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Thread: Remington 86 gr SP 25-20 Bullets

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    Remington 86 gr SP 25-20 Bullets

    Remington bullets 25-20 86gr SP
    Attended the Ohio Gun Collectors on Saturday and saw these for sale by ET Brass
    Talked with the owner and he told me that someone from a southern state recently ordered 7000 of these. He has been able to stock these on a somewhat regular basis.
    This company has been my source of these for several years once Remington started offering them again.
    I also use cast bullets in my Winchester 1982.
    Jim

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    7000 ordered pre or post closure? I would love to know they are making them again!
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    I have gotten them off and on from ET Brass over the last year and a half
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    how do you contact ET brass?

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    Google ET Brass for a phone #
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    I've shoot sub-minute of angle groups with 86 grain Remington bullets at a hundred yards, low charges of Unique.
    I do hope they are or will go back into production.

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    Lil’ Gun works very well in my 1980s Marlin 1894cl with just about everything. Very easy to get nice velocities with 60-75-86gr jacketed bullets in these stronger actions and great results with lead too.

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    Found this from 1993.
    My gun liked Unique and that's what I ended up feeding it.
    Not that this data would work in anybody else's piece but it might give some ideas about the potential of those thin skinned Remingtons.
    I had these seated out so pressures would pro'bly be greater in a lever gun.

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    I used the same or similar Remington bullet in my .25-20 Stevens 44-1/2 for a while in the late '90s. Accurate, and it killed a few chucks for me, but I came to realize that they didn't break up or even mushroom reliably. Was seeing evidence of ricochets, which in my area of Michigan flatlands could have had consequences. I think the bullet was designed for .25-06 velocities. I quit using the .25-20 for chucks in favor of a .223 using frangible varmint bullets.

    I still shoot my .25-20s, but only at paper, with a good backstop.

    YMMV.
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    thanks for posting this, the Remington 86 grainers are usually impossible to find, very tempting
    but-- the old Lyman 257420 still works perfect

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    +++ to the 257420. Just as accurate and as long as I've got lead it's never out of stock.
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    Another avenue is using light weight 25-06 jacketed hollow point varminter bullets. At 25-20 velocities they're like shooting 22LR solids. They were never as accurate though as the 86 grainers.

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