Looking for a smooth shooting little rimfire to take on squirrel and other varmint? Want it chambered in a highly-accurate rimfire round, updated for the 21st Century? Welcome to this week’s #SundayGunday, where we’re checking out the Xpert, from Winchester Repeating Arms, chambered in .21 Sharp. This handy little bolt action boasts a molded polymer stock, with a contoured fore-end for grip, and the buttstock cut out for lightness. A length of pull spacer that adds ¾-inch to the stock is available for purchase, as is a clip on cheek riser that raises the shooter’s cheek ½ an inch. Two eyelets are molded in for the attachment of a sling, and a Picatinny rail protrudes from the tip to easily mount a bipod, or other accessory. The gun’s grip is textured and near-vertical, to promote good habits and trigger finger position with the firing hand.
Nestled into the stock, a durable steel receiver is drilled and tapped for optic mounts. The bolt runs clean and smooth like a rimfire should, but even smoother is Winchester’s Rimfire M.O.A. trigger. This three-lever design is free of creep, take-up and overtravel, leaving a brake as clean as shattering glass. The action is fed by a 10-round, detachable rotary magazine, but standard 10/22 pattern magazines will also work. Unique dual magazine releases, one on each side of the rifle, colored in red for easy instruction if training a newer shooter, drop the magazine free with a firm pull.
Finally, out front, a Bentz-style chamber leads into an 18-inch button rifled barrel wearing a target crown. All together, this nifty package tips the scales at just 4.5 pounds. Even better? Not only is it chambered for the more inherently accurate .21 Sharp, it also comes chambered in tried and true .22 LR, and a Magnum Version is available for fans of harder hitting .22 WMR, .17 HMR, and .17 WSM. Learn more about it at winchesterguns.com, and as always, to support great content like this and the mission of defending the Second Amendment, Click the "Join" button at the top, left corner of this page. We’ll see you over there.
