My Cartridge Idea!

Mouse Pest

This post "My Cartridge Idea!" is connected to my previous post on the "Low Power Rimfires". I must tell you that the Aguila Super Colribri was sort of my idea. 

No! I didn't actually have anything to do with the cartridge, but something like 20 years before its introduction  I wrote (snail mail then) to Winchester, Remington, Federal, and CCI expressing the need for a very similar cartridge.

I'd become interested in the European spring air guns which were just beginning to catch on in the USA.  At that time I was also using CB rounds regularly for pest, but found that I often couldn't take a shot because they were too powerful. A miss with a CB could cause damage, shoot through, be to risky, or too dangerous.



I felt a .22 round with a bullet of only 15 grains pushed along at about 600 to 800 fps would be very useful.  The Super Colrbri is fairly close to those figures with a slightly heavier 20 grain bullet pushed at about 575 fps.

In my letters I explained why I thought such a low powered round was needed and that myself and many other shooters would be forced to use air guns otherwise.  I got no response or a form letter saying, "Thank you for your interest..."

Air guns have since become very popular. From the interest on the internet for several years now "my" Super Colrbri has also been fairly popular among some shooters.  This cartridge more or less allows you to turn your standard .22 rimfire into a quiet air rifle with no charging or pumping required.   Note: Legaly it's still a firearm!