Thread: Winchester Powerpoint .22LR Red Box

I hear that Winchester powerpoint is now in a black box almost identical to the subsonic packet:



I liked it better when it had a red box. You could easily tell which one you grab in a hurry.

Yep it's a bit of a pain! Though cci is packaging is very similar as well

I have to check very carefully when buying a brick, that I get Subsonic 42 gr max and not the other variations.

Anyways, hunting and shooting is all about good observation of fine details including grabbing the correct bolt mag and ammo!

Looking at the wincester australia web site it seems they have consolidated their branding to shades of black white and grey.

However winch au didnt seem to have anticipated that their customers might want to use more than one type of their ammunition at times. It might not be dangerous to fire a round of supersonic when you expected subsonic but it is a nuisance to miss and a big inconvenience if you find yourself at the range or your hunting area with the wrong sort in your bag.

This is easily prevented by having different coloured boxes and winchester had this solution but seems have abandoned it. Why make it harder for your customers ?

Our you could just read what is printed on the boxes rather than relying on colours.

How do you guys get on buying reloading powder? Do you just buy the black bottles, or do read the label?

I have saved the old red boxes so can transfer them around or put them loose into a bag so they are very different. Powders I take a bit more care and read the label

''Now'' in a black box.... They've been boxed like that for a couple years now.

The OP is probably like many of us- buys multiple bricks at a time and takes years to get through them.

I can still remember buying bricks of Power Point at $40/brick and the scary thing is it doesn't seem that long ago