Lapua 2014 News — .221 Fireball and .50 BMG Brass, 7mm Bullets
Lapua just dropped a bombshell — multiple bombshells, in fact. Lapua just announced that it will be producing .221 Fireball brass and .50 BMG brass starting early 2014. This will be the first truly match-grade brass ever offered for the .221 Fireball. That’s great news for varminters, who can use Lapua’s new .221 Fireball brass “as is” or neck it down to .20 Vartarg or 17 Fireball. Tactical shooters can also use the .221 Fireball brass to make the .300 Whisper and 300 Blackout sub-sonic cartridges. At the other end of the spectrum, ultra-long-range shooters now have a new ultra-premium brass source for the mighty .50 BMG. This is potentially a “game-changer” for fifty-cal shooters who have had to “make do” with military surplus brass for the most part. Lapua says the new brass, both .50 BMG and .221 Fireball, should be in the USA by early April, 2014. Sorry, no pricing info is yet available.
Here is the Lapua Product Announcement for .221 Fireball and .50 BMG Brass:
New 180-Grain and 150-Grain 7mm Scenar-L Bullets
The other big news from Lapua is the release of two new 7mm (.284 caliber) Scenar-L target bullets. Recognizing the popularity of 7mm cartridges among F-Class Open Division shooters, Lapua will offer a high-BC, 180-grain bullet. As part of the “L” series, this new 180-grainer bullet should exhibit extreme consistency in base-to-ogive measurements and bullet weight. We expect this new 180gr projectile to be extremely accurate in the .284 Winchester, .284 Shehane, 7mm WSM, and 7mm RSAUM — popular chamberings for F-Class and long-range benchrest shooters. No BC information has been released yet, but we expect the BC number to be quite high, giving this bullet great wind-bucking capability. In addition to the new 180gr 7mm Scenar-L, Lapua will offer a new 150gr 7mm bullet. This is optimized for medium range competition in Silhouette and Across-the-Course competition. It should offer great accuracy, but with less felt recoil than its 180-grain bigger brother.
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It is about time Lapua!!! We have all been waiting for a Scenar 7mm bullet. I look forward to trying these ASAP.
So when will they make 284 W brass?
I wonder the BC on the 180?
Hey cool! 221 brass for all the rifles that aren’t being made!
221FB kan be used for 300-Whisper, 17 mach4, 17fireball etc etc, so not just for 221FB.
That 7mm is too little too late, some folks are already moving from 7mm to .30 in F-Class. Just like a moderate capacity case like the WSM or 300Norma Mag. Missed that boat too. Guess they were too busy stamping Ls into the existing bullets to keep up
221FB is nice though, always kept me from using the case as RP brass was ugly and sporadic production runs.
I get the 7mm 180gr Scenar and 50 BMG brass… I don’t get why Lapua have decided to produce 221 brass???? And dropped 300 Win Mag brass some time ago?
HELLO ooh!
Some 300 win mag brass would be nice again hint hint.
i,m one off the 50 cal shooters that tested the brass for them. its nice brass. tight groups
Man in 7mm you got quite a gap between 180 and 150g Scenar ,a 165 would do nice.
They don’t even have this on their own site yet?!?!
We needz BeeCeez
Double support for more 300mag brass.
Please please please Lapua, now make the 7mm WSM brass. Thank you. Cant wait to use your new 7mm bullets.
NO, how about a 7mm Lapua short magnum?
Any one know if the 221 is available yet?