.25-25 Stevens

Centerfire rifle cartridge Product June 2022 .25-25 Stevens 25-25 Stevens.jpg 300px .25-25 Stevens (rt) with .22 long rifle for comparison United States centerfire rifle 1895Barnes, p.75, ".25-25 Stevens". rimmed straight .257 .282 .323 .376 2.37 2.63 boxer, small rifle 86 (smokeless, factory load) 1500 434 86 (5.5 gr g on smokeless) 1525 448 Barnes & Amber 1972 The .25-25 Stevens was an American centerfire rifle cartridge. Designed by Capt. W. L. Carpenter, 9th U.S. Infantry,Barnes, p.74, ".25-21 Stevens". in 1895, the .25-25 Stevens was the company's first straight-cased cartridge. It was used in Stevens' single shot Model 44, as well as the Model 44 1 2 rifles, which first went on sale in 1903. In addition, it was available in the Remington-Hepburn target rifle. While the .25-25 was popular, the .25-21 offered "practically the same performance and was a little cleaner shooting." It also suffered a "freakish" appearance, due to its length to diameter ratio. It was also found that the usual 20 or 21 gr g 2 on on black powder charge of the shorter Barnes, p.75, ".25-25 Stevens", & p.74, ".25-21 Stevens". 25-21 offered "practically the same ballistics" as 24 or 25 gr g 2 on in the .25-25. The switch to smokeless powder only exacerbated the problem, due to the small charge. To cure this, handloaders use a mix of 3 to 5 gr g on of bulk shotgun powder and 18 to 20 gr g on of black powder, with bullets of between 60 and 86 gr g on. The bore diameter of the .25-25 Stevens is .250 inches (6.35 mm) making it a ".25"/6.35 mm caliber" cartridge, not to be confused with the more well known 6.5 mm bore caliber which uses 6.7 mm/.264" bullets. References 2 Sources Frank C. Barnes Cartridges of the world https://books.google.com/books?id=6ylbPgAACAAJ 1972 Digest Books 978-0-695-80326-1 Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Stevens Arms