My most recent acquisition. Stevens 44 .25 in very good condition.  Bore is very good, shinny with sharp rifling's.  Wood is original with normal handling marks.  Some case remains on receiver, very good on butt plate. Barrel still has 75 - 80 % blue.

Wished ammo was available. Nice rifle.

   Joe.

You can make 22 Maynard EXL CF cases from Hornet brass, so you should be able to make 25 Stevens equivalent cases from it. Get a replacement centerfire block made, and start working up your equivalent loads carefully.
Where there's a will, there's a way.

Nice 44. I have several .25 Stevens and a good supply of Cannuck ammo from the '70's? that I bought back when $1 a round was the going rate. Still expensive to shoot. I am still convinced that someone could make a good profit making and selling it. Problem is now you can't find .22 Long Rifle in a store anywhere so .25 Stevens seems unlikely.

If you care to plow through it, there's this long-running thread on making the .25 and .32 rimfires work again, over on the Gunloads forum:  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Among the chaff are some interesting ideas.

Also Take a look at 'Cast Boolits", "Shooters Forums" and "Ammoguide Interactive" forums under "Stevens Favorite" or  ".25 Stevens" or "Lengthened .25ACP" as there is more information on alternatives and reloading Rimfire cases.

By the way, a .22 Powder Tool Load in Grade 2 or Grade 3 in a machined adapter (to fit the .25 Stevens Chamber) and loaded with a 50-51 grain Cast Lead Bullet will give around 700fps to 1050fps out of a 22" inch barrel.  (Carolina Cast Bullets lists the .25 "Ranch Dog" bullets for sale.)
And, the Stevens firing pin seems to work to fire the .22 blank, Wedge tip not the Ball tip.
Best Regards,
Chev. William

The actual standard range of Powder Tool Loads (PTL) range from Grade 1, the weakest, to grade 12, the strongest.
Grades 2 through 6 seem to be the only ones available for sale to the General public with grades 5 and 6 found only in a few Industrial Suppliers.

Grade 2 seem to have around 1.8 grains of fast burning powder.
Grade 3 seem to have around 2.0 grains of fast burning powder.
Grade 4 seem to have around 2.3 grains of fast burning powder.

Note that the .22, .25, and .27 Caliber blanks seem to be loaded to the same strengths according to their Grade, just the range of available grades changes.

.22 Blanks seem to be around .224" body diameter.
.25 blanks seem to be around .248" body diameter.
.27 blanks seem to be around .269" body diameter.

The .25 Stevens RF had around .276" body diameter.

Others have tested the Blanks in .32 Adapters with good results, as reported in the mentioned Threads on the various Forums.

Be knowledgeable and be Safe.
Best Regards,
Chev. William

I share your problems with finding a full range of PTL Grades even across the Calibers.  To date I have not found ANY retail source for Grade 1 in any Caliber. and i also have not seen Grade 2 in .27 Caliber.
The other end, I have not seen any retail loads over Grade 6 since the early 1970s, and I used to be able to get Grade 7 in .22 Cal from a supplier that has since gone out of business.  The Grade 7s worked well in my Ruger Standard Auto with a 'blank firing adapter' attached to the muzzle.
Grade 2s seem to be available in .22 generally; Also found in .25 in metal disks of ten shots each; not in .27 that I have located.

There seem to be three general types labeled:"Duo-Fast', "Hillil", and "Ramset".  the Duo-Fast I have seen are .22 Cal. individual rounds.  The Ramset I have seen are .25 Cal ten shot disks or 10 shot plastic strips and .27 Cal ten shot plastic strips.  The plastic strips types are labeled as interchangeable with Hillil boosters of the same caliber

Best Regards,
Chev. William
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