{"id":1317,"date":"2024-09-19T20:09:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T20:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2024-09-19T20:09:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T20:09:17","slug":"first-look-winchester-21-sharp-rimfire-cartridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=1317","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Winchester 21 Sharp Rimfire Cartridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- image --><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"> <noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-feature-768x496.jpg\" alt=\"First Look: Winchester 21 Sharp Rimfire Cartridge\" title=\"First Look: Winchester 21 Sharp Rimfire Cartridge\"\/><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-take-a-quick-look-at-21-sharp-a-rimfire-cartridge-newly-introduced-by-winchester\"><strong>We take a quick look at 21 Sharp, a rimfire cartridge newly introduced by Winchester.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Winchester has just introduced a new rimfire cartridge, 21 Sharp, and the company says it has some major benefits to offer small game hunters and recreational shooters.<\/p>\n<p>21 Sharp was designed to provide both good accuracy and on-target performance with lead-free projectiles as well as with traditional bullets. Winchester is launching the cartridge with four loads initially available, including the 37-grain Black Copper Plated Game &amp; Target, the 42-grain FMJ Game &amp; Target, the 34-grain JHP Super X and the lead-free 25-grain Copper Matrix Game &amp; Target. Winchester says that the 25-grain Copper Matrix load outperforms all lead-free .22 LR loads available and that the 34-grain JHP Super X has greater accuracy, expansion and energy impact than comparable .22 LR loads.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester.jpg\" alt=\"21 sharp winchester\" class=\"wp-image-295613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-696x436.jpg 696w, https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-sharp-winchester-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Kyle Masinelli, Senior Director of Product Innovation and Strategy for Winchester Ammunition, said this about the new cartridge:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The 21 Sharp cartridge offers significant advantages in the rimfire category, which is one of the more popular types of firearms and ammunition used by millions of people throughout the world \u2026 Winchester leadership in cartridge development spans more than 100 years and as the global leader in ammunition design and manufacturing; it\u2019s our job to serve our customers with innovative products that fit their needs now and into the future. That is what has been done with 21 Sharp.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for rifles currently available in 21 Sharp, Savage Arms has just launched four of its bolt-action models chambered for it.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-load-data-published-by-winchester\"><strong>Load data published by Winchester:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>SYMBOL<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BULLET WEIGHT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BULLET TYPE<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>VELOCITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>ENERGY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BOX SIZE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Game &amp; Target<\/td>\n<td>S21SLF<\/td>\n<td>25 grain<\/td>\n<td>Copper Matrix<\/td>\n<td>1,750 fps<\/td>\n<td>170 foot-pounds<\/td>\n<td>100 Rounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Game &amp; Target<\/td>\n<td>X21C<\/td>\n<td>37 grain<\/td>\n<td>Black Copper Plated<\/td>\n<td>1,335 fps<\/td>\n<td>146 foot-pounds<\/td>\n<td>100 Rounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Game &amp; Target<\/td>\n<td>USA21<\/td>\n<td>42 grain<\/td>\n<td>FMJ<\/td>\n<td>1,330 fps<\/td>\n<td>165 foot-pounds<\/td>\n<td>100 Rounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Super X<\/td>\n<td>X21JHP<\/td>\n<td>34 grain<\/td>\n<td>JHP<\/td>\n<td>1,500 fps<\/td>\n<td>170 foot-pounds<\/td>\n<td>100 Rounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/winchester.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">winchester.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Raise Your Ammo IQ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-27\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid #e5e5e5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 10px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-271572\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-271572\" src=\"https:\/\/gundigest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"44-Targetposters-pack-GD-reduced-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #333; text-align: center;\">Next Step: Get your FREE Printable Target Pack<\/h2>\n<p>Enhance your shooting precision with our 62 MOA Targets, perfect for rifles and handguns. Crafted in collaboration with Storm Tactical for accuracy and versatility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to the Gun Digest email newsletter<\/strong> and get your downloadable target pack sent straight to your inbox. Stay updated with the latest firearms info in the industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take a quick look at 21 Sharp, a rimfire cartridge newly introduced by Winchester. Winchester has just introduced a new rimfire cartridge, 21 Sharp, and the company says it has some major benefits to offer small game hunters and recreational shooters. 21 Sharp was designed to provide both good accuracy and on-target performance with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tactical-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1319,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317\/revisions\/1319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}