.25 Rimfire Gun?

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[T&G]

Never seen a record for a .25 rimfire pistol, but the .25 Stevens round was also used in Remington #4 rolling block rifles.
Dr J

 

[DrawBlood]

I have one of the old Cooey rifles in .25 Stevens.

 

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[T&G]

I suspect you would run afoul of the antiquity rules in manufacturing a modern 25 RF. AFAIR the rules state "manufacture before" or "ammunition no longer available", but it would be interesting to see the response of the firearms bureaucracy.

Dr J

 

[cyclone]

I had thought of using a barrel liner and cylinder sleeves to convert one into a .17HM2, however, that being said, it would have a host of outrageous PSI/CUP's put on the gun, latch, cylinder, etc. So, still dreaming, I see that for hilti guns, and other powder actuated nail guns, a .27 caliber rimfire "blank" is used, BUT, there are also some .25 caliber rimfire blanks made.

So , can we have a definitive discussion of antique .32 rimfire to .22 WMR ?

 

[tactical870]

Track of the wolf sells 25 acp (.250 froove diameter) barrel liner at $4.35/inch. If you sleeve to that there is no reason the gun can't be deregistered as long as it's built pre 1898.

 

[trevj]

I suspect you would run afoul of the antiquity rules in manufacturing a modern 25 RF. AFAIR the rules state "manufacture before" or "ammunition no longer available", but it would be interesting to see the response of the firearms bureaucracy.

Dr J

They do not say anything about availability of ammo.

Go read the sticky in the Antique section, and please educate yourself before 'sharing'. There is quite a lot of bad information around, and the "ammo not readily available' bit, is one that refuses to die. It's not in the law.

The firearm must be older than 1898, and not in any of the list of chambered calibers, if it is a handgun. If it is a centerfire long gun, it must not be a repeater from a magazine, and have a bore over 8.3mm. If Rimfire long gun, must not be chambered in .22 LR, Long, or Short.

Read the stickys. Better, read the actual Law.

Cheers
Trev

 

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I've got a Remington derringer converted from .41 RF to .25 long, barrel extended and the grip enlarged. Makes for a more practical gun than the .41 Works well, lots more jam than an original!

 

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[tactical870]

.25ACP would not do, it falls under prohibited, as would any adaptation to turn any antique into shooting any caliber listed in the antique regs as a no-no.

Not true. Antique status precedes prohibited status. Hence the reason .32 rimfire is allowed as antique. The only important part here is that the hadgun is pre 1898 and is not in one of the listed calibers.

Antique Handguns:

* manufactured before 1898 that can discharge only rim-fire cartridges, other than 22 Calibre Short, 22 Calibre Long or 22 Calibre Long Rifle cartridges;
* manufactured before 1898 that can discharge centre-fire cartridges, other than a handgun designed or adapted to discharge 32 Short Colt, 32 Long Colt, 32 Smith and Wesson, 32 Smith and Wesson Long, 32-20 Winchester, 38 Smith and Wesson; 38 Short Colt, 38 Long Colt, 38-40 Winchester, 44-40 Winchester, or 45 Colt cartridges