22 LR Hollow Point For Sale

The 22 Long Rifle has been in production since 1887 and remains the most manufactured cartridge on earth, but it works with almost no margin. A 36 grain bullet leaving the muzzle at 1,250 fps carries roughly 125 foot-pounds of energy. There is nothing to waste. That is the entire argument for a hollow point in this caliber: a bullet that opens up dumps its energy into a squirrel or a groundhog instead of carrying most of it out the far side and into your neighbor's fence post.

The catch is that expansion in 22 LR is velocity-dependent in a way it is not in centerfire calibers. Rimfire hollow points generally need to be moving above roughly 1,150 fps to open reliably, which is why nearly every load on this page is high velocity or hyper velocity, running 33 to 40 grains. Drop below that threshold and a hollow point behaves a lot like a solid. If quiet matters more to you than terminal performance, the subsonic page is the honest place to shop, not this one.

Four hollow point constructions, and what each one is for

• Copper-plated hollow point (CPHP): the workhorse. Plating cuts lead fouling and helps semi-autos feed cleanly. CCI Mini-Mag, Federal BYOB, Winchester USA, and Remington Golden Bullet all live here.
• Lead hollow point (LHP): unplated and cheaper, and the soft exposed lead opens more readily at lower velocity. Remington Cyclone and Federal Champion. Expect more bore fouling.
• Truncated cone hollow point (TCHP): the flat-nosed hyper velocity option. Remington Yellow Jacket runs a 33 grain TCHP well past 1,400 fps for maximum energy transfer on small pests.
• Weight matters less than your rifle does: 22 LR accuracy is famously barrel-specific. A load that groups beautifully in one rifle scatters in the next, which is why the 50 and 100 round boxes exist.

Buy a small box of two or three candidates, shoot them side by side, then commit to the brick or case of whichever one your rifle actually likes.

Which brands load 22 LR hollow points?

• Remington 22 LR Ammo - the deepest HP bench: Cyclone, Ranch Hand, Golden Hunter, Yellow Jacket, and Golden Bullet
• Federal 22 LR Ammo - Champion LHP and the BYOB bulk CPHP bucket
• CCI Mini-Mag 22 LR Ammo - the reliability benchmark for rimfire semi-autos
• Winchester 22 LR Ammo - USA-branded 36 grain CPHP in 2,000 and 3,330 round cases

Use the Manufacturers and Quantity filters in the left sidebar to narrow by brand or jump straight to case counts.

Related 22 LR ammo pages

• 22 LR Ammo - the full catalog including solids and target loads
• 22 LR Subsonic Ammo - for suppressed shooting, where expansion is not the goal
• 22 LR Match Ammo - solid bullets built for accuracy over terminal effect
• 22 WMR Ammo - the step up when 22 LR runs out of energy

22 LR guides and comparisons

• Best 22 LR Ammo - our tested picks across every use case
• Best 22 LR Ammo for Self Defense - an honest look at the caliber's limits
• Best 22 LR Ammo for Competition
• What Is a Copper-Plated Hollow Point? - why plating matters in rimfire
• Lead Hollow Point Explained
• Truncated Cone Hollow Point Explained
• Rimfire vs Centerfire - why rimfire velocity ceilings exist at all
• 22 WMR vs 22 LR
• 22 LR vs 223
• 22 vs 9mm
• 25 ACP vs 22 LR
• Aguila 22 LR Review
• CCI Blazer 22 LR Review
• Federal Punch 22 LR Review

Rimfire pricing swings harder than any centerfire caliber. Check our 22 LR price tracker before you commit to a case.