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Good Cheer
03-26-2017, 09:49 AM
Anybody patching 25-35?
What are you using?
OverMax
03-26-2017, 02:01 PM
Own one but don't patch it ~~yet.
Good Cheer
03-26-2017, 08:28 PM
Was thinking about using a 1/4" bit on a Lee mold or something else really bright.
It's one of those "gee golly I really wanta try this" things.
Got any ideas on how to make it work?
Maybe thin patch .258's and then size as little as possible?
OverMax
03-27-2017, 08:10 AM
I like the idea of patching a 25-35 as all the rifles that shot the caliber are antique and are known to really like cast. Checked around for FP mold in the 120 gr class. Never found one.
Good Cheer
03-27-2017, 09:13 PM
Maybe a .258 boolit patched and run through a sizer no smaller than necessary would be workable...
Guess I need to determine how big of a finished diameter would be workable.
And figger out whether I have a mold that will fit.
I suspect the 257325 blocks would probably work.
dnepr
03-27-2017, 10:28 PM
I have no experience with the 25-35 but I have dabbled with paper patching the 250-3000 , I was failing to get them to even fly nose first at first then I bumped up the unpatched size from .250 to .252 and things improved greatly. I need to get back to that project
OverMax
03-28-2017, 11:04 AM
Not exactly 120 gr. or heavier. But close enough to considering patching. Has a nice mold drop diameter at 260. Resizing the .260 smaller to 1/4 bore (0.250) and patching back up to .259. Piece of cake.
Or shoot as is right from the mold with only a G/C installed. No doubt would fly well out of any 25-35 Winchester. This is the boolit mold I would buy for my use when the time comes to paper patch my 25-35.

http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/product_info.php?cPath=26_178&products_id=1074&osCsid=14nuget3vghhoboohneuururk6
Digital Dan
03-28-2017, 12:19 PM
Slug the bore. Bullet at bore diameter, patch to groove. Ferget about sizing
303Guy
04-01-2017, 03:09 PM
I felt compelled to patch for my 25 303. Same bore and rimmed case, so ....

Anyway, fat fingers and small boolits? So I went for 120gr plus - those things are long! Ample long to handle quite easily.

I had made a smooth side mold with a bore ride section and adjustable nose plug as per Longbow. It patched up well. As far as I know it shot nose first. Test tube firings indicated good prospects.

http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-402F_zpsx0laxhto.jpg (http://s388.photobucket.com/user/303Guy/media/MVC-402F_zpsx0laxhto.jpg.html)

The ring shows patch fragments - all I could find.