.21 SHARP, what is it?

#5
More bullet options, real jacketed bullets, boat tails. Just a barrel swap away with any 22lr. Internally lubricated lead bullets instead of externally lubed, no more greasy fingers from loading magazines.
I like it.
Mike
 
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Ammo quality depends on manufacturer. There is high quality match 22lr and there is shitty stuff. Might be an avenue to some really nice ammo down the road. It wouldn't be too hard for Eley, Lapua or RWS to make some match stuff. They already make the casing and and prime them. They would have to tool up bullet swaging or other type of bullet making process, then crimp it in a case and test fire loads. I'll wait a while to switch barrels.

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it's 21 and it will put your eye out
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Aftermath said:
Yeah...but Winchester themselves don't make a rifle chambered for it. WTF?
It looks interesting but I'll be waiting 1) for much more support and 2) a 21 Sharps Magnum version to make it much more worthwhile.
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Winchester Guns and Winchester ammo are two separate companies that share a common name and linage but at this point have little to no collaboration with each other. Winchester guns is owned by FN and Winchester Ammo is owned by the chemical manufacturer Olin Corporation who sold off Winchester Arms in the 80’s.

And don’t get me started on the gun side because I have never seen a company with so much history that simultaneously hates making money off it.
 
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I wonder why someone/they / Winchester didn’t take the 22 magnum and just cut it down to lr length and make the rim fit lr actions , then use 223 barrels already in production ,223 bullets in production
 
#24
68hoyt said:
I wonder why someone/they / Winchester didn’t take the 22 magnum and just cut it down to lr length and make the rim fit lr actions , then use 223 barrels already in production ,223 bullets in production
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Probably because the idea was to keep the cost down and get more manufactures on board. The easiest way to do that is to use the absolute cheapest and most plentiful rimfire case available just loaded with a different bullet.
 
#25
I can see some points, especially the non-heeled bullet. What I can’t see is the extra velocity. The attraction of the .22LR is the velocity range. Enough for small game, not to much for meat or metal damage. (Hunting or target, depending on your persuasion or need). And current .22lr barrels essentially last pretty much a lifetime.

Obviously if a fellow wants more velocity, go with a .223 or a .22-250. Lots of speed and lots of reusability.

As for the Sharp, make it a heavy bullet with sonic and subsonic velocities, give me a coated bullet rather than a standard jacketed bullet which drives costs up and offers no advantage (to me) over the current .22 Magnum.
 
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But now you have to make new barrels ,,,,,,, of a new bore ,,,,,,,,, new bullet ,,,,,,would it be that expensive to modify the 22 mag case already in production ?
,,,,,,, I understand the masses of 22 lr cases in production already
 
#27
Meh, I'm not one to jump on bandwagons so I'll check back in 5yrs. Unless it turns into a case like the. 350Legend where everyone else taking a while to catch on so it gave me a chance to buy a buttload of ammo cheap enough to make a gun purchase make sense.
 
#28
I did a search and accuracy was 1.5” at 50 yards iirc , Winchester is the only manufacture currently ? Savage is making rifles ?
All the hype about how much better it is and it isn’t
 
#29
As someone who hunts with the 17 hm2, 17hmr and 22lr. I am interested in this but at the same time I’m wondering what this offers over the rounds already available?

The 17hm2 is my favorite small game round and it’s too bad it came out after the 17hmr.

I didn’t see but did they say if the 21 sharp can be used in blow back actions?
 
#32
I was interested for a split second, but then I realized that this isn't geared towards long range/bench rest 22lr(I know, sounds weird but it's fun and I'll pay to do it)
 
#33
Corfius said:
The idea is having a caliber using the same brass as a 22lr while being more friendly to non lead bullets.

As more places ban lead ammo it might take off.
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Makes sense but couldn’t they put the lead free bullet they use in the 17 hmr tnt rounds in the 17 hm2?

The hm2 uses 22lr cases as well.

It will be cool to see real world results between all these rounds and compare them.
 
#34
If I owned a RimX, I "might" buy a barrel and a case or two of ammo. But until that happens, hard pass from me. They can't even keep up with 17 WSM ammo, what chance does a new caliber have?
 
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