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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 796 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	.25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Jan 5^th, 2011 at 1:11pm	Print Post
	Hello, I was wondering if some of you quarter-bore experts could tell me if any one of the various .25 ctgs. are inherently more accurate than the others. When the .25-2l case came out about a year after the .25-25, did it offer improved accuracy, or just less black-powder fouling to deal with? Did the .25-20 S.S. offer anything over the other two, other than being bottlenecked, a better burn for smokeless? Speaking of smokeless, how does that long .25-25 case take to it? Is the shorter .25-2l any more accurate with it? I am sorry for all these questions, but I have never really seen this brought up before. Thanks guys!


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henpeckedmuch Ex Member	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #1 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 11:25am	Print Post
	return to top please, I'm also wanting to know answer.


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Quarter_Bore Oldtimer Offline Posts: 817 Location: Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #2 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 12:18pm	Print Post
	I have found no inherent accuracy advantage when using smokeless powder. In the Quarter Bore Corps both a .25-20 SS and a .25-25 have been doing amazing shooting. H If having a rifle chambered today it would probably make more sense to stick to the .25-20SS as there is brass more easily available and it has also shown good fixed ammo accuracy for me. Just in case I want to use my rifle on a trip to the field. In general when shooting single shots with cast bullets there seems to be no accuracy advantage in any radical design varying from the traditional.


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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 796 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #3 - Jan 10^th, 2011 at 12:35pm	Print Post
	Thanks for informative reply Quarter Bore!


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4014 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #4 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 12:53pm	Print Post
	Hey QB, I'm thinking about adding a Quarter Bore Match to the program at Chinquapin for one of the 2011 events. Can I pre-register you to slip on down to Central VA and shoot with us? You'd be facing Maynards, high- and low-walls and maybe something else (starting with a "B?") Maybe we would be too tough for you. All the best, Froggie


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Quarter_Bore Oldtimer Offline Posts: 817 Location: Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #5 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 2:14pm	Print Post
	Let me know when it is and I'll try to be there.


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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #6 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 2:47pm	Print Post
	Green_Frog wrote on Jan 11^th, 2011 at 12:53pm: Hey QB, I'm thinking about adding a Quarter Bore Match to the program at Chinquapin for one of the 2011 events. ... All the best, Froggie GOOD!

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Idaho Sharpshooter Full Member Offline Posts: 192 Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Jan 17^th, 2007	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #7 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 4:55pm	Print Post
	Heresy... If I may, what would you think of the 25 Hornet? Rich


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4039 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #8 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 7:23pm	Print Post
	The ISSA .25 caliber 2001 benchrest record of 1231.32/1250.50 is held by Dave Purcell. He shoots a 25 Hornet with a Miller deHaas reciever using 120 grain Barnett with 25:1 alloy, breech seated with 7.8 grains 4227 using a BSA 24X scope.


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4014 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #9 - Jan 12^th, 2011 at 7:42am	Print Post
	I don't know whether the .25 Hornet qualifies for the "Classic Quarter Bore" category, since I don't know when it was developed, but we're just a bunch of good old boys here in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge, so we'd welcome that caliber here. I subscribe to the philosophy, "Run what ya brung!" Froggie


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Quarter_Bore Oldtimer Offline Posts: 817 Location: Joined: Dec 16^th, 2005	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #10 - Jan 12^th, 2011 at 11:34am	Print Post
	I doubt if the .25 Hornet has any accuracy advantage over anything traditional. I know the "moderns" think small cases are some kind of advantage. Never the less, The .25 Hornet is not a traditional cartridge and does not fit in with the values of the Quarter Bore Corps and our philosophy of it being about the "old rifles" not the ultimate in cast bullet accuracy.


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Nero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1005 Location: NZ Joined: Jun 1^st, 2006	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 4:20am	Print Post
	Hi Schuetzendave, any idea what the rate of twist is that Dave Purcell uses on his 25 Hornet barrel. Regards.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11451 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #12 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:12am	Print Post
	Green_Frog wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 7:42am: I don't know whether the .25 Hornet qualifies for the "Classic Quarter Bore" category, since I don't know when it was developed, but we're just a bunch of good old boys here in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge, so we'd welcome that caliber here. I subscribe to the philosophy, "Run what ya brung!" Froggie Could GFs statement be true traditional thinking? Like in the old days? I think so. Joe.

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3877 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #13 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:35am	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:12am: Green_Frog wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 7:42am: I don't know whether the .25 Hornet qualifies for the "Classic Quarter Bore" category, since I don't know when it was developed, but we're just a bunch of good old boys here in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge, so we'd welcome that caliber here. I subscribe to the philosophy, "Run what ya brung!" Froggie Could GFs statement be true traditional thinking? Like in the old days? I think so. Joe. Yea. I heard it a hundred years ago, it's true!

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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11451 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: .25 Caliber accuracy comparisons. Reply #14 - Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:51am	Print Post
	Cat_Whisperer wrote on Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:35am: westerner wrote on Jan 13^th, 2011 at 6:12am: Green_Frog wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 7:42am: I don't know whether the .25 Hornet qualifies for the "Classic Quarter Bore" category, since I don't know when it was developed, but we're just a bunch of good old boys here in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge, so we'd welcome that caliber here. I subscribe to the philosophy, "Run what ya brung!" Froggie Could GFs statement be true traditional thinking? Like in the old days? I think so. Joe. Yea. I heard it a hundred years ago, it's true! Yeah well, I bet it's just how they did it in the old days. Joe.

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