Beware if you scrounge 25 ACP brass

[Bigslug]

if you think ".25ACP" is an 'eccentric market' then what do you think of those of us who reload .25 Stevens or .32 long Colt sizes? And the .25ACP does fit the .25 Stevens chamber like a .25 Stevens Short, just CF instead of RF.

No. . . loading for guns that fire the ancient fossil cartridges I can wholly embrace. Shooting a Beretta Jetfire or its ilk enough justify a reloading setup for it is . . .eccentric. Hmmmm. . .would M have let James Bond keep his .25 Auto if there was a Keith bullet for it?

[Chev. William]

RE: James Bond and the .25ACP; your Idea for a 'Keith bullet' sounds interesting, say a 'Hard Cast' one of about 67 grains cast weight? Yes it would give up some Velocity but I think it would make it up in Energy at the probable under 10 yard range J.B. would have used it at. and even a 50 grain one would improve its effects on the Target over the "Geneva Convention" full metal Jacket bullet.

There is a Flatted Round Nose bullet, the 'Ranch Dog' one sold by "Carolina Cast Bullets" that seems to run around 51 grains and punches a more sharp edged hole in paper targets than the Round nose FMJ Factory offerings. It also has more retained energy than the 35 grain HP offerings.

Best Regards,
Chev. William