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.25 rim fire to .22
Yesterday at 5:32pm
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If I had a Ballard in .25 rim fire could it be sleeved in .22 and work? Or does something have to change on the breech block?
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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #1 - yesterday at 6:43pm
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Allegedly, the firing pin works but you will have to weld up the extractor and recut for the smaller case.
  
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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #2 - yesterday at 7:56pm
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Thanks. But that’s not up my alley. Kow anyone that could do it?
  
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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #3 - yesterday at 8:17pm
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If it was originally a 22 and bored to 25 the block might work. 
If it was originally a 32 and rebarreled to 25, it might work.
If it was originally a 32, changed to 25, the block will likely need to be replaced or altered to change to 22.

Then there is the extractor issue

It’s not likely it was originally a 25
  
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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #4 - Today at 7:27am
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Babydriver wrote yesterday at 7:56pm:
Thanks. But that’s not up my alley. Kow anyone that could do it?



John Taylor here on the forum.
  
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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #5 - Today at 9:29am
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If you find a Ballard in .25 RF it's either been bored out from .22 Long, or rebarreled. When the .25RF first came out the Ballard production had already ended, so none were ever made in .25RF.
  

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Re: .25 rim fire to .22
Reply #6 - Today at 3:49pm
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I found a shot-out Ballard .22 that had been rebored by the Stevens Company to .25 Stevens rim fire (noted on the barrel by a stamping) and shot out again.  I got the barrel lined back to .22 (Long Rifle this time).  The same position of firing pin on the breechblock worked for both cartridges.
  
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