.22 Savage Hi-Power

Cartridge .22 Savage Hi-Power .22 savage with .223 Rem and .308 Win.JPG .22 Savage Hi-Power (center) with .223 Rem (left) and .308 Win (right) United States Rifle Charles Newton Savage ArmsNorma (company)Sellier & BellotWolf Ammunition 1912 .22 Marciante Blue StreakLandis, Charles S. Twenty-Two Caliber Varmint Rifles (1947) Small Arms Technical Publishing Company p.206 .25-35 Winchester Bottleneck, Rimmed .228 .254 .362 .423 .506 2.05 2.51 12 large rifle 70 2800 1493 Barnes, Frank C. "Cartridges of the World." Digest Books, Inc. 3rd Edition: 1972 The .22 Savage Hi-Power cartridge, also known as 5.6×52mmR, was created by Charles Newton and introduced by Savage Arms in 1912. It was designed to be used in the Savage Model 99 hammerless lever action rifle. It is based upon the .25-35 Winchester cartridge necked down to accept a .227 in/.228 in diameter bullet. Its original loading was a 70 grain soft point bullet with a velocity of about 2790 feet per second.https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.22+Savage+Hi+Power.html .22 Savage Hi Power ballisticstudies.com https://web.archive.org/web/20230529224555/https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.22+Savage+Hi+Power.html May 29, 2023 History and description thumb|left|400 pound Tiger taken by Reverend H. R. Caldwell using a Savage Model 99 chambered for .22 Savage Hi-Power The .22 Savage Hi-Power's relatively high velocity for the time and "shocking" power led to an initial surge of popularity, and was attributed with almost magical killing powers even on large and dangerous soft-skinned game such as tigers. Missionary H. R. Caldwell used his .22 Savage Hi-Power on a 400 pound tiger in China with success, something the Savage rifle company exploited in its advertising for the cartridge in the early days. The famous elephant-hunter W. D. M. Bell used a .22 Savage Hi-Power to kill forest buffalo in West Africa in the 1920s, and reported in his magazine articles that the cartridge was popular at that time for red deer stalking in Scotland. Michigan author and hunter James Oliver Curwood used a Savage 1899 chambered in 22 Hi-Power to hunt mountain goats in Alberta with Canadian hunting guide, Jack Otto.https://www.mysdl.org/media/document/285 While it was used in the UK on deer as large as Red Stags, it fell out of favour as a big game cartridge after being superseded by other cartridge developments such as the .250-3000. As time went on, other .22 centerfire cartridges outstripped it in performance such as the .220 Swift, and with the advent of the .223 Remington in the 1960s, the cartridge was considered obsolete. Today it is regarded as a vintage round, and aficionados use it for small game hunting in similar applications as the .223 Remington, though it is used for deer hunting where it is legal to do so. In Europe the cartridge is still chambered in drillings and similar combination guns, and the cartridge is still used by hunters for smaller European deer species such as Roe deer.https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.22+Savage+Hi+Power.html .22 Savage Hi Power thumb|left|RWS 5,6x52R cartridge base Although the .22 Savage Hi-Power is no longer made in the United States, it is still produced by several European makers. In Europe, the .22 Savage Hi-Power is called the "5.6×52mmR", and is still made by RWS,https://rws-munition.de/en/rws-hunting-area/rws-hunting-ammunition/rws-centerfire-rifle-cartridges-for-hunters.html#!0/19/41 RWS centerfire rifle cartridges for hunters 2019-01-16 2019-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174157/https://rws-munition.de/en/rws-hunting-area/rws-hunting-ammunition/rws-centerfire-rifle-cartridges-for-hunters.html#!0/19/41 dead Norma, Sellier & Bellot, and Prvi Partizan. https://www.ammobuy.com/ammo/22-savage-hi-power 22 Savage Hi-Power Ammo ammobuy.com https://web.archive.org/web/20230202190918/https://www.ammobuy.com/ammo/22-savage-hi-power February 2, 2023 See also List of rimmed cartridges Notes External links The 5.6x52R (.22 Savage High-Power) Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Rimmed cartridges Category:Savage Arms