Winchester 21 Sharp

[airedale]

I have been reading up on Winchester's new offering of a non lead rimfire cartridge and I am not impressed. I don't know what the heck they were thinking but I do not see this offering going anywhere. They would have been much better off sticking with regular 22lr ammo and developing some kind of lead free bullet that performs so it may be used in current 22 firearms. With this 21 Sharp, one has to buy a new rifle just to use it and I will bet there will not be very many manufacturers building new rifles for this cartridge.

The performance accuracy wise is nothing to write home about and at $26.99 for a box of 100 they can keep it.

This one is dead on arrival!

[Moho81]

Can't you already purchase lead free 22lr? I swear I remember shooting some not that long ago. 

[airedale]

1 hour ago, Moho81 said:

Can't you already purchase lead free 22lr? I swear I remember shooting some not that long ago

Yes, there are several lead free 22 rimfire loadings, the problem is they do not perform well. I tried the CCI lead free some time back and they grouped lousy, the cheapest bulk ammo would outshoot it. It has got a bit better in recent years but it still does not compete with good traditional cartridges accuracy wise and the price is high.

From what I have been seeing with the testing of this 21 Sharp it is running into the same problems as the regular lead free stuff and it costs a whole lot more and you have to buy a new firearm to shoot with mediocrity.

Al