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Reply #30 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 11:37pm
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mine is 1-10 also, Douglas premium barrel.
  
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Reply #31 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 11:48pm
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My 25 Hornet likes 9 gr of 4100 behind a 120 gr Paul Jones spitzer that achieves around 1600 fps.  The barrel is a RKS gain twist I believe.  I just decided to send Ron a letter with photos to see if he can provide additional info as I believe he built it for the late Bob Zimmerman and put an ATF xxxxx serial number on it since the factory number had been polished off.  Here is an example of a 200 yd group.
  

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Reply #32 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 5:21pm
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I found a better group from the same time frame.
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Reply #33 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 6:10pm
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Super nice little group, Jack.

Now I'm wondering what happened to Bullshop. dave j wound up with the Hoch 25 Hornet rather than Bullshop? Okay so just doing some re-reading and ...., okay, dave j, did you get your 25 Hornet Boch from Bullshop? Or are there two Hoch 25 Hornets out there?
  

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Reply #34 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 7:09pm
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Like you said I am cheating by having a RKS barrel. I sent Ron Smith a letter today with a photo of the rifle like it was with Bob Z’s forearm to see if Ron remembers it.
  

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Reply #35 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 7:53pm
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A real head scratcher that thing Bob had on there. Surely Ron had nothing to do with it. Maybe Bob used it so the rifle was stable on bags? Maybe he rested the rifle on the barrel when shooting?
  

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Reply #36 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 8:12pm
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Bob definitely rested it on that slab forend since he had a layer of packing tape on it to make it slide better.
  

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Reply #37 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 8:52pm
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That gives me a headache. 

  

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Reply #38 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 9:07pm
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I figure that it being as ugly as it was helped me get it from Ron Heilman.  He probably would have put it on Gun Broker if it was nicer looking.
  

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Reply #39 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 9:14pm
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It can be put right. Almost anything can be undone. 

By the way, I'm sorta looking for an old Stevens forestock, so if you happen to see one...
  

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Reply #40 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 10:12pm
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eBay will be your friend for one of those.  I will save a search for Stevens stock and let you know if I find any since I check eBay daily.
  

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Reply #41 - Sep 11th, 2024 at 10:48pm
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I been looking, nothing yet. Looking for a two screw.
  

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Reply #42 - Sep 24th, 2024 at 11:41am
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Can shoot perty small groups until I try to get them in the 25 ring.
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Reply #43 - Sep 24th, 2024 at 3:13pm
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to answer you Joe i got my Hoch from Russ Weber's estate. i passed on the CPA you have and i will probably regret it. that is a small group you have, 8 down 4right and you are in business! Cheesy Cheesy CheesyLOL    dave
  
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Reply #44 - Sep 24th, 2024 at 3:47pm
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Thanks Dave. My rifle is an original 44 1/2 with a CPA lever and triggers. Rough, looks bad, shoots good.  Undecided
  

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