New Winchester Xpediter .22 LR Hyper Velocity
Winchester announced their second .22 LR “Hyper Velocity” round. The Xpediter round has similar performance to the new non-toxic Winchester SUPER-X .22 Long Rifle. It pushes a 32 grain lead hollow point bullet at 1,640 fps.
The original Xpediter
I am not sure if this round is identical to the original that used to be produced by Winchester many years ago.
[No doubt its a shrewd marketing plan of Winchester to dole out individual press releases over a period of time instead of announcing everything at once ... ]
Hat Tip: Shooting Wire
Hey all…I was going through some ammo boxes I had in the garage and found that I had a couple of bricks of the original 29 gr JHP ammo. Evidently I never fired the stuff when I bought it. Any info on why WW went from the 29 gr to the 32 gr ? I am looking forward to firing mine in my 10/22 and my Ruger Mark II to see how it performs.
Terrific blog!
I was surprised at the difference in two very similar rifles. I had a polymer stocked Savage sporter .22lr (Mark II) that loved Eley Sport ammo and other sub-1100 fps lead round nose ammo. I sold it a few years ago. This year I bought a new Savage Mark II with the same basic specifications, except that it has a wooden stock instead of polymer. Both Savage rifles are clip-fed bolt-action guns. This new rifle does not like the slower ammo. I get groups with five-holes-touching at 50 yards with Federal 510′s @ 1240 fps, and with CCI Stingers @1640 fps (advertised). Since I hunt squirrels I zeroed in for the Ffederal 510 ammo.
Maybe I’ll try some of the “New Winchester Xpediter .22 LR Hyper Velocity.” Until this experience with my new Savage rifle, I would never have considered any hyper velocity round for any rifle. I just figured they were inherently inaccurate.
Live and learn, huh?
It looks just like a CCI Stinger, I use the Stinger, for Coon Hunting, but I tried them on Squirrel, and they tear them up too bad.
A Racoon, is tough, and if you can get a good shot on them with a Stinger, it will kill them cleanly, and dosent tear up too much hide, or meat. Yes some people in the south eat racoon.
The original Xpeditor was an awsome round….took many a squirrel and rabbit with them on a head shot, and for taking woodchucks it was great because of the shock of that little round…seems to me though the original was a 29 grain Hollow pt, tried using Aquila Super Max Hyper velocity (30 gr 1,750 fps) but they are not consistent, there is a tendency to having frequent bad flyers, or inconsistent loads when it comes to performance. Consequently I am looking forward to trying some of these “New” Xpeditors, since I enjoyed them so much 25 years ago, and by the way I have in the back of my gun safe a full brick of the originals.
Safe hunting and luck to all…..
In regards to the question, there are a few answers. You will want to make sure you are only looking up information for a cartridge that your guns can handle. If it were me I would stick with the .22 longs. Keep in mind that a .22 magnum is a totally different gun.
If you want to look up some details about the different bullets you can check out a few of the websites from the manufactures of them. http://www.winchester.com and http://www.federalpremium. are some examples.
A lot of companies make different version of the shells, some with copper plated bullets that reduce fouling of your gun, some with all led and a waxy coating. Also the weight of a bullet will make some difference, 32 grain and 39 grain bullets seem to be some of the more common.
In my opinion for a .22 cartridge it makes little difference which ones you shoot, just make sure that you get a clean cycle without jamming your gun, and also that it shoots a good group at the furthest you plan to shoot your gun. I like my .22 long rim fire for out to about 75 yards maximum, 100 is a stretch, but others who are better shots than me might disagree.
Hello Steve.
I live in Brazil, and own three .22 LR : a CBC clone of the Remington Nylon 66, a Brno mod.1, and a FN Browning 22 LR. I really love the .22 caliber, mainly because it’s very affordable. But I’m completely ignorant about ammunition types. Where can i find definitions of the Hyper, stinger, magnum, etc, as in my country I find only subsonic, holow, and CHOG ogival cartridges?
I just found your really cool blog, I didn’t explore the older posts. If the answer for this question is somewere in the past, escuse me, please.
Really enjoyed the clean, direct approach.
Best regards
JCMello