CCI Stingers...

[Muddy05]

I bought a box of 1640fps 32 grain copper plated hollow points today. How are these bullets compared to other brands? Anybody use this bullet? If so what kind of results do ya'll get? Thanks!

[mag-check]

The badest little 22LR onthe planet! Theres one made by aquilla in mexico they say its faster and might be but the don't have that nasty little bullet that the stinger has Ive chroned the stingers out of a Rem 597 and they go like hell and also hit very hard. May not be match grade accurate but some guns shoot them very well and if one had a hide out pistol for back up this would be the round Id use the stinger is like the +Vs of 22 magnums.

[45-70.gov]

they  have  a  one shot  stop  on  humans  of 33%
as  opposed  to 22%  for  the  40 grain  solid

tears  up  too  much  meat  to  hunt  small  game
fun  to  puff  small  birds and rats

[gstewart44]

If you are in a state that allows rimfire for turkeys it will explode a gobblers head at 40 yds. 

[Victor3]

 I remember when these came out. My dad and I were getting ammo for a rabbit hunt and I suggested we try them. He looked at the price and said "Hmmm... Are the bullets solid gold, or what?"

 He bought us a box, and 1st time out in my Win 62A I got a jack at about 150 yds. When I heard it hit (THAAAAWOCK!!!), I figured the bullet had done some serious damage. It did. They shoot flatter than most LR, and we were able to get jacks at longer ranges with them.

 We had a lot of fun shooting water-filled pop cans with them too. I still use them today. Not benchrest ammo, but they sure can put the hurt on a potato at 100 yards.

 The first ones had a pentagonal-shaped hollow point. I thought that was cool as a kid, and was dissapointed when they went to a round hole

 Keep in mind that some 'match' chambered rifles are reamed shorter than standard and Stingers are not suitable for use in them due to the longer case...

[notnodak]

I think you'll find different opinions on the Stingers. I for one had no luck with them. They grouped like a slingshot in my 10/22. I made that rifle into a Custom Bench/Silloette rifle and it didn't help. I would forget them and try the Velocitors. They are a hot round and are a full 40gr bullet so it stabilizes in most 22's. On the other hand I do know that Greenmountain makes a barrel made just for the Stinger and from what I've heard it is a excellant combo. I was going to make another Built 10/22 with a GM Stinger barrel but I got a Savage MKII FV in .17HM2 instead. Try a Potatoe at 100 with that little round and you'll never turn back.

[Brithunter]

Well in my limited experience with them they are not worth bothering with. Have yet to see them shoot accurately through any gun and have tried them in 4 of my own. Guys at the club tried them and the groups if you can call them that were dreadful.

The CCI Velocitor however has shown some good accuracy so if I require the higher velocity that's what I use.

[Victor3]

 I've tried them in about 6 or 7 rifles. Best I got is ~2-3 MOA in two of mine; Win 62A and an old SMLE trainer. My 62A shoots them about as well as CCI Mini Mags, which has been my staple hunting/plinking ammo for decades.

 So no, not great in the accuracy department. Out of a gun that will shoot them acceptably though, they do have their uses.

[bilmac]

I bought a box when they first came out, and still have about half of it. I try 5 in most every 22 I buy and have never had the desire to shoot another 5.

[Keith L]

Stingers were the only thing to reliably in the .22 auto from hell I had.  It was a Marlin Model 60 that no one could get to be reliable.  Stingers would only jam once or twice per tube full instead of nearly every shot.  They were all over the target, though.  I read you guys who like the ones they had and wish I had gotten one of them instead of the jam-o-matic that even the factory couldn't get to work so pretty good.

[S.S.]

not known for accuracy in most guns.
they are however quite dramatic on impact.
I have found them as accurate as any other round in my
old Ruger standard model and several other handguns though.