I Found The Most Insane 22 LR Bullet Available

I shot every 22 LR bullet into ballistic gel to see which one is the best (in multiple categories).
Patreon: patreon.com/BananaBallistics?...
Muzzle Distance = 4 feet from gel block face.
Velocities gathered using Garmin Xero c1 Chronograph.
*Every time I say 16" in the video, insert 17".
*These tests are meant for entertainment and educational purposes only. Do not try any of these tests at home! Always verify your firearm is rated for and can safely fire any ammunition that you intend to use. Always follow standard safety procedures when handling Any firearm.
#midwayusa

[@bananaballistics]

If you could only stock up on one 22 lr load, what would it be?

[@Millzspec]

Cci standard velocity 💪

[@JoshR813]

Which one do you like the best?

[@HuhMhm]

Day however many 460rowland vs 460sw 😩😩😩😩

[@Slidewinder]

@@Millzspecsame! Although Federal Punch is right up there as well, especially in a defensive application.

[@mwhad9991]

Augila super extra 40 grain cplrn. I have a box of 500 right next to me, they work super well in my gsg.

[@gushlergushler]

What this video would really need is a set of time stamps in the comments: Aguila super Colibri 0:15 CCi Quiet 0:34 CCi Quiet Segmented HP 0:54 Aguila Sniper Sub Sonic 60 gr 1:08 Federal Copper plated solid 1:56 Aguila Subsonic round lead Point 2:19 Fiocchi Range Dynamics Subsonic 2:29 Browning Sub 22 2:49 CCi Standard Velocity 3:03 CCi Pistol Match 3:13 CCi Clean 22 3:25 Federal Premium Target 3:51 Eley Target 4:10 Winchester Super Suppressed 4:28 Norma Tac 22 4:39 Aguila Standard Velocity 4:54 CCi Subsonic HP 5:20 CCi Subsonic HP Small game 5:40 Aguila Subsonic HP 6:13 Eley Subsonic Hollow 6:56 Remington Subsonic HP 7:14 Remington Subsonic Plated HP 7:31 Fiocchi Field Dynamics Subsonic HP 7:50 Red Tracer 8:09 Blazer HV 8:57 CCi Mini Mag Target 9:14 Federal HV Solid 9:40 American Eagle HV 10:01 Fiocchi Field Dynamics Copper plated round nose 10:26 Aguila Super Extra Copper plated round nose 10:45 Thunderbolt 11:01 Remington Golden Bullet Plated round nose 11:27 Winchester Target/Plinking 11:45 Winchester Super X 12:04 CCi Mini Mag Varmint HV Segmented HP 12:39 Armscor HV HP 12:56 Fiocchi Field Dynamics Copper plated HP 13:17 American Eagle HV Copper Plated HP 13:30 Federal Copper plated HP 13:50 CCi Mini Mag Varmint HV Copper plated HP 14:09 Remington Golden Bullet HV HP 14:25 Aguila Copper plated HV HP 14:46 Winchester Super X Copper plated Power Point (HV HP) 15:00 Herter's Plated HV HP 15:13 Shotshell Rat Shot 15:41 Remington VIPER 16:22 Aguila Interceptor 16:39 CCi Hyper Velocity poly coated lead Purple round nose 17:07 Federal Premium Punch Personal Defense 17:32 Aguila Super maximum Copper plated 17:54 Norma Eco Speed 18:15 Winchester Varmint HE 18:48 Winchester Super X Copper plated HP 19:09 Browning BPR HP 19:30 Aguila Interceptor HP 19:52 CCi Stinger Copper plated HP 20:09 Aguila Supermaximum HP 20:23 Emacs Tactical Blue Tip 20:39 Whew this surely took way more time to write down then I thought.

[@arthurneddysmith]

You absolute star!

[@thelittledetailscr7231]

Hero

[@michaell397]

Ultra appreciated that you took the time my fellow OCD friend! :

[@Charon-5582]

Thanks for putting in the effort.

[@petter5721]

Norma is my favorit ammo 👍🏻

[@zacharyreid7557]

id bet this video is almost exactly 22 minutes long on purpose?

[@RandomQualityGaming]

🤓Um actually it’s 2 seconds off from 22 minutes🤓

[@HeatedDisclosurePod]

@@RandomQualityGamingalmost exactly 22 minutes no?🤨

[@thisismyusername6717]

@@RandomQualityGamingyou just blow in from stupid town?

[@RandomQualityGaming]

@@thisismyusername6717 have y’all ever heard of a joke?

[@bebop_557]

"A .22 sucks!" - People who never tried to occupy Ireland or the Phillipines

[@Khankhankhan420]

Ray Romano and administrative results had a baby. I’m here for it 😂

[@purebloodheretic4682]

💯 😎

[@gauge1980]

Born in 1980, I can remember when I was in my early teens my dad taking me to Dicks Sporting Goods and you could get a brick of Remington Thunderbolts for $11.00 and when they were on sale they were $7.00. That was $7.00 for 500 rounds. That is basically one and a half cents per round.

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

In the late 80s I would get a 50pc for 85¢ marked down from $1.15. Federal High-Power.

[@tinybudgie8039]

Dam even that much air rifle pellets cost more nowadays

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Wow, that was a bit high for back in the day. In 1993 I remember saving up for a 550 pack of federal for $4.95 and laughing about how absurd it was that using pennies in a slingshot was more expensive than bullets out of my 10/22

[@cargo_vroom9729]

I'm about your age and remember those prices. Been many a year since i had them. But I'm not sure I'd take Remington Thunderbolts for free. Dirty dirty rounds, that spit powder in semis, and you never knew what the report was gonna sound like. I probably should have been more worried about squib loads stuck in the barrel. Federal bulk pack with the copper wash was my goto for plinking ammo.

[@gauge1980]

@@cargo_vroom9729 here’s the funny thing. I won’t argue that thunder bolts are dirty, but they aren’t terrible. I shoot Steel Challenge competitively. Over the past few years I have shot over 12 bricks of thunder bolts. That’s over 6,000 rounds. Of the 6,000 rounds I have had 1 stovepipe and no other malfunctions. I am shooting a browning buck mark. I guess it just loves thunder bolts. When I go to these competitions, it’s funny to see/hear people make fun of me cause I’m using thunder bolts. But I always have the last laugh when I’m done shooting and blown their times away.

[@Andy-Andeee]

The fact the the video is 22 minutes long is a nice easter egg , well done Sir.

[@1990killingspree]

21:58

[@RepublicFREEman]

Spring was a few months ago. It's summer now.

[@biohazard20161]

I can't tell you how many bricks of Thunderbolt I have shot over my lifetime, but it is definitely in the hundreds.

[@donwyoming1936]

The plinking round of America for the past 50+ years

[@tundranomad]

I've had the most failure s to fire from Thunderbolt than any other .22

[@biohazard20161]

@tundranomad I don't know about the quality of Thunderbolt now, but back when I was using it, I never had any problems with it.

[@AnotherRumor]

@@tundranomad i dont think anyone is saying it was a quality round, but it was probably the cheapest .22 rounds you could get, i remember weekends with my grandpa when id shoot so many boxes we would have to take a break and clean the guns LOL the Remington jacketed hollows too, shot tons of those.. make beer cans explode pretty well!

[@nico2292]

@@tundranomad Shot 2500 thunderbolts in the last month, not a single jam or fail.

[@IronMan3582]

Your brand of humor and tight edits with the jokes keeps me coming back to this channel week after week, keep up the good work

[@danonsgard4616]

Q: Now what are you going to do with all these rounds? A: Accuracy test Might as well, already went through the trouble of getting them all. 5 rounds /15-20 yards rifle and pistol. Good thing 22 is fun to shoot.

[@ng6424]

YES!!!!!

[@Millzspec]

That would take so much work, he would have to fire at least 15 of every round to ensure the barrel was paired to each round, but it'd be a hell of a video!!

[@markymarko7]

Sounds like a ton of barrel cleaning... but for science!

[@kuil]

Maybe if he had a special block/vise set up he could lock a rifle and a pistol down? Use a laser pointer to verify the firearms are pointed in the exact same spot?

[@Millzspec]

@@kuil the bullets are all manufactured differently and it takes a couple rounds to pair the barrel to every new round. The vice would hold the gun in place and the laser would get you on target but the rounds would be all over the place still.

[@surfstarcc1]

The banana cart, good to see a new member of the family. I'm sure steel sled is very welcoming

[@redfaux74]

I'm thinking he's going to be jealous actually. 😕

[@chrisg2739]

Back when I was a lot younger you could buy CCi stingers for like 3 bucks a pack. I miss those days

[@cornellkirk8946]

In the UK when I was shooting it was still £3 for a box of 50 Winchester super X or whatever.

[@mw6615]

in the 70s i would get a small box for 50 cents

[@knurlgnar24]

I bought a case of the Aguila Supermaximum HP rounds years ago and that stuff is HOT! Supersonic even out of a 3.5'' barrel and a very snappy feel. I loved the stuff. Unfortunately I found out it doesn't cycle reliably in any of my autoloaders. That's not the ammo's fault as it is a bit 'out of bounds' of what autoloaders were designed to use, but I decided it would be best used in revolvers - of which I own none.

[@reclhoss]

Dude, thunderbolts were cool but that Wal-Mart box of 550 Federal was my jam.

[@MrTruckerf]

In the '80s I bought 3 cases of those 550 packs @ $8.88 per carton. That was 16,500 rounds! Lasted me through all the ammo shortages and fired the last ones 3 years ago. It was pretty good stuff!

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

​@@MrTruckerf In the 80s I would get boxes of 50 on sale for 85¢(pictures to prove it), you were getting shafted paying that rate for 3 cases.

[@adamr9215]

@@TheDuckofDoom.Yea, in the 90’s you could get bricks of those for less than $5 at Walmart. In the early 2000’s they had gone up to just under $7 a brick. In the mid 00’s they went downhill bad and I started to get multiple per brick that didn’t even make it out of the barrel. I haven’t bought federal since. CCI ever since, and some Wolf Super Match that are the most accurate thing I’ve ever shot.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

@@adamr9215 It was worth it for the $4.95 you spent though, lazy day out shooting the most random things for no reason was the perfect use case for them. I remember it was a gamble even back then whether you got a good pack or not, as some would be 100% and others would have a half a dozen or so that simply wouldn't fire. Firing pin marks all the way around the rim and they just wouldn't fire, so you'd pull the bullet out and realize that there either wasn't any primer compound to begin with, or it had crumbled out of the rim instead. Always fun to dump the shell on its side to get a little bit of the powder out, then ignite the powder with a lighter so when it hit the primer compound it would pop and send the shell flying across the yard. Good times, good times.

[@adamr9215]

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper No, it was a huge safety issue when the round wasn’t leaving the barrel. They caused a gun to blow up on my brother. They were never consistent rounds, but the quality was never that bad before. After Federal got that bad, I wrote off their ammo and haven’t bought any since. Not worth it to buy from a company that cares that little about its customers.

[@MarkAndrewEdwards]

Now I want .22 tracer ammo!

[@skootr924]

Me too 😂

[@bower31]

Piney Mountain tracers are pretty readily available

[@MarkAndrewEdwards]

@@bower31 Thank you

[@thelastminuteman7513]

You mean plasma blaster rounds. I'm pretty sure CMMG made a .22lr "DL-44" pistol for May the 4th. You're welcome😉

[@crxtodd16]

Jeez. Tracer .22 just might be the most lethal of all 22LR. Lol

[@kingtrumpet123]

got a Marlin 60, bought it at Kmart circa 1979 when I was 14. Definitely shot over 8,000 rounds through it, yet it still runs true and the rifling looks brand new. Guess because it's only a 22, and I cleaned it after each outing???

[@wilycoyote9091]

Cleaning an old Marlin 60, is that even legal? Remember going out on hunt and destroy missions as a kid with a model 60 and don't ever recall cleaning it, and somehow it always just worked. They were great little rifles and they sold millions of them.

[@kingtrumpet123]

@@wilycoyote9091 yes, my Dad always taught me to clean the firearms after each use, a practice I still continue even now as I approach 60. YES! I know a few friends who never or "rarely" clean their firearms, and they still function fine. Marlin 60 though has to be one of my favorite 22's ever.

[@wilycoyote9091]

@@kingtrumpet123 Growing up with a semi-auto rifle and going out in the woods and down to the creek was a lot of fun. My friend used to bring his father's 16 GA Browning whenever he could get some shells and it was great. I keep my guns clean now, but back then never had a clue.

[@dandarling5990]

@@kingtrumpet123 I have a few types of .22 rifles, Ruger's are lot's of fun. Marlin's are busy filling the families small game menu.

[@vadimc2144]

​@@kingtrumpet123 Your father taught you right, sir.

[@tommychew6544]

Back in 1979 when I was 12, I saved up all my lawn mowing money to buy a Marlin 22LR rifle, that I still have. My Dad had the same 50th anniversary gold trigger edition. Dad taught me how to clean and take care of it but, I noticed he hardly ever punched his bore on his like he had taught me to do. Late that winter we were out Squirrel hunting, and it was so cold all the squirrels were staying in their nests that day. He said I could shoot of a few rounds into this frozen over mine hole about 100 feet below us. Mine went in and you couldn't even tell I had shot it. His pulled under all kinds of air and you could definitely tell. Took me years to realize that mine would have been better at longer range but, his would do much more damage at close range. He probably didn't have much rifling left in that barrel but his had much more impact on the squirrels. I joined the Marines after high school and rifle cleaning became a religion almost but, I never forgot that at close range.

[@MrTruckerf]

I seldom clean the bore on a .22; you just don't need to. I do clean the mechanism every hundred or 200 shots because they can get gunked up. I use a spray can of brake cleaner and it scours the crud out.

[@rangetime6779]

Great video, humorous and very informative. That was a lot of work and greatly appreciated.

[@eladfitz5673]

I have always liked Midway USA for many years now, and so much more now for sponsoring you. I don't buy much anymore having been retired for 10 years now.

[@donwyoming1936]

I've been buying from Midway for 30 years. I have so much of their reloading equipment.

[@callawayken650]

47 years worth from MidwayUSA starting when they were actually located in Midway, Missouri. Mail order from Shotgun news only then. MidwayUSA is only 40 miles from me so sometimes I pick up supplies at the MASSIVE new building.

[@drenk7]

Thank you for a very thorough testing of 22 LR ammunition.

[@surfstarcc1]

Impressive wound channel for some of those subsonic rounds.

[@90762709]

I’m still amazed at your tests of the .22. Also, the new table looks great! Keep it coming!!!

[@jbflyinglow]

Thank you for all your time and energy and money. Great video as always.

[@ChasseurKGB]

21:40 actually there is one common load weaker than that, it is the Aguila Colibri (NOT SUPER) which is only primer. So slow you can see it arcing through the air. I use them for for targeting shooting as they are so silent the steel ringing is much louder.

[@pewtubee]

This is awesome! Great work!

[@BuckeyeBallistics]

I've gotten a lot more of those (and others) to expand from a handgun in my knox gel tests. It's harder for bullets to expand in that synthetic clear gel stuff, and even .22Plinkster made a point of this with the recent debacle surrounding the Uppercut ammo not expanding (which I also tested and expanded on the debate).

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

I was going to ask about the gel to real target conversion factor for that particular product, at least on penetration if not also expansion.

[@BuckeyeBallistics]

@@TheDuckofDoom. FBI still uses knox for a reason...

[@muskyman1018]

Cci standard, subsonic but still cycles the 10/22 with a can on.

[@phaetondragon6229]

I've been collecting 22lr for years now, every brand and type of ammo I try to buy 100 rounds for a good test one day. Could be interesting!

[@kyle18934]

you could shoot gallon jugs from each and get a short video of each hit to get the pop factor of each one

[@bobwilson758]

@@kyle18934yes , indeed - fun too !

[@adamthomson2873]

Excellent review, Thanks.

[@Millzspec]

The video we've always needed 🤙🤙

[@sport07-o2l]

Dude. You have a gift. Great videographer, and , well, explainer. Thanks!

[@MontanaAR15com]

We personally stock up on CCI's 957, the 45gr subsonic hollow point. Based on our own testing on everything from tire sidewalls to varmints and critters up to...bigger than you might think, these dump on average better than everything else we've tried over the past decades. We're all shooters, all varminters and yes, sold more 22lr ammo than anything else combined over the past 2+ decades. Thank you sir for these tests. Very interesting, very informative, very fun and not just a little bit surprising.

[@senormusica81Gaming]

:-D that "tip" joke with the fake 911 call had me rolling!

[@rossperdue1305]

Me too man!!

[@frisk151]

That tracer looked awesome in the gel! I don't recall ever seeing someone else do this..

[@jacobs.9230]

I dont think i have ever seen someone use a gell block this extensively

[@onpsxmember]

Cool test and you kept in fun. All the ones going through after flipping the block don't say much based on too many holes. But it's understandable at that cost. Thank you for putting this together!

[@jasonwise3666]

When I was young, we were headed "up north" to the cabin 22's in tow. We stopped at a Meijer for some odds and ends. I checked the ammo aisle as usual. I found bricks of Thunderbolt marked at $.50 instead of $5.00. First time I've ever bought everything a store had of an item. Made for an amazing weekend.

[@rusticfox4283]

you scored with that lmao

[@AlexanderTzalumen]

I will say, that rat shot does look like it would cover the entire body width, and half of the length, of a common rat. Seems correctly named to me.

[@chriswilson433]

Rat shot spreads out wide, really early; like 24” at 5 yards.

[@chincemagnet]

They also call it snake shot, and I have seen it used for snakes. It does get the job done. But you have to be within a few feet.

[@Olafleflibustier]

Great test !!! Thank you !

[@whatshaploing8256]

Great video! Thank you for doing the research!

[@sebastian_hakansson78]

Fun to do 22lr testing! I did some myself like 15 years ago, with home-made gelatin (from baking gelatin powder) moulded in milk-jugs.. interesting to see what round expand and not! From my Savage 93 rifle the Winchester and CCi HP subs expanded and grouped best.. In a way it is odd that subsonic rounds in 22lr actually is better and more stable at longer ranges (+50yards). Keep up the good stuff and fun tests. Greetings from Northern Sweden!

[@MrTruckerf]

I am happy you are able to enjoy shooting and testing ammo. Why should we here in the US have all the fun?

[@emacstac]

Fantastic video on the 22lr! Just so everyone knows, the 22 Blue Tip requires a hard target in order to perform its intended function. It won't work on a soft target. (I'm sorry I can't be more specific, apparently youtube flips you the bird when using certain words)

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

Is the intended function complete in microseconds?

[@emacstac]

@@TheDuckofDoom. No, you are looking at 1-1.5 seconds. It depends on the caliber and how much of the compound is present in the projectile itself. Larger Calibers such as 30-06/308 etc will have a longer duration.

[@ajkurp5919]

That's why you are the top ballistics banana! I appreciate you for the amazing amount of work and time spent. Simply awesome.

[@mattedward6155]

The timing of "do you want to see my purple round nose?" Had me laughing the hardest I've laughed in a long while. My dog now thinks I'm crazy.

[@resurgam_b7]

I find it super interesting that for most of the high velocity hollow points, the pistol's lower velocity didn't expand the bullet, but did sink it nearly the same depth as the mushroomed round from the rifle.

[@michaeldowling4160]

The rifle round is dumping energy faster than the handgun. As it mushrooms it's creating more surface area and resistance.

[@bhess1212]

Ok honestly I never knew there were that many .22 rounds to choose from. I guess I've always just bought by price or availability. Great video though!!!!!!

[@reclhoss]

I like the bucket they sell now, I like the ~1400 rounds. They sell that by weight!

[@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28]

This isn't all of them either.

[@wiljolley3143]

Many thanks for all of your hard work, great data....

[@beesod6412]

One of my favorite videos of yours so far, thanks for a really fun and educational video! also killer thumbnail!

[@Zantar45]

I don't remember the episode of _Everyone Loves Raymond_ where Ray bought guns and shot up Debra's nasty Jello dessert 🤔

[@Ivanalager]

The tracers are the best for shooting in gel. By the way, is it me or is it kinda weird how a lot of the rounds turn around and point backward?

[@LRK-GT]

I'd guess it's the geometry of many .22 bullets. Fort Scott Munitions makes centerfire rounds in a machined copper solid that are engineered to Tumble Upon Impact. The extremely round nose of many .22s looks somewhat similar to their T.U.I. projectiles' nose.

[@bobwilson758]

@@LRK-GTgood info - thanks !

[@Sysgen]

Thanks for putting this together. Very interesting results.

[@blksubiesti]

To bad they mean nothing since clear gel isn’t used to replicate self defense wound channels

[@grampaelmo]

The commentary was hilarious! Subscribed!

[@FoolioBeardy]

could you do 22wmr next

[@JoeSyxpack]

How many bricks of Thunderbolt? Man, so many. That stuff was as cheap as water. Plus one time we went to Dunham's and they had mislabeled the bricks with the price for a box of 50 (.50 cents at the time) so we bought everything they had, which must have been 40 boxes. That stuff is all long gone now.

[@finaltouchautodetailingllc]

I do really love your videos, a little bit of funny with a little bit of serious testing. Keep that awesomeness up

[@itsjustjoe3790]

Thank you for the great data.

[@brudamiranda3314]

Let's get SOME!

[@Prepare2Survive]

Remington should start making the Yellow Jackets again. That was pretty much the only 22LR ammo that would reliably expand even from a 2" barrel.

[@DonutVIP]

Remington better start not having loose ends projectile, those golden bullet mann...

[@kentuckywindage222]

I have one brick left of the Remington Yellow Jackets.

[@jdk_360]

I have 4 boxes of yellow jackets left. That was kind of like the cheap standard back in the day. Wouldn’t have thought I’d be glad that I had some left these days.

[@donwyoming1936]

They were my go-to hunting round in the 70s & 80s. Dad would send me to Pamida or Gibsons to get two boxes before each outing. I remember they were really expensive. Like $1.75 box of 50. Back when solids were 50 cents a box.

[@techfixr2012]

The 33 grain Yellow Jackets, sucked in accuracy. The CCI Stinger killed the Remington.

[@Josh-glow]

The sudden lack of squirrels near bananahome is entirely unrelated.

[@johnhastings353]

Love your humor. My gal cracks up at your joked 😂

[@user-jc5ov5ts2b]

We love the videos, very informative! 🇺🇲✌🏻☠️⚔️ OKC

[@samohteel4393]

There is no possible way I could say how many thunderbolt bricks I shot growing up. And then you have the golden bullets lol

[@bananaballistics]

I was on the golden bullet train as well growing up

[@christopherbishop4927]

​@bananaballistics Golden Bullets, Thunderbolt and SuperX bye the thousands through my shamefully never cleaned Model 60. From '81-'87

[@Phar2krazee]

Only out of battery I've had was from those garbage bullets. Unfortunately they were all the gunstore had in stock when I bought my AR-7.

[@derrickvarnadore1682]

This is by far the best ballistic jell text I’ve seen. The size, rounds side by side, clarity. Great idea bro. Get another one and another one and another one do each caliber until there’s no money left

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Always enjoy, good info, thanks

[@mdiner33]

How is it you did not put the barrel point blank against the gel? Don't you usually fire from a close-range or the 20-30 feet distance? Wow - look at that performance. lol 🤍 your humor!

[@TheRealJBMcMunn]

I don't think you would have had good results with Uppercut. There have been YT videos comparing Uppercut vs. Punch, and the Uppercuts were pitiful. 22Plinkster spoke with CCI engineers, and they said the Uppercut was designed using 10% gel. 22Plìnkster did a test of clear vs. 10%, and in the clear gel, the Uppercut didn't expand. It expanded well in the 10%. CCI has stated that they chose to follow FBI standards. So YT research and professional research may be different. Think about all the videos you've seen using clear gel and reflect on how those results might be different in FBI testing. Have you ever bought ammo based on clear gel results? Are ammo makers now "teaching to the test"? Are they using clear gel for design decisions so the YT videos come out good?

[@Pit-Boss1977]

The level of dedication it would take to make this kind of video with this amount of ammunition is super impressive. Great job I'm glad I subscribed.

[@zendell37]

Herter's coming clutch with that 22 headstamp. Sounds like a marketing genius opened his mouth.

[@general-Lee-700]

It's funny that I always grew up listening to my grandfather say that the 22LR goes in and bounces around and never comes out I don't believe that not one bit I never believed that a 22 rifle will go in and ping pong all over and I never in my life believe that no gun in existence shoots a round that does that

[@douglashewitt5064]

5.56 hits bone and can either take a 90 or follow inside of the bone and explode the end. Usually it is tumbling when hitting flesh at over two hundred yards.

[@seeratlasdtyria4584]

WELL.....during a military live fire exercise I once personally witnessed a poor 82nd soldier jam his M16 , then in an attempt to clear it without considering the possible consequences, bring his rifle butt down on hard ground, which initiated a three round burst, one of which hit him straight in the face. In my then capacity as a kind of Military Law Enforcement Officer, I was present at the autopsy when the bullet was surgically removed from his cranium as I was tasked with preparing an official report on the incident...sooooo, now you've 'heard' of at least one (technically anyway) 22 round that entered the skull; ' ping ponged all around' - turned the cranium to jelly, and still failed to exit. Now, you don't have to take my word for it, but back then pretty much everyone of any consequence did ;) (Former FORCES COMMAND HQ, XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS SPCL SERV/WARFARE "SKYDRAGON" here. )

[@roryhennessey1983]

I'm sorry you had to be around such a tragic event. All 22 rounds will do that if shot at the right trajectory and distance necessary to create the optimum speed​@@seeratlasdtyria4584 thank you for you service o7

[@MrTruckerf]

It sure does happen although a few things come into play. Had a neighbor drop a cocked .22 rifle on its butt. It fired and hit him on the chin. The bullet went up around the inside top of the skull and stopped in his neck not far from where it had gone in. A suicide in town shot himself in the temple with a .22 rifle and the bullet went out the other side in a straight line.So you never know exactly how a bullet will react.

[@bower31]

.22lr is likely to deflect due to it's energy and basically always being soft lead. That leads to people conflating stories of a .22 exiting at a different angle than it entered, as "bouncing around". Add guys liking to tell ridiculous stories, a 70 year long game of gun store telephone, and a lack of willpower to prove otherwise, and you get "da bulit bounces round in da body like a blenda, turn yur orgins to soop!"

[@ilikejelloyay208]

Oh, I may have bought that last case of Velocitors a few months back. Sowwy 😂

[@nickjenkins1663]

Another Great video ! THANKS.

[@joeminter901]

I always enjoy your videos.

[@sherizaahd]

Now, we demand 22 Long and 22 Shorts!

[@ddeininger5343]

if you want some Aquila 22lr 60 grain sniper subsonics let me know i will send you some

[@sergiom9958]

The world thanks you for your dedication to real scientific pursuit and educational material you produce

[@christopherjames1453]

That was awesome, many thanks!!!🤙🤙🤙

[@alexclark7284]

You should shoot 22 pellets with nail gun blanks that would be cool as ive seen some other people do it and get really good results!

[@LRK-GT]

I'm not even sure how the pellets survive. IIRC, some people were getting 2000+FPS w/ the high-power ramset blanks and light .22 lead pellets.

[@marshallleach1403]

You kill me everytime when you say twenty two "L","R".

[@bower31]

As opposed to?

[@leaveandneverturnback8226]

Man awesome test. So much work you did for us. Thank you very much. BTW: I love these freaking caterpillars.

[@BlackDogSunBushcraft]

So glad I found this channel, my mans ouchea cataloging .22 penetration with a phone. Goes to show theres always more great material to do, whith bigger channels doing more mainstream topics. This is the gun autism we need so much more of. Top shelf old boy. Also, are you in upstate SC? Those look like catawba worms.

[@rhetthagstrom5797]

I bought a 5000 round case of the Thunderbolt from, uhhhh, hmmmm, oh yeah, Sportsmans guide back in the '90's. I still have a couple 500 round boxes in my safe.

[@EpicOfChillgamesh]

This is the first video of yours I have come across and I am pleased and entertained. You got yourself a new sub! Subscriber... not subsonic....

The puns on this channel are always great and the videos very informative, am definitely a fan

[@NCBotany]

Marketable, amazing editing and friendly?! I just had to subscribe.

[@virgilkane7369]

Great video . Great channel .

[@FirthMillElevatorLLC]

Your content is always top notch keep it up

[@whspioneer89]

I like your videos and your sense of humor

[@potterportraits]

you were on my fyp. liked and subscribed. since you were informative and to the point .... just like me

[@HE-162]

This was the most satisfying video for my ocd/adhd brain. I don’t even shoot guns, but holy fuck the repetition, clear and concise visual comparison, and straight to the point/fast moving editing was glorious.

[@ericbergfield6451]

Thanks for the quick & dirty presentation 😊

[@scottmansfield1734]

“Those aren’t silk worms!” “SHIT!” I was laughing my ass off! And always cutting to him on the crapper, I’m dying!!! On the crapper……😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@bobwilson758]

Damn it man - That looks like fun ! Good video big buddy ! Thanks --😊

[@johnshields9110]

That was a glorious video! I've been shooting for 60 years and didn't have gell blocks but used clay pond mud for testing. I used Rem 22 HP's for several decades hunting small game until CCI Mini Mags came out. The CCI products seem to feed in everything semi auto no matter what!

[@Detvanliga]

Impressively huge test!! .

[@pauldockins9635]

That was informative, thank you

[@crankygunreviews]

I love these tests. Also, I appreciate how much time it probably took to get all these rounds, and how much money you spent on this...

[@copraphagous]

I positively adore you for making this video

[@TreeSawTTV]

Great show!

[@bloodpoolyt]

i love the easy listening music makes the channel classy

[@doylethorn9251]

I remember when Western Auto was "The Place" to by guns and ammo. The Thunder Bolts were .25 a box or 5 boxes for $1.00.