This Griffin and Howe followed me home ... now what??

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Look Johnn.... a living Trivet ! :D
 
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Its a fairly hefty rifle and has a factory original single set trigger, 3-digit s/n.
Weight as pictured is 12 lb. 10 oz.
The 219 Zipper is basically a rimmed 22-250.
As Johnn said the book he described is a must read, my copy is getting some rather dog-eared pages....
 
And a very cozy looking den you have Johnn, Thanks for sharing.
Sorry for the hi-jack Jimmyjazz, hope we can look forward to a range report on that 25 Krag in the near future.. :)
 
Kevan said:
And a very cozy looking den you have Johnn, Thanks for sharing.
Sorry for the hi-jack Jimmyjazz, hope we can look forward to a range report on that 25 Krag in the near future.. :)
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No worries at all, love seeing other fine pieces.

Hoping to fnd some dies, brass and a nice vintage scope over the winter so I can be ready for the sping.
 
jimmyjazz said:
No worries at all, love seeing other fine pieces.

Hoping to fnd some dies, brass and a nice vintage scope over the winter so I can be ready for the sping.
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Best of luck in your quest, meanwhile I will keep an eye out for load info so might be touching bases with you once in a while...
 
jimmyjazz said:
No worries at all, love seeing other fine pieces.

Hoping to fnd some dies, brass and a nice vintage scope over the winter so I can be ready for the sping.
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Did a quick check through some of the 'stuff' I have, looking primarily for 25 Krag reload info. Found some data on the 25 Ackley Krag but nothing on the 25 Krag, ;)yet.
 
Thanks for all the help and advice.
I'll keep looking at my end and see what I can find on the caliber.

Cheers

PS if any of you decide it's time to part with your old antique optics to get some new shiny stuff let me know.
 
Jimmy, that is a very fine rifle you have there. Congratulations!

If it were mine, I would try a 7X57 die, followed by a 257 Roberts or 250-3000 die to neck some Krag brass down until it would chamber in the rifle. Then I would load it up with a full-house 250-3000 load and fire form a few cases.

If the fired cases are fully formed with nice sharp shoulders, you are ready to send three or four cases to RCBS or 4HCD and have a custom die set made. If not, just increase the load a few grains until you have perfectly formed brass.

That is what I did for my 25-303 Imp, and got what I needed on the second or third loading.

Ted
 
Good forming info Ted. In my case, forming 219 Donaldson Wasp from 30-30, :redface:I took the easy route. I contacted the tech people at RCBS and they were more helpfull with detailed info and procedures. Tool wise they suggested using two forming dies which I purchased and in addition I also purchased a hand neck turning tool. Comes in handy for a little 'touch up' on the necks of formed 219 cases, and for the truing up of other calibers, if needed.

jimmyjazz in addition to Teds good info, if you come up against technical questions I'd highly recommend contacting RCBS. I've always found their customer service second to none. Keep us posted.
 
Keep it as it is! I was just re-reading an article in the 11th edition (1987) of "Handloader's Digest" about the 25 Krag Improved. The author claims velocities of over 3000 fps with a 120 gr bullet. If your rifle is not the improved version you wouldn't get those velocities but it would still be a dandy deer/varmint cartridge.

The "Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions" gives a load of 32 grs of 3031 with a 100 gr bullet for a velocity of 2550 fps for the .25 Krag.
 
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