My favorite rifle ctg is the .308 Winchester. Back when surplus 7.62 Nato ammo from around the world was available at cheap prices I bought more than I will ever use in my lifetime. Easy to load hunting ammo for very little money. Pull the FMJ bullet and seat a 150 gr soft point in it's place.
Nearly had a heart attack this afternoon
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Green Frog
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i saw this and it set off my radar. There are of course two different cartridges labeled with these numbers. The rather well known 25-20 Repeater (Winchester, WCF) and the less common 25-20 Single Shot. If you found a box of the latter at that price, it was a bargain since Remington hasn’t made it for about 75 years or more. I have two rifles in this caliber, so I would jump on that box like a duck on a June bug.
Froggie
THE PILGRIM
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A while back - was looking at ammo down at Cabelas.
Dude next to me was complaining he couldn’t find his caliber.
So I ask , what caliber?
He replied 25-35. Since I’m not sure if I ever saw any, I wasn’t that surprised.
So I ask what do you shoot it in?
He replied, I’m getting a 23-35 custom Rifle built.
I was too shocked to ask about the Rifle.
Different Strokes for Different Folks!
Have fun with your money while you can!
Dude next to me was complaining he couldn’t find his caliber.
So I ask , what caliber?
He replied 25-35. Since I’m not sure if I ever saw any, I wasn’t that surprised.
So I ask what do you shoot it in?
He replied, I’m getting a 23-35 custom Rifle built.
I was too shocked to ask about the Rifle.
Different Strokes for Different Folks!
Have fun with your money while you can!
Ammo availability or at least a plan to acquire it should always be a consideration when selecting a new chamber to purchase. Some folks don't think that far ahead.
Rosewood
Green Frog
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Over 35 years ago I went to a gun show in Norfolk, VA and traded for a takedown Winchester high wall. I was actually getting only the action because it had a horrendous stock made of yellow pine(?) and a barrel screwed in (no takedown ability) and chambered in 25-35. The cartridge can best be described as a necked-down 30-30 carrying a long bullet of about 125 gr or so. The caliber enjoyed modest success in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in lever rifles of the 30-30 class, but never really gained wide market. I’m sort of surprised anyone would spend the money to have one custom built, but quien sabe?
Froggie
PS Did I mention I got a Lee Loader kit in 25-20 from Dixie Gun Works to load for it?
AJ
US Veteran
My Sister likes shooting big bore handguns(5'3", 120 lbs). She bought a Desert Eagle in .427 Magnum. Desert Eagle Pistol, .429DE Black - Kahr Firearms Group The ammo for this beast is $62.00 for 20 rounds last I checked. Told her to save the brass and would get her husband into reloading for her.
There is a certain satisfaction in having a rifle that would drop any beast that walks this earth or has ever walked this earth. When I was a young man I had a .458 Winchester Magnum. The novelty wore off fairly quickly. My shoulder still hurts 40 years later from shooting it. I wish I had kept it, it would be worth a small fortune today.
AJ
US Veteran
A friend has a Winchester Model 70 in .458 Magnum. He bought it in the PX at Camp Pendleton in the early 70's. I have watched him shoot it and declined the offer. I use to have a Remington 700 C (Custom Model) in .300 Winchester that I bought in the PX at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan in 1972. I paid $113 for it at the time. My shoulder did not like the recoil from that after a box of shells was fired through it. The first couple were not bad, but 20 was a killer the next day. sadly our young family's needs for money and not cannons were a large factor in it being sold. Never have had the desire for another.
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25/35 also had a really fast twist like 1 in 7 that limited bullet lengths.Over 35 years ago I went to a gun show in Norfolk, VA and traded for a takedown Winchester high wall. I was actually getting only the action because it had a horrendous stock made of yellow pine(?) and a barrel screwed in (no takedown ability) and chambered in 25-35. The cartridge can best be described as a necked-down 30-30 carrying a long bullet of about 125 gr or so. The caliber enjoyed modest success in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries in lever rifles of the 30-30 class, but never really gained wide market. I’m sort of surprised anyone would spend the money to have one custom built, but quien sabe?
Froggie
PS Did I mention I got a Lee Loader kit in 25-20 from Dixie Gun Works to load for it?
I once spent an afternoon bsing with Howard Copenhaver. My back was against a grizzly bear hide draped over his couch, He hunted and guided all over the Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness areas. He was a little guy and didn't like recoil. He used a 25/35.
... And if you bought any of it in New York you'd have to submit to a background check you must pay for, which includes you Social Security Number, done by a private company hired by the state, which produces many false denials and waiting periods. ...
Maybe with the US Not supplying the Ukraine with arms & ammo, the bullet manufacturers can concentrate on producing and supplying sporting loads & cartridges and prices besides availability will come back to Earth.
Also if folks would Stop Hoarding ammo & components prices may rebound.
Also if folks would Stop Hoarding ammo & components prices may rebound.
Oddball ammo will only get more expensive.Buy it while you can.Its a pane in there ***.the want to make 9mm .12ga.target loads and .223 by the zillion.
Oldest brother (now passed) bought a 55 gallon drum full of used wheel weights. He thought it was 3300 pounds. Took it home on the back of his ex camper Toyota 1 ton truck, but foolishly placed it behind the rear axle. When he tried to drive away, the truck did a wheelie and scared the $%^&* out of him, then they re positioned the drum. WE reloaded until he died of complications from Benzine (Marine) and Dioxin (agent orange- Da Nang).
I had my own wildcat. An 8.15X46R scheutzen rifle cartridge bored out to 38 caliber. Barrell rebored at PO Ackley's shop then owned by Dennis Bellm 42 years ago. I still have the gun but brothers reloading stuff is long gone. Don't shoot much anymore, Have plenty of 44 MAG, 38 specials and 22.
I had my own wildcat. An 8.15X46R scheutzen rifle cartridge bored out to 38 caliber. Barrell rebored at PO Ackley's shop then owned by Dennis Bellm 42 years ago. I still have the gun but brothers reloading stuff is long gone. Don't shoot much anymore, Have plenty of 44 MAG, 38 specials and 22.
The .25-35 is a neat lirrle round and works hunting way our of it's class.Easy to reload using 3-=30 brass...if you can find bullets. I have 2 or 3 boxes of the Hornady's round noses. I had an antique shop find Win 94 TD and it was not the most accurate with any other 25 cal bullets. But hey it was a takedown. Even at the modest velocity it would usually shoot through a deer at the ranges I shot it..usually within 125 yds or so. It was a fun little rifle. Somewhere in the vault I still have a box of Win Silvertip ammo for it
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AJ
US Veteran
All this got me to thinking. On the shelf in amongst the "collection" that I have found a beat up old box of "CONNECTICUT CARTRIDGE COMPANY". It contains 20 unfired 25-20 SS cartridges. The great part is on the box is a store tag for Southern Gun Exchange, Eau Gallie, Fl. Southern Gun Exchange was a fabulous store, it had everything from guns to military surplus. I went there as a kid with my Uncle and still remember it like it was yesterday. The store and the town do not exist today as both are gone. The store closed sometime in the 1970's and the town was absorbed by Melbourne, Fl. If someone local needs them, I will give the rounds to them, just want to keep the old beat up box.
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Eddie Southgate
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It’s getting to the point an aspirin won’t cut it; a defibrillator and epinephrine may be necessary.
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