which .22lr round for raccoons?
 

i just bought a ruger 10/22 and was wondering what round would be the best to bag a raccoon? remington yellowjacket, remington thunderbolt, cci mini-mag, cci velocitor, or another kind that ii did not mention.

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I used to use Yellow jackets only, but now I won' t put anything but CCI Stingers in my .22, you can hear and see the difference compared to any other .22 round. plus I find they are much cleaner than the YJ' s.

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I just use whatever is on sale. If you hit them in the head they will all work fine. If you shoot them in the body you will need several shots to kill them, no matter the brand of ammo.

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CCI Mini-mags exclusively here.

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thanks guys... i went and picked up a box of mini-mags hp' s. when i was at fleet farm i saw hat they had bird shot ammo for .22' s do those accually work for a little bird like the starling and would they hurt my rifling?

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I' ve used the bird shot and couldn' t kill a sparow at 1 yard. I DO NOT recommend it at all.

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thanks jd

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I used to use YJ' s, then I switched to whatever was cheapest when I went to buy a brick, then I got smart, nothing goes through my guns except CCI Mini-mags. I quit using YJ' s because they' re dirtier than a $2" horse" and out of every tubefull, I' d have to jack out about every third round because it would misfire, very typical of remington rimfire ammunition. With the bargain basement stuff, it' s pretty inaccurate, and a lot of misfires occur, not to mention that I' d find the slugs pressed against the skull between the eyes, mushroomed huge, with it' s four counter parts sitting beside it, maybe one would get lucky and penetrate. Took about a week to give up on that idea. Since I switched to CCI Mini' s, I' ve never found a bullet mushroomed like that, everyone has penetrated well, if not exited, even on body shots.

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The birdshot works pretty good for shooting snakes with a handgun. That is all I have used it for. The prarie rattlers hate it.

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I have had really good luck with Winchester " power points" , a 40gr. hollow point.
Very accurate in my 10/22 and definitely lethal!:D

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Go with the CCI' s. You can' t go wrong with em.

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Sportsmans Guide carries a brand called Quikshok in .22 LR . This round features a slug that separates into 3 pieces on impact creating 3 separate wound channels . Put it in the head or lungs and the coon goes down .

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i always use cci mini-mags or stingers, hey kevin1- that quikshok sounds pretty cool do you know where you can get it?
-hotgunner

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how much do those cci mini' s run and canyou tell any difference in sound.

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if your looking for quiet we used cci shorts..wed hunt in peoples back yards and never have a problem...quieter than a air gun....may take an extra shot if you dont get the first one good but we shot countless coons with them..our normal round was cci mini mags i think....they are a bit louder and have more power but a good hit with the shorts will do it if you need quietness....i dont know if they will function in a 10/22....i doubt it..you can shot them single shoted i bet...bit they will probally not work out of a magazine....just about any round you can shoot will work for coons....a shot to the head with just about anything is going to send them down most of the time...but ive seen super coons you could shoot with a 12ga slug and theyd stay up there.....theres always the ones with the will to live....but you have a semi...you can get a second where it counts before they know what hit them the first time....we always used a single shot and the second shot was usually after he was majorly pi**ed off and coming down the tree lol....man i miss coon hunting..i hope we move out of this city soon! but i doubt it....soon enough i will have my own house and my own hounds....

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Use CCI Stinger or mini-mag and definately hollow point. I have two 10/22 rifles and this amo shoots clean and straight. Great accuracy

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I' ve had misfire problems with the CCI Stingers in my 10-22 , so I switched to Wildcat Stingers and the probs disappeared . Very clean shooting , accurate , and they seem to have a better punch than CCI .