.25 ranger caliber

[heavenIsAlie]

so im talking with my gfs dad and he mentions he has rifle made by cooey in .25 ranger, which he tells me is a strong rimfire cartridge from a long time ago, way he desribes it it shoots like a .22 hornet

anyone here know anything about it?

btw, not sure if this counts as antique but thought you guys would know most about an extinct caliber

 

[Dantforth]

If it's a Cooey in .25 I believe it would be .25 rimfire which came in short and long. It is equivalent to a .22 long rifle only with a slightly heavier bullet. Dave

 

[oldiron]

A .25 rimfire was a sad little cartridge. A .22 rimfire is a better gun. I still find some at shows and use them in a Stevens Favorite. (not like a Hornet),but still fun.

 

[cyclone]

Beware the comments......some thought the .22 Long was "hot stuff"...sigh.

 

[marshall]

A few years ago I tried some out, some of the better
looking dominion blue boxes, I am sure some with good
eyes could see the bullet in flight.
There was also a 32 and 38 rimfire.

 

[heavenIsAlie]

huh, he made it sounds like a great round lol

 

[Bobby Ironsights]

The .25 Stevens was developed sometime between 1890-1900 by J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. (the maker of Stevens firearms) and the Peters Cartridge Company. The original load was a 67-grain bullet with 10 or 11 grains of blackpowder. Later on, smokeless powder was used, and only the smokeless variety was being produced when the cartridge was discontinued in 1942.

The book has no exact ballistics,
I found the chart at the end of the chapter. I knew it had to be in there somewhere. Factory ballistics with smokeless powder has it launching a 67 grain bullet at a MV 1180 fps for a ME of 208 fpe.