Live in a semi urban environment with too many varmints Any suggestions on a 22 mag that can be easily suppressed?

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22LR with subsonic rounds

I shoot (outside of the city limits) a Savage B22M with a factory threaded muzzle and a SiCo sparrow. It's a very very accurate gun. I love it so much it stays in my pickup at all times for checking water and fence. Haven't put the can on any other gun in years.

Still a noticeable pop, you're better off suppressing .22 LR if you're trying to be quiet. Or .300 Blk

Dirty-8-thirty Ag said:

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I shoot (outside of the city limits) a Savage B22M with a factory threaded muzzle and a SiCo sparrow. It's a very very accurate gun. I love it so much it stays in my pickup at all times for checking water and fence. Haven't put the can on any other gun in years.

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Thank you. I have 15 acres just outside of town that has a creek on the back side. I would likely be looking to shoot around 100 yards at coons, coyotes, skunks and probably pigs.

That's the right cartridge.

You'll love it for that. 22 WMR is my favorite round, always has been.

Standard velocity 22lr is subsonic. No need to buy the crappy subsonic labeled stuff.

Ruger 10/22 with a threaded barrel

I had a Marlin bolt action 22 mag as a kid instead of a regular 22. It was super accurate and had lots of kills in the creekbottom/ woods around our suburban subdivision. Wishing I still had it to put a can on.

If you decide to go w/a .22lr:

For a rifle, consider the very inexpensive Savage MK II FV-SR bolt-action. Lots of accuracy for the price, suppressor ready. Will need standard velocity to stay relatively quiet. Sub-sonic rounds are laughably quiet through these.

For a pistol, there are many to choose from. Ruger, S&W, Walther, etc.. Get a Ruger MK IV if you like a pistol w/a metal frame. If poly is ok, then consider Taurus TX22, Sig P322, Ruger MK IV 22/45, FN 502. All of these work quite well. You might be able to get away w/using high-velocity lr in a pistol and still stay sub-sonic, depending on exactly the round you are using and the actually barrel length. Personally, I would not use .22lr on coyotes at that distance, and I wouldn't use a pistol on the smaller game animals at 100 yards.

If you decide to go with a .22 magnum:

For a rifle, I think that Savage makes a model 93 bolt-action .22mag w/threaded barrel, and I think that Ruger makes an American w/threaded bbl too. For something relatively inexpensive, I would probably go with a threaded Savage B22 w/thumbhole stock since my .22lr Savage rifle has been excellent (though the barrels do seem to rust easily, so you gotta stay on top of that). If you want a semi-auto rifle, I think CZ still makes a "10/22-esque" rifle, as does Magnum Research. I've not used either of these, so can't actually recommend one, but just wanted to mention them.

If you want a .22mag pistol, S&W, Walther, Kel-Tec make them, but I don't think they come from the factory w/a threaded barrel. You can however buy an accessory threaded barrel for the PMR-30, and perhaps for the others as well. I'm not into .22mag pistols, so don't keep up with that part of the market.

C

I love shooting my Ruger American Mini Ranch in .17 HMR through my sparrow. Dead hold out to 120 with a 50yd zero.

Check out the 17WSM. It outperforms the .22mag in all areas and is the biggest rimfire available. Ammo availability has recently improved, as has rifles chambered for it.

But for quietness and what you are targeting (while mindful of neighbors close by), stick with a surpressed 300blk subsonic setup.

Stringfellow Hawke said:

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Seriously. It's amazing to me how many majority Politics posters who are obviously voting for confiscation and/or feature bans come to the OB and ask advice on buying the things they want banned.

With total profile anonymity, it's not a stretch for those to be alphabet agency personnel.

short range used to use 22cb, only propellant being the primer, Have since switched to .17 and .22 pellet rifles.

CactusThomas said:

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Standard velocity 22lr is subsonic. No need to buy the crappy subsonic labeled stuff.

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I bought some today and the big packs of CCI now say subsonic despite having standard velocity (1050 fps) speeds. They used to say standard velocity and the subsonic labeled boxes were 710 fps and wouldn't cycle a semi auto. I shoot standard velocity out of my suppressed 10/22 charger and it sounds like a BB gun, cycles perfectly, and is more consistent than the bulk high velocity rounds.

CMR 30 made by Keltec
The magazine holds 30 rounds.

I also have PMR 30 which is a companion pistol to the carbine.

The magazines from the pistol will fit in the CMR 30 and visa versa. It's a ton of fun shooting these two firearms. There is no recoil but loud as can be. Always fun watching a fireball come out of the muzzle. It's great shooting 30 rounds before you have to reload. Both firearms have threaded barrels.

Ruger American in .22 WMR with a sparrow is a great set up.

mhnatt said:

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Check out the 17WSM. It outperforms the .22mag in all areas and is the biggest rimfire available. Ammo availability has recently improved, as has rifles chambered for it.

But for quietness and what you are targeting (while mindful of neighbors close by), stick with a surpressed 300blk subsonic setup.

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Quiet and thumps. Too much drop at 100 or more yards as he said he intends to shoot.

aggieband 83 said:

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CMR 30 made by Keltec
The magazine holds 30 rounds.

I also have PMR 30 which is a companion pistol to the carbine.

The magazines from the pistol will fit in the CMR 30 and visa versa. It's a ton of fun shooting these two firearms. There is no recoil but loud as can be. Always fun watching a fireball come out of the muzzle. It's great shooting 30 rounds before you have to reload. Both firearms have threaded barrels.

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I second the CMR 30, awesome gun, so is the PMR but it doesn't come threaded.

That being said, 22 WMR is way too loud for a semi urban setting even suppressed. Maybe if it's in a wooded area and your shooting distance is short.

A bolt action .22 with CB Caps is quieter than most high velocity air rifles. It just takes a few shots to adjust the sights or scope to hit at urban distances
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=22%20cb%20ammo

87Flyfisher said:

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A bolt action .22 with CB Caps is quieter than most high velocity air rifles. It just takes a few shots to adjust the sights or scope to hit at urban distances
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=22%20cb%20ammo

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I can vouch for the lack of noise w/the above. However, there is no way the OP is going to be able to kill coons and coyotes at 100 yards with CB Caps.

you are correct Caladan about the .22CB ammo. did some testing when we had a lease outside of Livingston. bullet drop was horrible. knock down really dropped of. shooting cans filled with sand was a sad reminder of how little was left. However we have a small back yard. so the testing was really a "what the heck" lets find out exercise. wish i had kept my notes

I didn't see the further down post on distance. I was thinking more suburban backyard with a wooden fence applications.

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mhnatt said:

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Check out the 17WSM. It outperforms the .22mag in all areas and is the biggest rimfire available. Ammo availability has recently improved, as has rifles chambered for it.

But for quietness and what you are targeting (while mindful of neighbors close by), stick with a surpressed 300blk subsonic setup.

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Quiet and thumps. Too much drop at 100 or more yards as he said he intends to shoot.

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Since the OP only has 15 acres, I would not be making decisions for 100+

mhnatt said:

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AgLA06 said:

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mhnatt said:

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Check out the 17WSM. It outperforms the .22mag in all areas and is the biggest rimfire available. Ammo availability has recently improved, as has rifles chambered for it.

But for quietness and what you are targeting (while mindful of neighbors close by), stick with a surpressed 300blk subsonic setup.

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Quiet and thumps. Too much drop at 100 or more yards as he said he intends to shoot.

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Since the OP only has 15 acres, I would not be making decisions for 100+

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It's a little over 100 yards from my barn down to the treeline along the creek. This is where you see most animals before dark, so I certainly want something that easily reaches out to 100

I have killed pigs with my bolt .22 and I use Aguila super colibris I think they are a 550 or so FPS. A few have gone to die in the brush at the next place over but they don't care they want them gone too. I was given a couple boxes of subsonic Aguila with a 60grain and that did the trick but they are just a tad louder. I don't have a can on the rifle as it is my go to for everything mostly shooting snakes with birdshot. If you place that .22 right behind the ear on a pig it's doing a dirt dance.

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AgLA06 said:

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mhnatt said:

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Check out the 17WSM. It outperforms the .22mag in all areas and is the biggest rimfire available. Ammo availability has recently improved, as has rifles chambered for it.

But for quietness and what you are targeting (while mindful of neighbors close by), stick with a surpressed 300blk subsonic setup.

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Quiet and thumps. Too much drop at 100 or more yards as he said he intends to shoot.

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Since the OP only has 15 acres, I would not be making decisions for 100+

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He didn't ask you opinion on what he's doing. He asked the best way to do it.

Not every post requires a soapbox.

I probably should have provided a little more information in my OP. All my neighbors have 5-50 acres and you hear shots from time to time. I don't need a James Bond/assassin type quiet. I just don't want to be the annoying neighbor.

2040huck said:

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I don't need a James Bond/assassin type quiet.

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Glad to hear that since its hollyweird bs.