.219 Zipper
The .219 Zipper cartridge was created by Winchester Repeating Arms in 1937 to be used in their Model 64 rifle. It is a 30-30 Winchester cartridge necked down to accept a .22 caliber bullet (actually .2245 caliber). Marlin Firearms also offered their Marlin Model 336 rifle chambered for the cartridge.
While the .219 Zipper was supposed to compete against other varmint cartridges of the time, most lever-action rifles use tube magazines, which prohibit the use of a pointed spitzer-style bullet. This meant problems with accuracy. Winchester stopped producing .219 Zipper ammunition in 1962, Remington Arms stopped production of the cartridge soon afterwards.
Though flat or round-nosed projectiles cause rapid loss of velocity, the .219 Zipper is a fast-moving cartridge is suitable for small game or varmints, including wolf or coyote, and even deer if loaded with a heavier 55 grain bullet.<ref name="Barnes, .219 Zipper, p.9">Barnes, ".219 Zipper", p.9.</ref> It works well in guns designed to fire rimmed ammunition, such as rebarreled Steyr-Mannlicher M1895s or Lee–Enfields, but not in Mauser-type actions, which are not,<ref name="Barnes, .219 Zipper, p.9"/> although Winchester's Model 70, also a Mauser-type action, had been successfully adapted to semi- and fully-rimmed cartridges, such as the .220 Swift and the .219 Zipper.
Derivatives
The .219 Zipper is the parent case of the .219 Donaldson Wasp. Also, P.O. Ackley created the .219 Zipper Improved in 1937. Leslie Lindahl's Chucker and Super-chucker and "wildcat" case modifications by Hervey Lovell, Lysle Kilbourne, and W. F. Vickery offered similarly superior ballistics in stronger single-shot and bolt action firearms. <ref>Landis, Charles S. Twenty-Two Caliber Varmint Rifles (1947) Small Arms Technical Publishing Company p.60</ref>
Note
The ballistics data in the infobox are for maximum loads, as determined by the writers for Accurate Arms. This was based upon the Winchester Model 64 rifle being chambered in .25-35 WCF and .30-30 Winchester rather than SAAMI specifications.
See also
References
- Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".219 Zipper", in Cartridges of the World, p. 9. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. Template:ISBN.
