25-20 question

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Does anyone have any loading data for the 25-20 cartridge? I have looked in every manual I have and found nothing. My nephew has a very nice '92 Winchester in that caliber and I have the bras but no info. I would like to load some ammo so he can shoot the rifle.

[freakonaleash]

There is info for lead projectiles in the lyman cast bullet book.

[Ajohns]

One of the free Lyman manuals you can download from online has all you need. It's from years ago, but most all the powders are fairly current to today.
Lyman #44 manual

[RickinTN]

I have recently found a website that has data for most cartridges and I believe to be data compiled from powder manufacturers. I believe the 25-20 is listed. The site is Shootersreference.com. Take a look and see what you think.
Good Luck,
Rick

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Thank you, gentleman. On Cast Boolits all you need to do is ask.

[Kestrel4k]

Hornady #3 has a very small amount of jacketed data; 2400 and 4227 with the 60gr soft point - which is an extremely rare component BTW.

Lee #2 has a wide variety of loads, both jacketed and cast. Feel free to PM me if you want a screenshot of those pages.

[square butte]

Go to the Marlin Owners website and find the forum on " 25-20 Reloaders " - You will find 87 pages of info with load data & other invaluable information on reloading for 25-20 - Best info on the web for 25-20 - BAR NONE. It'll take you days to get through all of it

[Pereira]

What square butte said.

RP

[Eddie Southgate]

https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/25-20-reloaders.26002/

[Kai]

There is a lot of published data out there. Both older and more up to date. Both hodgdon and lee have several loads. Ive been loading 8gr 2400 w 86gr jsp for years. This load is very close to factory remington ammo. For cast I like the NOE 260283 85gr gcfp with 8gr 4227.

[blackhawk44]

Find a copy of Ken Waters' Pet Loads from Handloader magazine.

[square butte]

Pet Loads in the book form is a great source for almost any cartridge an old guy could be interested in & some of the best bed time reading there is.....

[Rockindaddy]

I have an old Lyman Cast Bullet handbook that has loadings for 25-20WCF. My old 1892 Winchester will only shoot jacketed boolits as the bore is too rough for cast alloy. Luckey to have a buddy that had two new boxes of 60gr Hornady 25 caliber jacketed boolits he gave me. There is a great book by Mike McPhearson that is fairly recent that is a wealth of hand loader information. Mike has experimented with a lot of modern propellants and listed his results. Good luck! 25-20 WCF is a great little varmint cartridge. Too bad the reloading components are scarce.

[Kai]

Try a gas checked cast bullet of 85 grains or so and don't push it to fast. I'll bet you will find it works in your rough bore.

[Kai]

I have an old Lyman Cast Bullet handbook that has loadings for 25-20WCF. My old 1892 Winchester will only shoot jacketed boolits as the bore is too rough for cast alloy. Luckey to have a buddy that had two new boxes of 60gr Hornady 25 caliber jacketed boolits he gave me. There is a great book by Mike McPhearson that is fairly recent that is a wealth of hand loader information. Mike has experimented with a lot of modern propellants and listed his results. Good luck! 25-20 WCF is a great little varmint cartridge. Too bad the reloading components are scarce.

Try a gas checked cast bullet of 85 grains or so and don't push it to fast. I'll bet you will find it works in your rough bore.

[indian joe]

There is a lot of published data out there. Both older and more up to date. Both hodgdon and lee have several loads. Ive been loading 8gr 2400 w 86gr jsp for years. This load is very close to factory remington ammo. For cast I like the NOE 260283 85gr gcfp with 8gr 4227.

was loading 11 grains of 4227 under a 75 grain hp ....in a savage bolt action (model 25??) ----maybe a bit stiff for a 92 and anyway the boolit unsuitable profile

[square butte]

That'd be a Savage 25B

[Dom]

I cast bullets for & shoot my 25-20 regularly. My rifle is a marlin 94CL. Published load data

[indian joe]

That'd be a Savage 25B

sounds right

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Modern Reloading (Lee) 2nd Edition has two pages of data starting on page 285. My brother has a Win. '92 rifle in close to new condition, octagon barrel. He's owned it since he was a teenager, and now he's 78.

DG

[Easty]

ETBrass has the Hornady 60 grain bullet for 25-20 and also 85 grain cast bullets.
513-726-4356

[Eddie Southgate]

sounds right

23b

[35 Rem]

I'd recommend Load Data - one of the sponsors of this site - I've subscribed to their data for a few years. It contains any load every developed in Handloader or Rifle magazine. When I find data I like, I print it out and put it in a big loose-leaf binder to keep on my loading bench.

[Texas by God]

I hope this helps- from Lyman 45th.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240224/19976e13b5be46cb01a1ecbc77d5c962.jpg


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[indian joe]

23b

Dunno ------dealer was a bit slack when it was registered ---model = "Sporter"
was a 5 shot magazine with no provision for scope mount -- now gone to gun heaven (or hell? --police crusher)

I had got it off a bloke was gonna turn it in years ago, cleaned it up, milled a dovetail on the action, mounted a cheep chinese scope, worked up a load, then inspection time came ----cr@p everywhere, safes didnt make the cut, rather than spend up for a second safe we handed seven clunkers in - dealer had said unsaleable - cop proly got some extra brownie points points for taking them out of circulation - I dont miss em..............................plenty left still