21 Sharp Is it a Lemon

[JEFFPPC]

I will just stick with my PCP air rifles, thank you.

Good plan. Almost as good as mine with underlever and sidelever spring guns, lol. No reloading, almost no cleaning, no powder ot air supply needed. Just cock it. 5 shot groups at 25 yds less than .1.

 

[bobm]

Shooting 21 Sharp from a 22lr Rifle

Well I couldn't find any all copper 22 lr rounds anywhere, but my local mom and pop gun store said they just got some 21 sharp rounds in. They said while it may not be quite as accurate it should work fine in my 22lr rifle. I took some shots with them as I was finishing up my range session and I...

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[450BM]

Good plan. Almost as good as mine with underlever and sidelever spring guns, lol. No reloading, almost no cleaning, no powder ot air supply needed. Just cock it. 5 shot groups at 25 yds less than .1.

I have a FWB 124 that is great with no wind, like in a barn shooting pigeons and starlings but get it outside and the wind controls those pellets.

I have a .25 caliber pcp that will put 5, 10, 20 pellets in the same hole, not cutting the hole, the same hole, at 25 yards. Wind is always a factor with pellets but on a calm day, it’ll shoot 1/2” at 85 yards. (Length of my backyard range). 25gr pellet moving about 850fps and I get 140 like that with one fill. It’s rough, really rough on pigeons! My favorite rifle!

I just don’t see the value/need for the 21 sharp and I don’t think it will be around very long.

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

The bore diameter of a .22 Long Rifle barrel is 0.222 inches.

I think you might mean "groove diameter". Bore diameter is a nominal .216".

 

[JEFFPPC]

I have a FWB 124 that is great with no wind, like in a barn shooting pigeons and starlings but get it outside and the wind controls those pellets.

I have a .25 caliber pcp that will put 5, 10, 20 pellets in the same hole, not cutting the hole, the same hole, at 25 yards. Wind is always a factor with pellets but on a calm day, it’ll shoot 1/2” at 85 yards. (Length of my backyard range). 25gr pellet moving about 850fps and I get 140 like that with one fill. It’s rough, really rough on pigeons! My favorite rifle!

I just don’t see the value/need for the 21 sharp and I don’t think it will be around very long.

I have and use a 450BM. Yes PCPs are amazingly accurate but if I want complicated and lots of gear I shoot my centerfire Benchrest rifles. I like just a gun and pellets. 5 shot groups in the zeros at 25 yards. I would love to shoot my D54 indoors to 100 yards. I have shoot back to back 1.5 inch groups with it at 100 but it must be dead calm. Some of the groups PCPs shoot now at 100 would not put them behind all the shooters at a 100yd powder burner match .

 

[1911nut]

I’d like to see what the 21 Sharp would do in a custom rifle made for it.

 

[martrage]

As far as this new "hottee" , I was around when the 5mm came about & I wanted it BAD ! The folks that had the
sports store that our family supported talked me out of it & sold me the .22 magnum. I have great respect for the Mag but, I think if the 5mm was picked up by more ammo companies & the round was chambered in more
rifle brands it may have done better. It was/is a good round. I believe if the 17hmr case was bumped up to .20 caliber with the same shoulder & good bullets, it would be a great thing. Cost is still on the .22 side right now, and it's just a tough thing for folks in lead free areas. OH and I do love my PCP Airguns also! They get much more use than any powder burners these last few years. I won't be grabbing a .21 Sharp as it doesn't do much for me. If the Sharp was set up in ANY other guns than the one everyone has reviewed it might have a chance to show it's stuff ( a TC Contender , a Ruger American,or 10/22 for example ).

 

[ISS]

Put me in the PCP group. My FX Panthera in.22 stacks the slugs in one ragged hole at our 25yd indoor range. There is a 100 yd indoor range in Boise. It will stay under an inch with the H&N slugs I got at RMAC two years ago. After firing two 10-shot groups, I called the shop that sponsors RMAC and bought ten-thousand of them for less that a hundred bucks, shipped.
When I got the Eley for my Newman Precision Rifles last time, a brick cost me about what the slugs for the FX.

I see NO reason to try this dud.

 

[scasa]

Well I've made a .17 mach II and a .17 wsm and if green mountain made a barrel for the .21 sharp Id be making a couple of these. Just for fun. I like oddballs stuff.

 

[TC260]

.21 Sharp is just the next gimmick. More than one review of the accuracy or lack of. Is it the ammo or the guns chambered for it. We may never know. Who is going to put the r&d into the precision aspect of the .21, I suspect no one.

I suspect how much R&D gets put into it depends on how widespread lead bans get. More demand = more dollars = more R&D

 

[450BM]

Put me in the PCP group. My FX Panthera in.22 stacks the slugs in one ragged hole at our 25yd indoor range. There is a 100 yd indoor range in Boise. It will stay under an inch with the H&N slugs I got at RMAC two years ago. After firing two 10-shot groups, I called the shop that sponsors RMAC and bought ten-thousand of them for less that a hundred bucks, shipped.
When I got the Eley for my Newman Precision Rifles last time, a brick cost me about what the slugs for the FX.

I see NO reason to try this dud.

I’d love to go to RMAC, just to watch. (I couldn’t begin to compete with those shooters).

10K of pellets for $100! Dang…. Can you give me some more details about the slugs and your setup?

 

[tmwinds]

I’d love to go to RMAC, just to watch. (I couldn’t begin to compete with those shooters).

10K of pellets for $100! Dang…. Can you give me some more details about the slugs and your setup?

The best price I can find for H&N .22 caliber slugs is $960 for 10,000 slugs.

 

[cavedweller60]

I have a FWB 124 that is great with no wind, like in a barn shooting pigeons and starlings but get it outside and the wind controls those pellets.

I have a .25 caliber pcp that will put 5, 10, 20 pellets in the same hole, not cutting the hole, the same hole, at 25 yards. Wind is always a factor with pellets but on a calm day, it’ll shoot 1/2” at 85 yards. (Length of my backyard range). 25gr pellet moving about 850fps and I get 140 like that with one fill. It’s rough, really rough on pigeons! My favorite rifle!

I just don’t see the value/need for the 21 sharp and I don’t think it will be around very long.

From what I heard, it was released specifically for small game hunting in places that are "lead free ammo only" restricted. I don't think it will have much appeal beyond that and, I'm not sure they are expecting it to. But, if you live in a liberal area, lead free is likely coming to you too.