FREE FEDERAL PUNCH AMMO!
From 11/01/2024 to 12/31/2024, don’t miss out on our hot deal:
Buy any P22® and score 200 FREE rounds of Federal Punch .22LR ammo or grab any WMP and get 100 FREE rounds of .22 WMR ammo!
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- Please allow up to 6-8 weeks for delivery of the ammo.
22 LR For Defense?
The 22 LR remains the most popular cartridge in America, but this century-old round was hardly conceived for protection. With projectiles weighing around 40 grains leaving the muzzle at around 1,300 feet per second (or even lower velocities when fired from short-barreled pistols) it produces roughly 150 foot-pounds of energy. That’s about 30 foot-pounds less energy than 380 Auto and half the muzzle energy generated by a 9mm Luger, but the primary reason the 22 LR has never been adopted as a self-defense round has less to do with terminal ballistics and more to do with a lack of suitable bullets.
“We’ve talked about making a 22 LR defensive load for some time,” says Dan Compton, Federal’s manager of shotshell and rimfire ammunition. “We finally decided that people are already carrying 22 LRs, so we might as well build a .22 bullet optimized for personal protection.”
Traditionally, 22 LR bullets have fallen into three primary categories: lead round nose, copper plated, and copper plated hollow points. None of these consistently perform well in gel tests because they don’t shed energy in a uniform and efficient manner. Over-penetration, under-penetration, bullet fragmentation and other issues have prevented the 22 LR from being taken seriously.
Federal’s new Punch round is the first self-defense round designed exclusively around the cartridge. How did engineers do it? By tailoring the proven Punch bullet to provide the consistent performance from 22 handguns.
