Any .25-20 Shooters out there?

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I am in the process of aquiring a .25-20 for general farm and woods gun. I was considering Trail boss and an 85 grain lead bullet as a sort of reloadable .25 Rimfire. I am hoping for better performance on Raccoons and coyote sized animals than a .22 . Does anyone else out there shoot or hunt with a .25-20 or even one of the other similar catridges (.32-20 etc)?
 
An old 1892 SRC in 25-20 is my favorite "cabin rifle" and has accounted for a lot of pests. Brass is easily available and the little round is fun to load, not requiring very much powder.
Mine has accounted for a few Whitetail bucks, although it is certainly not a recommended deer round.
All of the deer I killed with it were taken at less than 50 yds, some much less.
As for coyotes and other pests it is excellent providing the distance isn't stretched too far.
The barrel on mine is starting to show its age, so a new one will be in the near future.
 
I have an old Remington model 25 pump, great little gun in 25-20! The only problem is hard to find any bullets to load, there is alot of pointed but rare to find any blunt noses for my gun and the levers? Only option is to cast a bunch up from soft lead, but for the most part I like having atleast a 1000 factory bought lead/copper bullets to load at my discretion. Tryed to see if Cooper Arms would chamber a 25-20 in there sigleshot model 38 bolt action, but was told no unless I could sell about 50 to 100 of them, very dissapointing! I thought also it would be a great all year round gun to plink and hunt with here in the NWO woods? I would prefer a bolt, as the pump to me is the same size as a 22 REm pump action, I want a little more weight. Winchester model 43 would be great! Had a Savage bolt model 23, very disapointed in the feel of it, so past it on for parts! Kimber at one time made a very nice singleshot, I know there is atleast one in Canada, too bad I cannot find it? The rarest 25-20 is a Sako model 46 clip fed, only 25 known to be made! take care Dale Z in T-Bay!
 
Kevan said:
An old 1892 SRC in 25-20 is my favorite "cabin rifle" and has accounted for a lot of pests. Brass is easily available and the little round is fun to load, not requiring very much powder.
Mine has accounted for a few Whitetail bucks, although it is certainly not a recommended deer round.
All of the deer I killed with it were taken at less than 50 yds, some much less.
As for coyotes and other pests it is excellent providing the distance isn't stretched too far.
The barrel on mine is starting to show its age, so a new one will be in the near future.
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This is exaclty what I have been hearing, nice little cartridge good for general use. I have alternatley used a .22 , .22 Magnum and .410 for general use and am hoping I can standardize with the .25-20. The one that is coming is a single shot so bullets aren't a problem for me, but looking to stick to light cast.

Do either of you have a line on cast bullets, I am not a skillful enough caster to make such small bullets yet.
 
I have a really nice Win 1892 in 25-20, but never shot it very much. In fact, I was always mildly puzzled about where they really fit in the big scheme, other than the Model 92 being such a sweet little rifle. All that said, though, I guess you have to realize that you're talking to a 45-90 enthusiast...pretty big difference. :D
 
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Do either of you have a line on cast bullets, I am not a skillful enough caster to make such small bullets yet.[/QUOTE]

Check the Bullet Barn web site, they make an 85 gr. bullet specifically for the 25-20. I can vouch for the quality of their bullets and they are great folks to deal with. ;)
 
A beautiful little Winchester M92 was my "go to" gun for years. A great load (which I had use single shot) is an 87 gr spitzer and 8 grs of 2400.
My best groundhog load was a 60 gr. hollow-point jacketed bullet with 10 grs of 2400 or 12 grs of 4227.
My favourite cast lead load was an 85 gr flat nose gas check bullet with 9 grs of 2400 or 10 grs of 4227.
 
My grandmother has a beat up, rusted Savage (99?) in .25-20. I am trying to get her to give it to me so I can get it up and running. No luck so far...
 
I have a Marlin 1894cl 2520 , bought new 15 or so years back. Will be using it in some cowboy shoots this summer. shoots pretty good. Ordered bullets from the bullet barn in BC . 25bucks for 200 they ar 85 gr. works good on coons, shot afew cows in the head with it there stone dead today . good coon gun bad cow killer.
 
B said:
My grandmother has a beat up, rusted Savage (99?) in .25-20. I am trying to get her to give it to me so I can get it up and running. No luck so far...
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B that would be the rarest Savage 1899 ever, as this is the calibre that they built the first gun in! never know though if one or 2 of the first proto types will turn up? I think your grandma's gun was 250-3000!

Clay would not take a bribe to find the Kimber 25-20 single,hahahd:h:

If anyone really wants a Pump 25-20 may let it go, you never know?:eek:

cheers Dale Z in T-Bay!
 
I use Trail Boss for just about everything. 3.2 grains with my 32-20 and a cast 115 gr slug shoot 1.25 inches at 25 yards out of my old win 92. The bore is so shot out of that thing that jacketed bullets only hit a sheet of plywood one out of ten times at that distance. I have used the Bullet Barn cast bullets in my 25-20 92 and would have no problem recommending them but I am pretty sure I always used imr 4198 so I can't help with a load recommendation.
 
zywina said:
B that would be the rarest Savage 1899 ever, as this is the calibre that they built the first gun in! never know though if one or 2 of the first proto types will turn up? I think your grandma's gun was 250-3000!
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My memory isn't the greatest thing but I am positive it's a Savage and I recall it's a lever-action. It's missing the forestock and maybe some small bits. It's marked .25-20, though if it rusts much more it won't be any good for any cartridge. My gran and I aren't on the best of terms the last few years so I doubt I'll ever see the gun again let alone restore it:(. I am pretty curious now...
 
B you sure its not a Marlin or Winchester, as if it is a Savage 1899 in 25-20, I think Savage would buy it back, as they are the only ones I know outside factory that have any of the early proto type Levers!These were built to see if the design would work out, then made at marlin into the first real big cartridges for deer/moose hunting. I hope you and Grams get back on the same page, as they are not around forever, take it from me, I lost all but one of my Grandparents in the last 7 years!

Take care my friend, Dale Z!
 
My father has a sweet 1892 winchester in 25-20. He got it used from an old fisherman when he was in his teens (early 50's) and it was old then. Not a great deer gun as he can recall running through the woods pumping slugs into a deer trying to stop it!

I got curious about it about 15 years ago and the lack of ammo for it. I got a Lee hand loader, some fresh brass and some Hornady 60 gr flat points. It is a nice little round to load and with factory stuff being expensive, you feel you are saving some $$.

I guess I was thinking of using it as a coyote gun as N.S. had a under 100 gr rule for coyote hunting at the time.
 
I curently shoot 2 - 25-20 cal rifles. One being a 1905 Marlin and a Winchester dated 1911. Love them on gopher critters and badgers. All reloads from bullet barn and really do the job. Much like an over powered .22. Fun to reload also.
 
There are .25-20's every where it would seem, I was mentioning it to a fellow I know and all he did was smile and pull a 92 from behind the seat of his pickup. I was looking at Trailboss powder and doing some maths I can get something like 1100 loads per 9 ounce can, ( 427 gr per ounce time 9 ounces divided by 3.5 grains).

I may experiment to see if I can get a light spitzer load worked up, I am getting more excited everytime I think about it. May have to track down a 92 or other repeater if the .25-20 works out for me.
 
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