New Ammo: Federal Premium Hunter Match .22 LR

There is one sure-fire way to get plinkers' eyes to light up — tell them there’s .22 ammo available.

Drought-like conditions in the rimfire end of the market in recent years have left many .22 aficionados at the razor’s edge. Thankfully, slowly but surely, this dearth of the world’s favorite rifle round has eased up in many parts of the country lately. On top of that, a good number of companies have expanded their .22 offerings, giving all varieties of rimfire shooters more options in their quest to poke holes through everything from soda cans to squirrels.

Federal Premium Ammunition recently expanded its extensive rimfire catalog with what appears to be a real firecracker. The Hunter Match .22 LR ammunition has the velocity and projectile to make it a lethal field round.

Specially designed to take small game and varmints, the round launches its 40-grain bullet at 1,200 fps and offers 128 ft-lbs. of energy at the muzzle. This is enough velocity and energy to ensure the hollow point Match bullet achieves maximum penetration and expansion out to 100 yards. To boot, the high-velocity .22’s case is nickel-plated, which should give shooters the peace of mind that it will extract reliably and resist corrosion.

The Federal Hunter Match will be available in 500-count and 50-count packages. No MSRP was available for the larger batches at writing, but the price on the 50-count packages is $7.95.