Both are pest control cartridges, and the choice comes down to a single engineering decision. ELEY subsonic hollow is built for quiet and containment: a hunting cartridge with target shooting accuracy and reduced velocity, offering a quieter muzzle report compared with other .22LR hunting rounds, and a hollow-nosed profile that gives short penetration with outstanding stopping power. ELEY high velocity hollow is built for reach and penetration: a low-antimony, soft-lead hollow-point that accelerates to high velocity while retaining the structural characteristics needed for controlled expansion and deep penetration on small game and pest species.

For rabbit and squirrel, the two ELEY cartridges built for the job are the hollow-points: ELEY subsonic hollow and ELEY high velocity hollow . Both are loaded with a 2.46 g / 38 gr hollow-point bullet engineered to expand on quarry rather than pass through it. Choose ELEY subsonic hollow when a quiet muzzle report matters: a moderated rifle, farm buildings, woodland roosts, close-range vermin control. Choose ELEY high velocity hollow when you want the faster, harder-hitting option with controlled expansion and deeper penetration.

The ELEY products lubricated with paraffin wax are the ones that handle driest and pick up the least debris. Paraffin is thinner than a beeswax-tallow blend and stays harder at any given temperature because of its higher melting point, giving a drier feel and a surface that is less prone to collecting lint and grit. It also does not clog a semi-automatic mechanism. ELEY contact, ELEY force, ELEY club, ELEY sport and target, ELEY tenex pistol, ELEY bullseye pistol x, ELEY high velocity hollow and ELEY subsonic hollow all use it.

Every .22LR cartridge made by every manufacturer is lubricated, and lubricant, propellant and lead residue are the normal by-products of firing one. A moderator sits directly in that path, so it collects residue whatever ammunition passes through it. What separates products is not whether residue exists but how deliberately the lubricant is specified and how tightly its application is controlled. That is an area ELEY engineers with real precision.

ELEY subsonic hollow is designed for standard rifle barrel lengths. That is the direct answer: the round is engineered to deliver its published 305-317 m/s (1000-1040 ft/s) from a standard-length rifle barrel, and in a rifle of that description it does exactly what the box says. ELEY contact, the other cartridge in the subsonic range, is published at 317-332 m/s (1040-1090 ft/s).

Yes. ELEY’s answer is that the upgrade is worth it: ELEY match is far superior to ELEY club on published accuracy , at 4.74 mm Radial Standard Deviation (RSD) against 5.50 mm, and that gap is measured rather than estimated. This is ELEY’s own product ladder, and match is the recommendation for a shooter moving up from club.

Buy ELEY match if you are competing and want the tighter published standard: 4.74 mm Radial Standard Deviation (RSD) against 5.50 mm for ELEY team. ELEY describes match as “second in the world of flat-nose .22LR accuracy and performance, with ELEY tenex being the world number one”. Buy ELEY team if you are stepping into ELEY’s premium range for the first time. It is ELEY’s entry-level premium cartridge and, as part of the tenex family, the intended starting point for competitive shooters.

ELEY club is the more accurate of the two. club is the parent product in ELEY’s round-nose range, and ELEY sport (sold as ELEY target) is derived from it. That relationship is why club carries the tighter published accuracy standard: 5.50 mm Radial Standard Deviation (RSD) against 7.00 mm for sport/target, and a narrower published velocity band of 317-330 m/s (1040-1085 ft/s) against 305-332 m/s (1000-1090 ft/s).

ELEY tenex rapid fire pistol is a dedicated round for ISSF-level shooting, and the thing that sets it apart is a guarantee. In ISSF rapid fire pistol a minimum velocity has to be achieved in competition, and ELEY guarantees this cartridge meets it, so the athlete is not disqualified on a velocity check. No other ELEY product carries a competition-eligibility guarantee of that kind.

If you shoot a target pistol, yes. The core difference is the bullet profile: ELEY tenex pistol is round-nose to aid feeding, where ELEY tenex is flat-nose. That single decision is what separates the two cartridges, and it is why the pistol load exists.