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plumb Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: wichita ks Joined: Sep 16^th, 2019	25 20 stevens ss loads Nov 19^th, 2019 at 1:35pm	Print Post
	stevens 25 20 ss 44 action. have app 200 rds 100 grn lead . can anyone suggest a load using unqiue as i would like to use up what i have. thanks


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #1 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 5:00pm	Print Post
	Unique is too fast to get you optimum velocity for a given pressure. 3.0 to 3.2 grains would be a nice 1200 fps plinking load. Load density is only 35%, an overcharge would be all too easy to miss. I'd never recommend going past 4.0 grains of Unique with the 96 grain bullet I use, seated .487" deep in the case. Deeper seating will run up the pressure fast in these small cases. All assuming that the gun locks up tight. If the lever doesn't "snap" as it closes, it's not. Very few survivors are. I've installed oversize link pins in almost every one I've acquired.

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plumb Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: wichita ks Joined: Sep 16^th, 2019	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #2 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 6:41pm	Print Post
	thank you uscra 112.the action seems to have a much noticable snap with a chambered cartridge could you recommend a better suited powder thank you


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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1222 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #3 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 7:45pm	Print Post
	try 4227 i use 7 grains in mine with a 100 grain bullet art


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #4 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	My pet load is 6.2 to 6.3 grains of AA#9. 8 grains of 4227 was good, but not as good as the AA#9 in my rifles. Not knocking it, it's a good powder for this size case, and easy to find, which the AA#9 isn't. On the laptop screen 5 to 6 grains of Blue Dot looks interesting. Never tried it, but I might yet if my health improves. Ramshot Enforcer and AA 4100 are supposed to be the same powder. Again just looking at the computer model, about 7 grains should do it. In a rifle stronger than the old 44, and using a harder GC bullet, you can boost any of those by 2 grains. Allyn Tedmon was an advocate of 1800 fps smokeless loads in the .25-20 Stevens, and having fired quite a few at woodchucks from a 44 1/2 in years gone by, I can definitely agree.

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #5 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 8:36pm	Print Post
	plumb wrote on Nov 20^th, 2019 at 6:41pm: thank you uscra 112.the action seems to have a much noticeable snap with a chambered cartridge could you recommend a better suited powder thank you. It should do the same with nothing in the chamber. Headspace is properly controlled by the depth of the rim recess and nothing else. If the breechblock is squeezing the rim, accuracy may not be as good as it could be. What brass are you using? How thick are the rims?

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plumb Junior Member Offline Posts: 87 Location: wichita ks Joined: Sep 16^th, 2019	Re: 25 20 stevens ss loads Reply #6 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 9:33pm	Print Post
	i believe it is betram from buffalo arm, a few remington-.rim of cases is between .046-.049
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