Rumour Mill News - New ammo for British .22 rifles - Coming soon!

Taken from:http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/286418-new-ammo-for-british-22-rifles-coming-soon/

"Having been pretty disgusted with the quality of Wasp No.2 .22/5.6mm pellets I contacted another manufacturer with a request for them to make a better pellet in this 'vintage' caliber. They didn't ask me to keep this a secret so this is the reply I received from Pax Guns:

"In recent months we have received several enquiries from owners of obsolete British air rifles fitted with a true .22/5.6mm barrel – guns such as the BSA Mercury and Airsporter, together with the famous Webley MK.2 and Mk.3 - asking us if we could manufacture a sporting pellet that would suit these air weapons.
There were many thousands of these rifles manufactured with open sights until the 1970s, after which time most manufacturers reduced their barrel sizes to 5.5mm and still referred to them as a (nominal) .22.
A pellet that performed exceptionally well in these older rifles was the original Eley Wasp/BSA Pylarm. However, manufacture of the Wasp moved away from ICI some years ago, and with due respect the current version is a pale shadow of the original, hence the requests for a pellet comparable with the original Wasp.
We have now tooled up to produce a 14.5grain .22 pellet designed to be used in the older BSA and Webley air rifles. As such the new ‘Defiant Vintage’ will have a head size of 5.6mm, and will be based on our current ‘Defiant’ sporting pellet. It will be available in about 6 to 8 weeks."

The launch date should now be between the middle of May and the start of June."