.21 Sharp???????

[CAJUNLAWYER]

American RIfleman has given the coveted "Ammunition Product of the Year" award to something called a .21 sharp, a rimfire cartridge that is not a heeled bullet but fits inside of the (I am assuming) standard .22 LR. cartridge. I suspect it will go the way of the .17 Mach 2 rimfire.
Why did they make it? To sell of course. Problem of using lead free ammo in the rimfire rifle is pretty much solved with the .22 magnum-just make lead free cartridges for it-problem solved. This new cartridge will necessitate buying a whole new rifle as from what I read, the bore of a standard .22 lr. will be slightly oversized resulting in the same accuracy as shooting a .22 lr our of a .22 magnum barrel in the convertible revolvers. Can think of absolutely no reason to own one.

 

[Pisgah]

Well, that makes two of us...

 

[Narragansett]

Will Winchester make a rifle for it?
I think they only make a few guns now in Turkey or Japan.

I don’t think too much of Winchester or Remington any more

 

[THE PILGRIM]

It looks the answer to a question that nobody asked.

 

[gdogs]

They made a huge mistake by not having 10k 10/22 barrels ready to go upon release of the ammo. I would have bought a takedown barrel without question. Better than a 22lr, probably not, but a simple forend swap and I could shoot it... yeah, no brainer.

 

[Dave Lively]

The 21 Sharp might have won by default. If not the 21 Sharp what should have won the "Ammunition product of the year" category?

Not a whole lot going on in terms of ammo recently. I might have nominated brass case 9mm selling for less than $.24/round again but that's not really anything new.