Buckshot Bear Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Anyone ever used Aquila ammo? Its new to Oz. That elongated projectile on the sniper .22 looks quite unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I've used a lot of it, good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fence Cutter Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I have used countless bricks of their subsonic 40 grain .22 long rifle. Heap good medicine that fills the air with the smell of rotten eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 The SSS - super sniper special - supposedly will let you use a big heavy bullet, subsonic, through your suppressor and get accuracy and punch with no sound. In my experience - I bought a brick of it when it came out - 22s have a rifling twist that likes a 35 to 40 grain bullet at between 12 and 1400 ft per second. This thing uses a 60 grain bullet at about 800. I tried it in about seven different guns - rifles and pistols both. Keyholes everywhere. The bullets would not stabilize. Their other stuff - subsonic long rifle, High velocity Long Rifle, colibri, super colibri and the mini shotgun shells all worked fine. The SSS - well if you had one of those little North American miniature revolvers, and you weren't really worried about accuracy, but we're thinking about hitting the bad guy hard at "get off me" range - would probably work good. Would not matter if they keyholed. As long as they still hit him. But y'all probably can't have one of those little bitty guns, can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 When I can get it.....I use their Match .22 ammo for my Bulls Eye Pistol shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 When I use to shoot rifle silhouette I shot a lot of the .22 with a heavier bullet and it worked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Very good product and usually at a fair price too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Excellent ammo and a NATO supplier OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Are the mini shells shot or slugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 My lady has a picky gun, it chokes at some point on almost everything. It can spit Aguila all day long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 23 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said: Are the mini shells shot or slugs? Yes. If memory serves they came in three types. 7½ shot. A mixed load of buckshot - seven balls of #4 buck and 4 balls of #1 . And a ⅞-ounce slug. 12 gauge only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I like it, buy it when it is on the shelf. The Colibri is scary quiet, if you need something scary quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I really like Aguila .22 ammo. @J-BAR #18287 is correct. The Colibri ammo is very quiet and I can attest that out of my .22 single shot Savage that it will kill rats and squirrels. The “Interceptor” ammo is very accurate from my S&W model 17 Andy Ruger 10/22 and my Savage single shot. @Buckshot Bear The offerings on your post are not all Aguila has to offer, but maybe this is what they are importing now to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 yes , ive had good results with it , they make some great 22cal ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 @Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Pat it seems to be getting into the gun shops down here - https://www.qldgunexchange.com/collections/rimfireammunition https://www.cleaverfirearms.com/Products.aspx?Category=Specials&Brand=350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Alpo said: .... well if you had one of those little North American miniature revolvers, and you weren't really worried about accuracy, but we're thinking about hitting the bad guy hard at "get off me" range - would probably work good. Would not matter if they keyholed. As long as they still hit him. But y'all probably can't have one of those little bitty guns, can you? Nope .... not in cartridge guns ..... nor mufflers neither ........ BUT, I do own and possess a legally registered NAA cap'n'ball mini revolver based on their 22mag model ......... very fiddly ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 $29 or $44 for a pack of 20 shotshells is a little whole lot more than I'm usually willing to pay ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Yeah. When they first came out with those itty bitty critters, lo these many years ago, I bought a box of each. I shot a few of each, but they will not feed through a Remington 870. When they came out with them they said that they worked great in a Mossberg, and some Winchester would feed them. But Remington's would not. Amazingly they told the truth in their advertising blurb - at least so far as Remington. They work okay in a double, but they are so short they are difficult to load quickly. And also being so short, they have very little weight as an empty shell, and don't eject with a quick flick of the wrist, like an empty 2 and 3/4 shell does. Then they tended to walk away. I have a few of the shot shells left, but none of the slugs and none of the buckshot. And I know I didn't shoot them all. I believe "friends" took some as souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: @Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Pat it seems to be getting into the gun shops down here - I see you can also get the Aguila “Super Extra” ammo as well. That is a good one. Believe it or not the all lead round and the CP (copper plated) rounds both are 38 grain loads and both clock at 1235 feet per second (going by memory here) but one is a little more accurate in my guns than the other. Trouble is I cannot remember which was better. It wasn’t better by a great deal in group size but it was still better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I've used it, good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 All the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patagonia Pete Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I have a Sig 522 rifle w/ 20 inch barrel and the Aguila Interceptors work great in that thing ... (the Interceptors go 1400+fps) ... Still have a few 500 round bricks of the stuff from Midway. The 60gr snipers really need a barrel w/ a fast twist .. 8-9-10/1 or in some cases a little slower ... but the 14+ found in most 22s is a little too slow and they will tumble ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 It works very well out of my Ruger MK4, Marlin model 60, Ruger Wrangler and Henry Lever gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grass Range Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Excellent .22 target ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Now we know where the 7 million rounds went that got hijacked some time back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yep, use it, like it. Presuming I can, someday, once again obtain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/9/2021 at 11:01 PM, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: $29 or $44 for a pack of 20 shotshells is a little whole lot more than I'm usually willing to pay ...... Yeah but that is in Australian money. It is only about 80 Centavos in Mexican money. On 10/9/2021 at 4:01 PM, Fence Cutter said: Heap good medicine that fills the air with the smell of rotten eggs. Had a green chili burrito for lunch. Same effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derringer Dan Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 The colibri’s are scary quiet. The hammer drop on my Win model 90 pump is louder than the report. Great for pest control with nosey neighbors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: Yeah but that is in Australian money. It is only about 80 Centavos in Mexican money. Had a green chili burrito for lunch. Same effect. ..... I cain't afford Mexican money ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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