SHOT Present: New .22 LR 45 grain Subsonic Pistol Load from Browning

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On the SHOT Present, Browning ammunition has launched a subsonic, 45 grain, suppressor optimized .22 Lengthy Rifle load for pistols. It makes use of the heavy, 45 grain bullet to extend vitality from a pistol at subsonic velocities. It’s loaded to reliably keep subsonic from pistols. If fired in rifle size barrels, it might attain supersonic velocities, with the resultant sonic barrier snap produced by bullets exceeding the pace of sound. A tough estimate of the value is about 10 cents a cartridge. The marketplace for ammunition is fluid, so costs are tough to forecast.

Browning ammunition is produced by Winchester, which does the analysis, testing, advertising and marketing, and manufacturing, branded with the Browning identify.

That is the primary introduction, of which I’m conscious, of .22 Lengthy Rifle rimfire being produced for optimum subsonic vitality from .22 LR cartridges for pistols.  It’s optimized for suppressor use, with black copper plated bullets to scale back fouling. In line with my calculations, a forty five grain bullet at 1060 ft per second produces a bit greater than 111 foot-pounds of vitality. That’s about 9% extra vitality than a CCI customary velocity 40 grain bullet produces on the muzzle of a .22 rifle.  On the bins produced for the SHOT Present, the graphic designers mistakenly positioned an vitality variety of 100 foot kilos. The error will likely be corrected earlier than the brand new ammunition is shipped out.

This makes the cartridge an attention-grabbing contender as a self-defense cartridge for .22 pistols. In my view, what is needed in a .22 for self-defense, is penetration. The 45 grain bullet is 12.5% heavier than the usual 40 grain bullet. It isn’t a hole level, so it ought to penetrate about 12.5% greater than the 40 grain bullet, on the identical velocity. Principle must be examined to validate the idea, in fact. It’s seemingly ammunition testers with Youtube movies will decide what number of inches of ballistic gelatin this spherical will penetrate.

Optimizing the spherical for suppressed pistols could imply the powder burns a bit of quicker. This might assist suppressors scale back the sound signature. The idea behind the cartridge is sound, pun supposed.

This correspondent appears ahead to testing a number of the ammunition, as soon as it turns into accessible. A dialog with Jimmy Wilson, Winchester Product Supervisor, indicated it might attain sellers in early summer season. Jimmy was keen to spend some helpful time and discuss his new merchandise, and an identical older product for rifles. Winchester produces an identical product for rifles.

It’s a suppressor optimized .22 Lengthy Rifle, 45 gr black copper plated bullet, rated at 1060 fps from rifle barrels. The one field this correspondent obtained final yr appeared promising, however no extra has been seen. Winchester does restricted runs of specialty ammunition.  One other run of the 45 grain suppressor Lengthy Rifle cartridges for rifles is predicted this spring.

Suppressors have gotten increasingly frequent in america, despite the heavy regulation and excessive taxes on these security gadgets. The final knowledge from the ATF, over two years previous, confirmed about 2.5 million authorized suppressors within the USA. There might simply be greater than 3 million now. After you have used a suppressed .22, the utility of those gadgets turns into apparent. They’re wonderful coaching gadgets for brand new shooters, and assist protect listening to all through a lifetime.

About Dean Weingarten:

Dean Weingarten has been a peace officer, a navy officer, was on the College of Wisconsin Pistol Crew for 4 years, and was first licensed to show firearms security in 1973. He taught the Arizona hid carry course for fifteen years till the objective of Constitutional Carry was attained. He has levels in meteorology and mining engineering, and retired from the Division of Protection after a 30 yr profession in Military Analysis, Improvement, Testing, and Analysis.