Winchester 22 long rifle ammunition recall

heard about this recall some time ago, but only recently realized I had not posted it on the blog.

Back in late June, Winchester announced they were voluntarily recalling certain .22 long rifle ammunition they had manufactured due to a design defect.

Quoting from the recall notice...

"Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling several lots of rimfire ammunition:

SUPER-X® HIGH VELOCITY (Symbol X22LR) and POWER-POINT® (Symbol X22LRPP)

Lot Numbers containing Letters: XN, YA, YB or YC

Through extensive evaluation Winchester has determined the above lots of SUPER-X HIGH VELOCITY (X22LR) and POWER-POINT (X22LRPP) 22 Long Rifle rimfire ammunition may contain double powder charges. Double powder charge weight ammunition may cause firearm damage, rendering the firearm inoperable, and subject the shooter to a risk of personal injury and/or death when fired.

DO NOT USE WINCHESTER SUPER-X HIGH VELOCITY (X22LR) or POWER-POINT (X22LRPP) 22 Long Rifle RIMFIRE AMMUNITION WITH LOT NUMBERS CONTAINING LETTERS XN, YA, YB or YC. The ammunition Lot Number is imprinted (stamped without ink) on the outside of the right tuck flap of the 50-round box."

Even though this is old news, there are still hundreds of boxes of ammunition still in circulation or in someone's ammo box out there, and it never hurts to cross-check all ammunition for something this serious.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RECALL NOTE ON WINCHESTER'S WEBSITE.

On the website, there is an illustration on where to look on the Winchester ammunition box to determine what lot number it was a part of.

All other ammunition manufactured from Winchester is not affected by this recall.

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