Strut10 Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 ......Winchester is going to announce a new "worlds fastest" rimfire cartridge in early 2013. Maybe they bought the rights to the 5mm Rem Mag and are going to load a 25 gr. bullet in it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Who knows, but if it's true, it will be a little pricey lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 .204 wmr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbrshbstr Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Not only will it be pricey, but there will be 75 cailbers all ready out there that will do the same thing just as good or better for. less money per round lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 But they will sell a boat load of them, all those folks out there that have to get the newest and hottest things just so they can say they got it first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 12, 2012 Report Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah it'll be interesting to see what it is, I'm sure there will be lots of hype and demand, and guarantee you ammo will be crazy expensive. I don't know about you, but there's not too much use to me for "in between" game or even just target shooting between my .22 LR and .220 Swift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted December 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 From what a fellow posted on another site: "This is an update from the guy who originally released the info. We broke the news here that Winchester is introducing what is going to be the fastest rimfire cartridge in the world in early 2013. What’s clear is that this round will up the performance bar for rimfires by quite a margin giving it a clear ballistic advantage over other rimfire rounds. But how will it do with respect to the two “A”s: accuracy and affordability? I know that one of Winchester’s main goals is to keep the round affordable, about within 10 to 15 percent of the price of current premium rimfire ammunition—so it should be competitively priced. With respect to accuracy, I have reason to be optimistic and reason for concern. Some key elements of this cartridge have a proven track record when it comes to accuracy, while others are venturing into uncharted, and potentially hazardous territory—at least from the standpoint of turning in small groups. But Winchester's key partner in this venture—the company that is making the first rifles for this round—takes its accuracy very seriously, so I’d be surprised if the round doesn’t turn in varmint-sized groups at 200 yards. But I’ll only know the answer to that question once I get behind the trigger." And then he follows up with: "Another update, more info found. If you think the 300 Win. Mag. is a significant improvement over the .30-06, wait until you shoot the new ground-breaking rimfire cartridge from Winchester. I'm not allowed to disclose its name or caliber yet, but it's scheduled to storm the market in 2013, beginning as soon as early or mid-March. Its performance exceeds current cartridges in its class by a wider margin than the 300 Win. Mag. over the .30-06. I don't say this based merely on rumor or manufacturer hype. I've shot the new round. It does everything Winchester says it will. The bullets fly from the muzzle 500 fps faster than any other rimfire cartridge I'm aware of. At 250 yards, they retain nearly double the energy of the next-best round in their class. During my testing off sand bags from a portable bench, five bullets clustered just over 1 inch at 100 yards in light but variable winds. A single four-shot group went into a .39-inch spread, and one 300-yard four-shot group fell inside of 2.5 inches. All this was accomplished with a prototype bolt-action rifle so unrefined that cartridges had to be hand fed and extracted from the chamber with a knife blade. Ballistic coefficient and velocity of the bullets are so high that this new round should hold a Maximum Point Blank Range of 250 yards on an 8-inch target. This means you aim at the center of the 8-inch target and hit it at any and all distances out to 250 yards. Last but not least, the new rounds should cost within 10 percent of currently available rimfire rounds in their class, or about a third less than some centerfire rounds with similar ballistic performance. Because dimensions of the round are significantly different from any others currently made, at least one gun maker is reportedly building newly designed bolt-action rifles to fire it. Two more are reportedly working on additional models. Whether those are bolt actions, break actions, levers, semiautos or something else remains to be revealed. “New” cartridges are a tried and sometimes true method for ramping up sales in the shooting industry, but most of them provide only incremental improvements over existing rounds. This new cartridge from Winchester is more than that. Much more. It should be a game changer." Starting to get innnnnnnnteresting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Share Posted December 13, 2012 Wow, that sounds pretty dang impressive! And sounds like it will be affordable to shoot too. Interested to see what the caliber is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 it may not be applicable but i've been thinking about getting a rimfire or baby centerfire for woodchuck hunting. right now i use a 223 and in one of the bad fields there's houses within a few hundred yards. to be considerate i'm thinking of going to something a bit more quiet but can still reach a chuck's head out to 250 or so yards. right now it's between a 17 HMR or 17 Hornet. I think the Hornet might be too loud. not sure how many times louder a 223 is over it, but this new rimfire might fit my needs. i read all of what Don posted before... just didn't think to post it in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Wow really sounds impressive. Must be a real flat shooting round to be dead center out to 250 yards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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