Are these supposed to produce large amounts of smoke? Always shoot cci stingers and love them but decided to try these and these were by far the smokiest round I have ever shot. Large clouds of dark smoke every shot. Brand new pistol. Bad batch?

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Jason L. · Answer

That's news to me as This is my go to brand round to use with my Advantage Arms. 22lr conversion for my Glock 19. I find it to shoot fairly clean with none of the heavy smoke cloud you mention. Maybe bad batch?

James G. · Answer

Hi Joseph and welcome. These use a different powder than the CCI Stingers which are smokier rounds. Stingers and Mini-Mags use the same cleaner burning powder. Cheers, stay safe and enjoy!

Ed C. · Answer

Hi Joseph, I have used these numerous times and have never has any smoke like you describe.  Mini-Mag rounds use clean-burning propellants. CCI has high manufacturing standards, ensuring a consistent, reliable ignition.
I would guess maybe you got a bad batch? Not likely, but possible. 
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The answer below makes no sense - "These use a different powder than the CCI Stingers" and "Stingers and Mini-Mags use the same cleaner burning powder." How can they use a different powder if they use the same powder?

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