Since Hanned Line stopped making their 22 rimfire Small Game Bullet tool (and everything else apparantly) I'm wondering if anyone else is selling anything like it? Does anyone know if Beljan Mfg is still make their version of the SGB tool? I know Paco Kelly makes a die that does something similar but I'm not too keen to start whacking on rimfires with a punch and a hammer.
Originally posted by carlos111: CCI is making the SGB cartridge again
Well and truly said, but there are wags who argue the sharp edged meplat of home cut SGBs work better on game, and they can be cheaper than the CCI stuff (which I have found accurate and reliable as well).
I fooled around with a lot of different 22 ammunition in my quest for a good red squirrel stopper. They outnumber greys in patch of woods and are considerably tougher to kill.
Yes, I go for head shots when presented, but we all know that is not always the case, and at 70 yards standing or kneeling I often go for center of mass. With that in mind, I found that even standard velocity hollow points broke up and that standard round noses would often leave reds dragging themselves away in pain.
I was a big proponent of the SGB from CCI, but then switched to the Remington Viper. I shoot a Sako 94 and it shoots the Remingtons better than the CCI. The solid, truncated cone has a good frontal area and seems to really take the wind out of the sails of any squirrel. It is in the higher velocity tier of rounds. Believe it is a 36 grainer, but with a standard case length. My Sako won't even chamber stuff like CCI Stingers. Give the Vipers a try, but be sure not to use the nearly identically packaged Yellow Jacket, which is also a hot rod, but with very explosive hollow point.
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Quite some time ago a friend used a piece of aluminum round stock to make a 22 LR point cut off tool for me. The hole fits the case lightly and there is a recess for the rim. I use a knife blade to slice of the nose of Aguila HPs where just the bottom of the HP hole is visible. 2 grains off the 38 grain subconicos. The befores shoot excellently to 60 yards or so and so do the afters. Not quite minute of squirrel head that far, but AH!, that is field shooting. I have no doubt the flatted bullets are better killers on head and chest shots.
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I used 3/4" square stock to make mine. I cut to length, drilled a hole for the cartridge and a larger one 1/16th deep for the rim. I heated it till it was batween a dull orange and a light red then dumped it into a soda can full of cutting out. If you make 3 be advised that the oil will boil over when you finish the third one. Don't ask me how I know and clean up is a mess. Gianni
The flat meplat on the CCI SGB doesn't feed reliably in my Ruger auto pistol. Don't know how it would do from a tubular magazine, but that's a good question. Next time my brother and I shoot .22s, I'll try it in his Nylon 66 (he doesn't trade guns very often).
