Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

I bought an old Savage Sporter in 25-20 for near nothing here a while back and its a fun gun to shoot...even pretty accurate. The 25-20 doesnt look like a very strong round though. Its a fun gun to shoot though. Anybody have one?

RE: Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

my fiancee's grandfather inmaine owns one he bought a long time ago. ammo is hard to find and when you do it is expensive.

RE: Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

I have a model 92 winchester .25-20. I reload Hornady's 60 grain soft point for it. I took it to Africa hunting last July and it fired two shots and collected a duiker and a springbok. I also took it hunting mountain lions last year but didn't get a shot. It still has it's place in the shooting sports and is a fine sporting arm.

It's a good 100 yard coyote, fox, jack rabbit gun. Easy to carry and more good looks than you can imagine. It's still a very fine little fun cartridge. Practical?...did I say that?

RE: Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

I have a custom Smith & Wesson "K" frame 6 shot revolver chambered for 25/20 win., that i really enjoy shooting!! My revolver was made up by useing a "rim fire cylinder" out of a S&W 22 jet revolver, and chambering and fitting it in a reworked S&W 38 spl. revolver i already owned. The barrel was then cut to 5" and relined for 25 cal.. Man, does this ever make a sweet revolver!!!!

I also have a "hand made" single shot rifle in 25/20 win. It's a "copy" of a Browning "T-bolt" rim fire, only this ones in center fire. Another fellow and i made it in my shop as a project gun out of 4140 bar stock. (if i remember right?)

For bullets, i have all the dies to "swage" jacketed bullets just for this cartridge, and my favorite to make is a semi wad cutter "Keith" design. I like to take "spent shot gun primers" apart, and use them for the jackets. These swage into a very nice bullet useing soft lead as the core. This bullet looks just like the swc "Keith" 250 grain lead bullet that was invented and made famous by "Elmer Keith" for the 44 mag. cartridge, and it works on the same principal in my little 25/20 revolver.

25/20 shells are quite long to be putting in the cylinder of a revolver, so that's why i got the idea to make the swc Keith style bullets. They are a short bullet, yet still heavy enough to be usefull! And, that full diameter shoulder helps them to kill more cleanly.

Ted Smith (who pretty much invented home bullet swageing) and i made all the dies up in his shop in N. Bend Or.. while was there visiting him for a few days. He gave the dies to me in return for a favor i did for him, in that i fixed a couple S&W revolvers he was haveing trouble with after he had worked on them. BUT, that's a "whole other" story!!!!!

The 25/20 works very well as a small game gun, and with the way i make the ammo up, it doesn't cost much to load other than my time. I've always liked that stubby 25 cal. bullet!!!

Drilling Man

RE: Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

I love to shoot mine I also have a model 92. I handload the remington bulk 86 grain bullets. My rifle doesn't pattern so well anymre so I don't hunt with it. I wish I could get a new barrel for it. I have been tossing the idea of a liner or reboring it to 32-20 but the barrel is in real rough condition. This is a great cartridge though.

RE: Anybody here ever shoot a 25-20 anymore?
 

If you find ammo to buy make sure it is not for a 25-20 single shot, because they are differant. But then you probably knew that.;)