Firing this ammo out of my ruger 10/22 from 20 ft. Super Colibri has no powder, relying on only the primer to propel the bullet down the bore. The result is an extremely quiet rimfire round, perfect for close-range pest control or quiet plinking.
Will not cycle the slide of semi-automatic handguns (nor the bolt in my 10/22)
Aguila packages these as Long Rifle ammunition, but they are in fact slightly shorter than a 22 Long cartridge
Technical Information
Caliber: 22 Long Rifle
Bullet Weight: 20 Grains
Bullet Style: Lead Solid
Ballistics Information:
Muzzle Velocity: 500 fps
Muzzle Energy: 11 ft. lbs.
vs.
Two 12 fl oz. water bottle and coffee can
End Result = The 20 grain solid point bullet penetrated both water bottles and almost penetrated the coffee can. The bullet then bounced off the can and went about 15 ft... after recovering the projectile, it had only minor scratches and scrapes on the lead. This leads me to conclude that these will not expand in small varmint, however they may tumble and yaw once entering the animals tissue and organs.
do you think even with just the primer these are more powerful than the average pellet gun?
lukenadtisha 3 months ago
@lukenadtisha
They are more powerful than the avg pellet gun...but when you start talking about 20 grains + .22 pellets at high velocities, then that is a different story. These are only rated at 500fps with 20 grains. But a a typical .177 pellet rifle will not do more damage than this round even at high fps.
Quaboosttro 3 months ago
22lr Aguila Super Colibri
vs.
Two 12 fl oz. water bottle and coffee can
End Result = The 20 grain solid point bullet penetrated both water bottles and almost penetrated the coffee can. The bullet then bounced off the can and went about 15 ft... after recovering the projectile, it had only minor scratches and scrapes on the lead. This leads me to conclude that these will not expand in small varmint, however they may tumble and yaw once entering the animals tissue and organs.
Quaboosttro 11 months ago