Aguila .22LR 40 Grain Standard Velocity Lead Solid Point – 50 Rounds (Box)

Aguila .22LR 40 grain standard velocity lead solid point is a steady seller here, and for good reason. It is dependable, plainly built rimfire ammunition loaded to run in anything chambered for the cartridge, and it comes 50 rounds to the box. Nothing exotic, just consistent performance at a fair price.

Aguila has been producing rimfire ammunition for decades and supplies loads across the entire velocity spectrum. This sits in the middle of that range, the everyday standard velocity load most shooters actually need.

What Aguila .22LR 40 Grain Standard Velocity Is For

This is a practice, plinking and small game round. The 40 grain lead solid point is the traditional .22 LR configuration, and it does everything a general purpose rimfire load should do without any specialization getting in the way.

Standard velocity is the key characteristic. It sits just below or right around the speed of sound, which typically produces better accuracy in a good barrel than hyper velocity ammunition and makes it far quieter through a suppressor.

Bolt action shooters, target shooters and suppressor owners should look here first. Semi automatic rifles run it well too, though very lightly sprung actions occasionally prefer a hotter load.

Key Features

• 50 rounds per box, the classic rimfire count
• .22 LR chambering, the classic low cost training round
• 40 grain lead solid point, the standard .22 LR projectile
• Standard velocity loading for accuracy and reduced report
• Velocity that stays consistent lot to lot, keeping point of impact honest
• Feeds smoothly and prints consistent groups

The Specifications and Why They Work

Forty grain is the reference weight for .22 Long Rifle. Nearly every rifle sold in the chambering has its sights and its twist rate set up around it, so Aguila .22LR 40 grain loads are the bullet weight your gun most likely shoots best.

The lead solid point profile is simple and effective. Without a hollow cavity the bullet holds together and penetrates predictably, which is what you want for paper punching and clean work on small game at rimfire distance.

Standard velocity means less muzzle blast, less recoil and, in many barrels, tighter groups than high velocity ammunition delivers. Bullets that stay below the transonic region do not get destabilized crossing back through it on the way to the target.

Fifty rounds per box keeps things tidy. Boxes stack well, they are easy to count for a class or a match, and stocking up for a season is simple when the unit is this manageable.

Practical Use, Care and Compatibility

Every .22 Long Rifle chamber accepts this ammunition, including rifles, pistols, revolvers and lever guns. If you shoot suppressed, this is the load to try first, since a subsonic or borderline subsonic round is where a rimfire can gets genuinely quiet.

Bare lead bullets do deposit more fouling than plated ones. That is a fair trade for the accuracy, but it means running a bore snake through every few hundred rounds and doing a proper solvent cleaning at the end of a heavy session.

Store your boxes cool, dry and off concrete. Rimfire keeps for decades under good conditions, and a sealed ammunition can with a desiccant pack turns a good stock into a permanent one.

Check function before you commit to it in a lightly sprung semi automatic. Standard velocity ammunition is gentler on an action than high velocity ammunition, and a few autoloaders want the extra impulse to cycle fully every time.

Buy deep while supply is good, since rimfire availability is unpredictable. Our full ammunition selection carries high velocity and subsonic options too, and you can read more about the line at Aguila Ammunition.

For general shooting, Aguila .22LR 40 grain standard velocity is the load that quietly does the job every single time. Keep several boxes ahead of what you plan to shoot. This ammunition ships straight to your door wherever state and local law allows.