"New" rimfire cartridge - 21 SHARP

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The Rimfire Report: 21 SHARP Ammunition and Rifles Now Available

Welcome back to The Rimfire Report, our weekly article series where we discuss everything related to rimfire ammunition.Last week, Luke talked about the possible military applications of the American-180 rimfire submachine gun.In today's installment, we are reporting rimfire news - Winchester...
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The 21 SHARP uses a regular 22LR case, but the bullet is a .21 cal jacketed projectile designed to fit in the 22LR brass, instead of having a heeled bullet. Seems all a that's needed is a barrel change.




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Seen this on the Smith Wesson Form.
Not too many favorable comments.

I my self don't care, I know what new
products from Gun manufacturers are for.

I won't buy into it because I have so many
guns to shoot and reload.

To each their own. Interesting Thread though.
 
Not sure why we need, or want another .22 rimfire cartridge ?
Not interchangeable with .22 LR, doesn't seem to offer performance beyond .22 magnum or 5mm Remington or maybe .17 ? Likely as expensive, or more so than any of them.
Another near future obsolete cartridge ?
 
Don't you get it? I read it is a lead free copper bullet. This will allow a national lead ban on all public lands. Kamala/Biden are already working on the legislation. If all goes through no more lead bullets except on private property. And eventually no where. And it's not a gun ban. It's a sneak attack to make all your guns worthless or cost $60 a box for their "approved " solid copper bullets.
 
I have one hard to feed rimfire already a 17WSM. Don't need another.
 
protoolman said:
Don't you get it? I read it is a lead free copper bullet. This will allow a national lead ban on all public lands. Kamala/Biden are already working on the legislation. If all goes through no more lead bullets except on private property. And eventually no where. And it's not a gun ban. It's a sneak attack to make all your guns worthless or cost $60 a box for their "approved " solid copper bullets.
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Lead free is an option, but lead core FMJ and JHP are also options.

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I wonder how much the author of that article got paid to reiterate (rather well) all "our" potential comments and THEN still come up with a rationale for, yet, another solution to a non-existent problem/need.
I remember back in the 70's resisting the temptation to buy a Rem. 5mm rimfire for squirrel hunting back in Mn. It was sure to become extinct..... or at least "more useless".... I did NOT buy..!!:rolleyes:
IMHO,

J.
 
rmc25 said:
Did they explain WHY they didn't just make a .22 instead of .21 since it uses 22 cases? Damage to 22lr barrels?
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Look at a .22. The bullet is the same diameter as the case. The .21 bullet fits into the case. That way they can use the same case with a different bullet. I suppose they could have used a .22 bullet with a new case.
 
A major benefit is that heeled bullets are not very aerodynamic and can only have the one heel configuration which requires manufacturing in a unique manner. The .21 approach is the same as used in all other rounds, allowing different heel configurations as used in more sophisticated, standardized manufacturing procedures. In a nutshell, it provides a rimfire round with the capability to emulate modern centerfire manufacturing requiring only a slight modification to the gun's chamber. The question is, will these advantages provide enough marketing and sales success to justify guns having the revised chamber even with the expected improvement in bullet selection. It's not expected that the .21 will replace the existing classic .22LR ammo and guns. We shall see.

Whether the non-lead bullet will be a winner in and of itself remains to be seen. The .21 could still use lead bullets where it seems practical.

I think te article does a pretty good job of covering all the features and considerations. JMHO :)
 
.....duh, .21,,,, .22......22,,,,,,,,, .21 ??? I must be missing something tired to read the article and this guy is still confused, so what happens if the youngsters put a handfull of each or either , in their pocket and they are out in the field out back and what goes in which rifle?? handgun?? and all these guns I got that are .22?? are they going to the wayside?? I"ll be damned before I start buying all new guns,,,gee will have to try and ask one of the gun loving "lawyers" next time this one comes up.....:unsure:
....if they don't want 'lead' make the same material bullet to fit and use in the .22???
Now where's my snake oil bottle????:cool::rolleyes:
 
Don't hold back, Dan. Tell us how you really feel. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: ;)

Looks to me that if the .21 becomes the new "standard" for rimfires all these old .22LR guns you and I own will immediately become SUPER COLLECTIBLE! 😁

If kids mix the ammo, I'd guess a .21 in a .22 chamber would merely be quite inaccurate. I don't know if you'd be able to stuff a .22 into a .21 chamber, but that certainly could be "interesting". :unsure:
 
Ale-8(1) said:
A major benefit is that heeled bullets are not very aerodynamic and can only have the one heel configuration which requires manufacturing in a unique manner. The .21 approach is the same as used in all other rounds, allowing different heel configurations as used in more sophisticated, standardized manufacturing procedures. In a nutshell, it provides a rimfire round with the capability to emulate modern centerfire manufacturing requiring only a slight modification to the gun's chamber. The question is, will these advantages provide enough marketing and sales success to justify guns having the revised chamber even with the expected improvement in bullet selection. It's not expected that the .21 will replace the existing classic .22LR ammo and guns. We shall see.

Whether the non-lead bullet will be a winner in and of itself remains to be seen. The .21 could still use lead bullets where it seems practical.

I think te article does a pretty good job of covering all the features and considerations. JMHO :)
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YUP..... that's exactly what he said..... it's no wonder that I completely forgot it.
I'm still glad I resisted that Rem. 5mm rim fire back in the day... I'm going to try hard to resist this opportunity as well... If it's still around in 20 years, I'm going to buy one for my 100th birthday (and will give a full range report). :sleep:

J.
 
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