I am trying to figure out what barrel length I should get for my Browning buckmark for hunting subsonic with a can. Looking at a tac sol barrel to run my element 2.
I'd rather the 5.5 for longer sight radius and more velocity, but I am worried that'll generally (or at least sometimes) push HV ammo supersonic. Especially in colder weather hunting. I'd like to run CCI Mini Mags for hunting. Of course if they are all cracking with a can, that won't work.
I know with a 4", everything will stay subsonic for sure, but then I sacrifice sight radius, a bit of noise reduction and of course more velocity (I'd like to be close to supersonic, but not too close, like no more than 1060fps for the hotter rounds).
Looking at tests, same deal, minimags seem to expand well at impact velocities over 1100fps and will expand okay down to around 1000fps and then from not well down to not at all from 1000-900fps. So a 4" barrel would probably limit effective expansion range to maybe 25yds or so.
CCI subsonic 40gr HP testing I can't find expansion tests for pistols, but from a 12.5" tac sol 10/22 barrel with a can it looks like they were trucking along at around 980fps at 25yds, and 1 round expanded okay, but not great and one didn't expand. Which leads me to believe it wouldn't be a viable pistol hunting round.
No tests at low velocities of CCI suppressor 45gr out of a pistol that I can find, either actual velocity or expansion tests (out of a rifle I can find that info and it looks really good. Which I can backup on my 10/22 against ground hogs).
Any thoughts or suggestions here? Run segmented subsonic (those seem to break apart at pretty low velocities? Which makes me nervous through a can.
Other ammo I should look at that should work fine on small game. Admittedly if I was hunting with a 22lr pistol it would really be for squirrels and doesn't take much (non-expanding would be fine). But that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to pot a ground hog of opportunity.
Something I am missing? What has anyone else used in a pistol for squirrels, rabbits, ground hogs, racoons? Ideally subsonic. I guess I could deal with the crack from a 22lr using a can for hunting and it wouldn't be the end of the world (can just use SV/sub for plinking). Should I just plan on using SV solids on squirrels and use something like the segmented rounds or subsonic HP on bigger critters and figure the HP may or may not expand depending on the distance?
Thanks!
I'd rather the 5.5 for longer sight radius and more velocity, but I am worried that'll generally (or at least sometimes) push HV ammo supersonic. Especially in colder weather hunting. I'd like to run CCI Mini Mags for hunting. Of course if they are all cracking with a can, that won't work.
I know with a 4", everything will stay subsonic for sure, but then I sacrifice sight radius, a bit of noise reduction and of course more velocity (I'd like to be close to supersonic, but not too close, like no more than 1060fps for the hotter rounds).
Looking at tests, same deal, minimags seem to expand well at impact velocities over 1100fps and will expand okay down to around 1000fps and then from not well down to not at all from 1000-900fps. So a 4" barrel would probably limit effective expansion range to maybe 25yds or so.
CCI subsonic 40gr HP testing I can't find expansion tests for pistols, but from a 12.5" tac sol 10/22 barrel with a can it looks like they were trucking along at around 980fps at 25yds, and 1 round expanded okay, but not great and one didn't expand. Which leads me to believe it wouldn't be a viable pistol hunting round.
No tests at low velocities of CCI suppressor 45gr out of a pistol that I can find, either actual velocity or expansion tests (out of a rifle I can find that info and it looks really good. Which I can backup on my 10/22 against ground hogs).
Any thoughts or suggestions here? Run segmented subsonic (those seem to break apart at pretty low velocities? Which makes me nervous through a can.
Other ammo I should look at that should work fine on small game. Admittedly if I was hunting with a 22lr pistol it would really be for squirrels and doesn't take much (non-expanding would be fine). But that doesn't mean I wouldn't want to pot a ground hog of opportunity.
Something I am missing? What has anyone else used in a pistol for squirrels, rabbits, ground hogs, racoons? Ideally subsonic. I guess I could deal with the crack from a 22lr using a can for hunting and it wouldn't be the end of the world (can just use SV/sub for plinking). Should I just plan on using SV solids on squirrels and use something like the segmented rounds or subsonic HP on bigger critters and figure the HP may or may not expand depending on the distance?
Thanks!