This December, I received Back from John Taylor my Ruger Standard Auto Receiver And Bolt converted To Center fire and fitted with an custom 8-1/8" long .25ACP barrel chambered with my Custom .2795" diameter Finish Chamber reamer, mad eby JGS Precision.
December 27th I fired it at my local Commercial outdoor ranges at 50 yards. It is more Accurate 'Standing Off Hand' than I am as my friend held it more Accurately than I did!
A Very Good Christmas Season for me!
Chev. William
to update this thread:
My current thinking for a "Rifle" is a Conversion of A Current manufacture Lever Action .22 Magnum Rifle with a 20 inch .25ACP barrel and "match grade" chamber of about .2795" to .2780" diameter Parallel walled straight cylinder shape to fully support the Case body from Mouth to Rim.
A Lothar Walther .25ACP Barrel Blank, either Cr-Mo Alloy or Stainless Steel, of their "Pistol Barrel Blank" series at 23+ inches long would be a Very Good starting point.
I understand 'Henry' is making a Lever Action .22 Rifle nowadays that might be a good Donor rifle for the Conversion.
Chev. William
The .22 Hornet is a good choice, many years ago I came across a list of all of the calibres that the 1873 Colt had been chambered in, one was the .22 Hornet. Always nice to have a rifle and handgun in the same calibre. Almost any centrefire calibre can be down loaded with cast bullets to make small game loads. The .30-06 with a piece of .30 cal., buckshot works well. I have round ball loads for the .45ACP, that are accurate, and not very destructive on small game. When I lived back East most of my small game hunting was with a .357 with a 77 gr. wad cutter in .38spl cases. With scrounged lead and 4 gr. of Bulls Eye, it was cheaper than .22LR even back then.
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Cool.. What is that cartridge..?
It's a little wildcat called the .22 ladybug. You can read more here:Originally Posted by John Van Gelder
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...The-22-ladybug
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