Aguila 60 Grain .22LR

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Save your money. This round was designed for a special rifle with a faster twist than the standard 1 in 16. They usually don't function a semi auto, but they are great if you love keyholes.
 
Save your money. This round was designed for a special rifle with a faster twist than the standard 1 in 16. They usually don't function a semi auto, but they are great if you love keyholes.
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Thanks! That's more or less what I figured.
 
they are good in a 22lr ar15 conversion kit though
 
The bullet is really long and is loaded in a 22 short case, giving it the same overall length as a 22LR, so no special chamber is needed.

It has cycled well in every semiauto that I've used it in, but it does have stability problems in some guns.

I've had good luck with a Marlin Papoose-very accurate, no stability problems. That might be a result of the MicroGroove barrel. As has been said, it's stable in AR15 conversion kits (but it might NOT be so in a dedicated LR upper). It worked in a Ciener Glock conversion, a Ruger 10/22 Compact and a S&W 2" Model 34-1.

DO NOT USE THIS ROUND IN ANY OF THE REMINGTON 550's! The use of the 22 short case activates the floating chamber in those guns and is really hard on the action.

The round is gun dependent. It stablizes in some guns, not so well in others.You'll just have to test it in your guns to find out. It hits hard.
 
They seemed to cycle a Jennings J22 I had-- probably a weak spring or something, but they would not reliably cycle my 10/22 or my Marlin 60. I have shot them out of my Savage MkII, but like he said, I think they were designed for a different twist, because the accuracy was not there at longer ranges--- t
 
i have not had a problem cycling this in any semi auto at all including my .22 handguns s/w 422 and ruger 22/45 . the only problem i've noticed was stability . if i could hold the 10/22 tight enough and eliminate all but the slightest muzzle movement very tight groups but if i merely rested the rifle or had any thing less than a vise like hold on it it would start keyholing and flying wildly.although i intend to customize one of the 10/22s with a 1in9 twist barrel . that should eliminate any issues with this ammo. let me tell you that stuff is very hard hitting. it hits like a cci stinger with one difference , that heavy slug just keeps on going and going . i shot it into a dead deer that that i took . the results were amazing . freshly dead flesh behaves very much like live flesh except for the fact that it doesn't twitch. that being said the aguila sss broke a rib on the way in went through the heart and one lung before breaking a rib and exiting through the meat on of the leg on the other side . wow . thats a .22 you can count on if you can stablilze it.also a side note the sound this stuff makes when striking flesh is creepy. the sound is akin to hitting a slab of ribs with the peen end of a ball peen hammer.very loud for a .22 impact.
 
They do give excellent performance out of a 1 in 9 or 1 in 8 AR with a 22 conversion unit. I wasn't too thrilled with the accuracy of regular 22s out of my conversion unit, then I tried the Aguila 60gr, a world of difference in accuracy. They're great for off-hand practice at 50yds and I've had no failures in my Colt HBar or Bushmaster DCM guns, using a Spike's conversion unit.
 
I actually just tried them for the first time recently. They cycle through my Marlin model 60... sometimes, more often then not they will. My friends ruger target .22 pistol handled them with no ftf or fte. They're not nearly as quiet as I thought they would be though.
 
The problem with them in my gun is that almost every bullet in the box has a bunch of crap at the joint between the .22 short case and the bullet. In my Acculite Graphite Barrel the bullets get hung up on this crap almost every time. When they do go into the barrel the case hangs up on ejection.

If anyone is near Tempe, AZ I will gladly trade my two thousands of this stuff for some regular .22 ammo.

I prefer the Agulia Super Maximum ammo for everything from plinking to hunting. It flys straight and has awesome penetration and causes minimal damage to meat. It always kills those rabbits, squirrels, fox, and coyotes dead too!

I'm a huge advocate of the Paco Kelly products too... all my .22 stuff gets clipped...
 
So far I've noticed 20" barrels or there abouts have a good chance of stabilizing, and they are very quiet in manual repeaters, but auto loaders are load (I think it is because the heavier bullet opens the bolt prematurely and some gas escapes) that has been my experience with some older bolts, a bl 22, and a ruger 10/22. They do a number on feral cats, by the by. Had one go from the head to butt, no exit though at least none I could find. I imagine it might have a tendency to cavitate at short distances.
 
most rifles, whether semi , pump, lever , boltie, cannot handle them, the twist is all the wrong rate- usually a 1/16. Well , just like a 223 rifle, (not JUST LIKE), If you have an ar that is a 1/12 twist, you are not going to be able to stabilize a 68 grain bullet, you need a faster twist.
Most 22 rifles keyhole this bullet past 25 yards- some will keyhole right away.
About the only semi that I know of , that can reliably fire, cycle, and shoot , very accurately i might add, is a Remmy speedmaster- proly cuz it is designed to shoot short, long , and long rifle, reliably and accurately.
 
For the most part ranger yes. But the two longer barreled bolts will stabilize them and at least be accurate at 25 yds (off hand will shot inch groups) while the two short barrels key hole immediately (action type has nothing to do with the performance). Just like some long barreled .224 caliber rifles with long barrels that attain adequate velocities will stabilize heavy bullets. But yes, they will do much better out of a custom ruger 1in9 or an AR kit. I tried them and pick up a box here and there but plan to buy them by the brick when I get an AR kit.
 
unless you have really long bbls, I would bet those rounds aren't as stable as you think! next time, try shooting at paper at 50 yds, and see if some of your holes aren't exactly round!!!
 
I've shot the SSS Agulias' through a Bentz chamber 20" barreled Ruger 10-22, fed 100% thru the mag, haven't shot any for accuracy at paper but was fooling around with a cheap Simmons scope on the rifle, you really got to dial in some elevation and was finally rewarded with some holes in the tincans I was shooting. Talk about rainbow trajectory, at about 75 yrds my scope ran out of elevation adjustment and had to hold over!

These things would make a decent belly or eye socket rounds in my 21A Baretta, by the way do you think they would kehole at 7 yrds?:D
 
Fired them from my Walther P22, usually jammed and keyholed at 3, 7 and 15 yards.
Fired from my S&W Airlite Revolver, keyholed at 3, 7 and 15 yards.
Fired from my CZ bolt action. keyhole at 15 and 25 yards.
Fired from my old Model 36 (1936) Remington Bolt gun, keyholed at 15 and 25 yards.

Of course horrible groups at all ranges. Velocity over a chronograph all over the place.

Regular 22 shorts were much more accurate and just as quite.
 
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