Anyone tested cci quiets out of mini?

[riadat]

Title says it all.

I was wondering how loud those would be, velocity, penetration, etc.

How about 22 shorts in a mini or cbs or any of the other stuff.  Something less noisy than high velocity 22 lr, wondering how much velocity loss you would get from various loads which were quieter.

[Warthog]

Well, I can't test velocity.  I have fired a bunch of CB's out of my Minis.  Seemed to work pretty well without a lot of key-holing and were pretty accurate relatively close in.

[billmeek]

I have some CCI Quiets in-hand.  When I get time, I'll grab you some ballistics numbers (velocity) from the Pug compared to a few other types of ammo so you can compare directly without worrying about environmental factors. 

[riadat]

I have some CCI Quiets in-hand.  When I get time, I'll grab you some ballistics numbers (velocity) from the Pug compared to a few other types of ammo so you can compare directly without worrying about environmental factors.

Hell yeah, you're the man.

[linux_author]

don't have ballistics, but have fired Colibri, 'Quiets,' short CBs and everything else up to Stingers...

they're all fun!

willie
on the Gulf of Mexico

[Dinadan]

For my plinking, 90% of the time I shoot CCI Quiet LR or CCI CB Short. The Quiet LR is less loud than Mini Mags or Velocitors, but I would not call it quiet out of a Mini. The CB Shorts are pretty quiet, compared to the Quiet LR. It might just be my guns, but it seems to me that the CBs keyhole more than fast LR rounds. I have not kept records to make a real study, that is just my anecdotal observation. The most quiet round I have used is the Colibri. It is just primer powered. All of them are fun to shoot, and with me shooting freehand, I cannot say that one is more accurate that the others.


Regarding velocity or penetration, I have never been concerned about that with the quiet ammo. If I want velocity and penetration I use Velocitors. The low power stuff is just for fun plinking for me. Still, if anyone wants to post some numbers, it would be interesting to see just how the quiet stuff compares to full power rounds.

[bill_deshivs]

Nothing is particularly quiet out of a mini revolver.

[Canoeal]

Try CCI Maxi Mag HP+V 22 mags. Now that is loud!

[smokeless joe]

Never even heard of them 

[billmeek]

22 mag segmented 30-grain hollow points with a stated velocity of 2200 fps at the muzzle from a rifle. 

https://www.cci-ammunition.com/products/detail.aspx?use=1&loadNo=0059

[Warthog]

Bill, I like those.  I did some simple water filled milk jug tests with them, they separate well even in a Mini.  I thought it was pretty cool the three segments also went in different directions which I thought would be a good thing in a SD situation.

How could I tell they went in different directions?  Well, I could see them from where I was standing and see the bubble trails they left before all the water drained out of the jug.  Maybe some day when I get rich I will try some gel.

[redhawk4]

Nothing is particularly quiet out of a mini revolver.

Always plenty of muzzle blast with the short barrels