Pest Gun Setup

[[Kev308]]

I bought a Savage Mark II as a pest gun for raccoons and just generally “because.”

I wasted a lot of money trying make a setup for a flashlight and finally ended up with a cheap $10 forty five degree offset, a $10 Home Depot flashlight and some zip ties. I bought a couple flash light mounts but it would require me to raise the red dot height which I didn’t want to do since any shot would be within 25 yds.

However, I do have a question. What is the effectiveness of CCI “quiet” rounds? Are these more suited for bird hunting? At 710 FPS I can probably just buy a 22 cal air gun.

 

[[Kev308]]

Also anyone know the decibel or real world difference of the Quiet 710 FPS vs a regular subsonic 1050 FPS?

 

[Pale Ryder]

Also anyone know the decibel or real world difference of the Quiet 710 FPS vs a regular subsonic 1050 FPS?

Maybe this gives some insight.

 

[[Kev308]]

Maybe this gives some insight.

Awesome. Thank you. I also just noticed that “quiet” on the box says target, so I probably shouldn’t use it for any other purpose.

 

[outrider58]

Will you be suppressing it?

 

[[Kev308]]

Will you be suppressing it?

Within the year. I haven’t started the process yet.

 

[outrider58]

Standard .22s are pretty dang quiet out of that rifle when suppressed.

 

[John from MD]

I bought a Savage Mark II as a pest gun for raccoons and just generally “because.”

I wasted a lot of money trying make a setup for a flashlight and finally ended up with a cheap $10 forty five degree offset, a $10 Home Depot flashlight and some zip ties. I bought a couple flash light mounts but it would require me to raise the red dot height which I didn’t want to do since any shot would be within 25 yds.

However, I do have a question. What is the effectiveness of CCI “quiet” rounds? Are these more suited for bird hunting? At 710 FPS I can probably just buy a 22 cal air gun. View attachment 399902 View attachment 399901 View attachment 399900

I have taken a few coons but I do it with a .25 air rifle and a 47 gn slug at 875 FPS CCI quiet, 710 FPS, probably won't be going 710 out of your rifle so you wont be getting 44 FPE. I would not use CCI quiet on a Coon sized animal. The 45 gn, 910 FPS suppressor ammo would be a better choice.

 

[teratos]

Quiets are like a pellet gun out of that rifle.
I’ve taken a ground hog at about 40 yards, but I got him right through the brain stem. Rifle is a tack driver (FV-SR)

 

[Sticky]

They make segmented quiets for hunting. I have killed many a small critter with std quiets, but since I shoot suppressed, I actually prefer CCI Suppressor as it is far more accurate and has a bit more velocity (835fps iirc).

 

[Sticky]

Also anyone know the decibel or real world difference of the Quiet 710 FPS vs a regular subsonic 1050 FPS?

CCI Quiets are hollywood quiet out of a suppressed rifle. Click, thwack is all I hear. The report gets louder the more you increase velocity and std velocity are noticeable louder, though still hearing safe when shooting suppressed. I have tested all of the sub ammo out there at one point or another.

I shoot std velocity CCI's suppressed out of my 15-22 to get reliable cycling in a semi auto, though the newer mid range subs (suppressor and semis at 835fps) will probably work fine too, just haven't tested them in the 15-22 yet.

 

[Sticky]

Oops, stand corrected, CCI Suppressor is 970fps, the semi auto quiets are 835. Here is some data I got using a sound meter app on my phone. I see a lot of variation and inconsistency in std quiet ammo, far less with the slightly higher velocity CCI ammo.

I too shoot a couple of MKII's, one suppressed 16" (fvsr) and one bull barrel 20" that is still neighborhood quiet with quiet ammo even unsuppressed.

 

[Sage954]

this is as quiet as it gets without a suppressor. Terminal ballistics not so good, but plinking in the backyard and no noise.

22 LR SUPER COLIBRI

THE STRONG SILENT TYPE. The Super Colibrí was made for hunting and target shooting. Ultra-quiet, it offers higher velocity and energy than the standard Colibrí for when that little extra punch is needed. It’s designed for bolt-action or revolver platforms.

www.aguilaammo.com

 

[[Kev308]]

Oops, stand corrected, CCI Suppressor is 970fps, the semi auto quiets are 835. Here is some data I got using a sound meter app on my phone. I see a lot of variation and inconsistency in std quiet ammo, far less with the slightly higher velocity CCI ammo.

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I too shoot a couple of MKII's, one suppressed 16" (fvsr) and one bull barrel 20" that is still neighborhood quiet with quiet ammo even unsuppressed

This is great information. Thank you.

 

[johnkn]

I frequently use “quiet” low velocity .22 CBs. 30 grain, 720 FPS.

I unfortunately can confirm they will go through a piece of vinyl siding, 1/2” thick T-11, travel 12 feet, penetrate another 1/2” piece of T11, then exit another piece of vinyl siding. Through and through my old shed....

The report is very quiet, like my custom Macari Tarantula R9 .22 spring gun.

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[Overboost44]

I have the same gun and it is a tack driver. My suppressor doesn't like the CCI-quiet both for accuracy and they are noisier. I switched mostly to Eley or Federal. Love the Eley.

 

[John from MD]

Quiet is like firing off a primer with my 10/22 Dead Air Mask combo. Something about it not making enough gas volume makes it noisy. Standard Velocity CCI are almost as quiet as Suppressor CCI.