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{{Short description|Rifle cartridge}}
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{{Infobox Firearm Cartridge
|name=.219 Zipper
|image=.219 Zipper Cartridge.jpg
|image_size=300px
|caption=.219 Zipper
|origin=United States
|type=Rifle
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|wars= 
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|designer=
|design_date=1937
|manufacturer=[[Winchester Repeating Arms]]
|production_date=1938-1962
|number= 
|variants=[[.219 Donaldson Wasp]], .219 Zipper Improved
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|parent=[[.30-30 Winchester]]
|case_type=Rimmed
|bullet=.2245
|neck=.253
|shoulder=.365
|base=.422
|rim_dia=.506
|rim_thick=.063
|case_length=1.938
|length=2.260
|case_capacity=34
|rifling=1 in {{convert|14|in|mm|abbr=on}}
|primer=large rifle
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|bw1=46
|btype1=Speer flat nosed
|vel1=3220	
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|bw2=50
|btype2=Hornady SX spire point
|vel2=3194 	
|en2=1133
|bw3=55
|btype3=Nosler Spitzer boat tail
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The '''.219 Zipper / 5.7x49mmR''' [[Cartridge (firearms)|cartridge]] was created by [[Winchester Repeating Arms]] in 1937 to be used in their [[lever-action]] Model 64 rifle. It is a [[30-30 Winchester]] cartridge necked down to a .22 caliber bullet. [[Marlin Firearms]] also offered their [[Marlin Model 336]] rifle (Marlin 336 Zipper) chambered for the cartridge.

While the .219 Zipper was supposed to compete against other [[Vermin|varmint]] cartridges of the time, most lever-action rifles use tubular magazines, which prohibit the use of [[Spitzer (bullet)|pointed bullets]]. This led to problems with accuracy. Winchester stopped producing .219 Zipper ammunition in 1962, [[Remington Arms]] stopped production of the cartridge soon afterwards. The .219 Zipper is the parent case of the [[.219 Donaldson Wasp]], and [[P.O. Ackley]] created the [[.219 Zipper Improved]] in 1937.  Leslie Lindahl's ''Chucker'' and ''Super-chucker'' and "wildcat" case modifications by Hervey Lovell, Lysle Kilbourne, and W. F. Vickery offered similarly superior ballistics in stronger single-shot and bolt actions.<ref>Landis, Charles S. ''Twenty-Two Caliber Varmint Rifles'' (1947) Small Arms Technical Publishing Company p.60</ref>

Though the flat- or round-nosed slug causes rapid loss of velocity, the .219 Zipper is suitable for [[small game]] or [[varmint hunting|varmint]]s, including [[wolf]] or [[coyote]], and even deer if loaded with a heavier 55 grain bullet.<ref name="Barnes, .219 Zipper, p.9">Barnes, ".219 Zipper", p.9.</ref> It works well in guns designed to fire rimmed ammunition, such as rebarreled [[Steyr-Mannlicher M1895]]s or [[Lee–Enfield]]s, but not in [[Mauser]]-type actions, which are not,<ref name="Barnes, .219 Zipper, p.9"/> although Winchester's [[Winchester Model 70|Model 70]], also a [[Mauser]]-type action, had been successfully adapted to semi- and fully-rimmed cartridges, such as the [[.220 Swift]] and the .219 Zipper.

==Note==
The ballistics data in the infobox are for maximum loads, as determined by the writers for Accurate Arms. This was based upon the Winchester Model 64 rifle being chambered in [[.25-35 WCF]] and [[.30-30 Winchester]] rather than SAAMI specifications.

==See also==
*[[List of rifle cartridges]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*Barnes, Frank C., ed. by John T. Amber. ".219 Zipper", in ''Cartridges of the World'', p.&nbsp;9. Northfield, IL: DBI Books, 1972. {{ISBN|0-695-80326-3}}.

==External links==
* [http://ed_mcgraw.tripod.com/id13.html 219 Zipper Improved]
* [https://thebiggamehuntingblog.com/219-zipper/ The .219 Zipper: A Good Cartridge That Didn't Quite Pan Out]
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