I just made up some cases from .22 Hornet; worked out well;  now I need bullets; .251 drops right through the bore so slugged it at .258. I need .258 dia. 67 grain bullets or thereabouts. I find 49 grain and 87 grain bullets; nothing mid 60's. Any leads? Thanks

How are you shooting .25RF with a CF Hornet case? Is your firing pin reworked? Are you turning the rims down for diameter and thickness?

sureshot wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2018 at 2:46pm:


It does look like the right diameter and weight bullet but I didn't like the shipping cost or the minimum order. I ordered from Hunters Supply although slightly heavier weight. Thanks though.

Will

sureshot wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2018 at 2:46pm:


I ordered from him.  Yes, he's slow and doesn't answer emails, but I did get some nice bullets.  Still have to finish the seemingly endless task of converting .17WMR shells to .25 Stevens, at which I've been stalled for months.      It's gonna work, but I no longer think it's worth the effort.  

What are people using for a die to size down the Hornet cases?    

BTW a #1 or maybe #2 Ramset .22 charge ought to be right for the .25 Stevens.  Cheap, and you can buy 'em on Amazon!  

Been beta testing some in .32 Long RF adapters that tenmile is tooling up to make. 

"What are people using for a die to size down the Hornet cases?"

Lee .25 acp  with carbide sizing die.

Hornet rim dimensions work great on my Tip up; extractor fits good also.

Best idea; if you want to shoot, forget the .25 Stevens; reline to .22rf and be done with it. I've wasted too much money and time and still haven't fired a shot. Could have put in a $35.00 liner in a couple hrs and been shooting long ago. 

Will

WillH wrote on Feb 23^rd, 2018 at 1:42pm:


Yeah, but any fule can do that.    No style points. No degree-of-difficulty points, either.   

Calledflyer, I haven't worked with a 25 but have done quite a bit with the 32's. If the firing pin is simple to make I make another one out of W1 rod, removing the lower portion that does not contact the primer blank. That will leave an area that looks like a football. I then thin away the sides of that "football" to form a pin strike similar to a more modern .22 rifle. That way, nothing hits the .32 case and I seem to get more reliable ignition with the narrower pin strike. The .32 cases I use I am making from 32S&W that I reform. I custom fit them to each gun so no resizing is needed and they seem to last forever. By doing the cases this way it is not needed to cut a relief in the 32 case to allow the pin to crush the primer. I should also note this method is for guns the the firing pin is situated so that it will hit the blank in the center of the 32 case. Doing it this way eliminates having to orient the cartridge in the chamber. I do have one rifle, a Stevens 44, that the pin strike is low enough I have to use offset/oriented cases. Even though they are weaker because of the milled recess for the firing pin they seem to be "Everlasting". I am guessing this has a lot to do with low pressure. If you keep the firing pin away from the 32 case no peening will take place. Thinking back, I did have that happen at first but modifying the firing pin made it go away.

Dennis

Chamber dimensions on old guns seem to vary, but on my relatively unworn Stevens Marksman, machining the Hornet case to accept a .22LR case left about .030" thickness on the rim, which has been pretty durable so far, with no signs of distortion.