and mostly hunting related) of one tearing something's insides apart there is one of it bouncing off a piece of bone and leaving nothing but a small flesh wound. Mostly it's somewhere in between.

I believe that the assassins in question also used them at point blank. Hinckley managed to not kill anyone with six shots from 15 feet way despite hitting someone in the head and using crazy explosive ammo.