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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	homemade .25-20 WCF Jun 10^th, 2024 at 11:45pm	Print Post
	I made this rifle from scratch last year. I bought a barrel blank and made everything else. It's fun to shoot . I have close to 50 cases for it and a couple hundred .32-20 to neck down.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #1 - Jun 10^th, 2024 at 11:47pm	Print Post
	Here's the latch lever.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #2 - Jun 10^th, 2024 at 11:49pm	Print Post
	Rifle closed.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #3 - Jun 10^th, 2024 at 11:51pm	Print Post
	Lock lever close up.


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2208 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #4 - Jun 11^th, 2024 at 1:22pm	Print Post
	Nice, glad to see the new guys doing something. First rifle build?? How about a little more detail on the locking lever and how it works. Rebounding hammer? Maybe some range results. Chuck


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #5 - Jun 12^th, 2024 at 12:50pm	Print Post
	Chuck, this is my second scratch build. The first is a scaled down bolt action, also in .25-20 WCF. It has a 1-turn in 14" barrel. This break-action has a 1-turn in 10" barrel. One of my goals was to spend as little as practical, so while this twist rate is overly fast for the cartridge, the barrel blank was the only .257 offering Gun Parts had at the time. At 75 years, I wasn't willing to wait for a better option. I'm attaching images of the bolt gun and one of the locking mechanism on the break action. Jim


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #6 - Jun 12^th, 2024 at 1:01pm	Print Post
	close up of bolt gun


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #7 - Jun 12^th, 2024 at 1:29pm	Print Post
	Break action lock. It's rotary.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #8 - Jun 12^th, 2024 at 1:37pm	Print Post
	This was shot with 87 g jacketed soft points, iron sites at 25 yards. I have since modified the sights to make vertical alignment more discernible. Have yet retried those bullets. I have shot a lot of cast bullets but have not found a load that is consistent.


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2208 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #9 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 12:04pm	Print Post
	Machining on both examples looks good. Properly designed rotary latch just gets tighter under load, good idea. Don't see an extractor but maybe I am missing something. More traditional designs will get more kudos on this forum but a good start. Keep at it. Chuck


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Sure shot Oldtimer Online Posts: 850 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #10 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:06pm	Print Post
	Looks like there is a dished spot above the chamber so you possibly can use a tool or thumb nail to remove the fired cartridge.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #11 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:12pm	Print Post
	Sure shot wrote on Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:06pm: Looks like there is a dished spot above the chamber so you possibly can use a tool or thumb nail to remove the fired cartridge. Correct. Simplicity was a goal. No parts to fail there.


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 911 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #12 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:15pm	Print Post
	I too, like your rotary latch design. A slight eccentricity would make that lock up like a vault. I’d love to know how many clean kills on whitetail sized deer have been made with the 25/20. I once waited a full week for a perfect shot to present itself. Dropped like a bag of flour.


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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 911 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #13 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:18pm	Print Post
	JD, In the interest of your health, I hope there is are front lugs on that bolt gun.


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jdsingleshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 14 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2024	Re: homemade .25-20 WCF Reply #14 - Jun 13^th, 2024 at 6:18pm	Print Post
	SBoomer wrote on Jun 13^th, 2024 at 2:18pm: JD, In the interest of your health, I hope there is are front lugs on that bolt gun. Yes indeed, there are dual locking lugs up front, in Mauser fashion. 1045 steel.


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