Do you wish you could go hunting with Steven Rinella, host of the hit show MeatEater? Well, you can’t. He’s too busy. We asked. But you can do the next best thing: Order a brick of CCI’s Mini-Mag MeatEater edition 22 LR ammo instead!

If you look closely at this ammo’s packaging, you’ll see that Steven is smiling. That’s because he knows it’s good ammo. But if you look even closer, you’ll see that the squirrel Steven is holding is not smiling. It is dead, probably because Steven shot it with this 22 LR cartridge.

This round’s lightweight 36 grain CPHP bullet achieves a high muzzle velocity so it can soar downrange while hugging a flat trajectory, and once it reaches its target it begins quickly expanding outward to create a gaping wound cavity. The bullet is additionally copper-plated, which helps to preserve a firearm’s accuracy by keeping lead residue from getting packed up in its rifling.

CCI’s high-quality primers and clean-burning propellant deliver consistent muzzle velocities, as well as sufficient chamber pressure to reliably cycle semi-auto pistols and rifles. Just what Dr. Rinella ordered for varmint hunting, although in his medical opinion it works great for target shooting as well!