25 Stevens Rimfire - Page 1

Posted: 4/29/2021 10:41:19 AM EDT

I have no idea where I acquired these or how long I've had them. Found them cleaning the gun room.

Anyone have/shoot this cartridge? Pics of your rifle?

Anyone in the central FL area that could use them?

Posted: 4/29/2021 10:48:16 AM EDT

[#1]

Not in FL but I could use those.

Have an old "bench rest" family gun so chambered.

ETA: I don't have pics at the moment.

Posted: 4/29/2021 6:45:40 PM EDT

[#2]

Ok. Came home and snapped a couple potato pics on the deadlift platform.

As a kid I remember thinking this gun was really fancy because of the stock, octagonal barrel and "peep sight."

But at 52 it is just a plain old gun. I think it was bought for my great grandmother as a lady's gallery gun or target gun. But, knowing my family of wastrels it was no-doubt put into field service by precocious youngsters to dispatch varmints.

I think my father may have some ammo.

Anyway, don't give the ammo away. It's not made anymore and I think when I priced it 10 years ago it was $80 a box.

Thanks for giving me an excuse to get out, oil down and examine an old family piece.

Mcculver5

Posted: 4/29/2021 7:20:00 PM EDT

[#3]

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Ok. Came home and snapped a couple potato pics on the deadlift platform.

As a kid I remember thinking this gun was really fancy because of the stock, octagonal barrel and "peep sight."

But at 52 it is just a plain old gun. I think it was bought for my great grandmother as a lady's gallery gun or target gun. But, knowing my family of wastrels it was no-doubt put into field service by precocious youngsters to dispatch varmints.

I think my father may have some ammo.

Anyway, don't give the ammo away. It's not made anymore and I think when I priced it 10 years ago it was $80 a box.

Thanks for giving me an excuse to get out, oil down and examine an old family piece.

Mcculver5https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60042/20210429_162540-1923766.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60042/20210429_162557-1923765.jpg

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Thanks for posting... that's a nice piece of history.

Posted: 4/29/2021 7:40:23 PM EDT

[#4]

@mcculver5

I have no use for it. Shipping ammo from my local UPS hub is hit and miss as far as being a pain in the dick.

Don't hold me to it... but I'll check this week if I can and see what's involved in shipping it to you. If the UPS hub folks play nice, I'll send it to you for free.

IM me your name and address just in case.

Posted: 4/30/2021 3:24:16 PM EDT

[#5]

@mculver5

Ammo headed to you.

1Z340X78A805797695 That should be the tracking number the numbers on the receipt or small and hard to read.

Posted: 4/30/2021 5:33:51 PM EDT

[#6]

Thanks.

You are a gentleman.

Posted: 5/1/2021 8:04:32 AM EDT

[#7]

Nice! I love shit like this. Great job

Posted: 5/1/2021 8:33:15 AM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 5/1/2021 9:23:34 PM EDT

[#9]

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Ok. Came home and snapped a couple potato pics on the deadlift platform.

As a kid I remember thinking this gun was really fancy because of the stock, octagonal barrel and "peep sight."

But at 52 it is just a plain old gun. I think it was bought for my great grandmother as a lady's gallery gun or target gun. But, knowing my family of wastrels it was no-doubt put into field service by precocious youngsters to dispatch varmints.

I think my father may have some ammo.

Anyway, don't give the ammo away. It's not made anymore and I think when I priced it 10 years ago it was $80 a box.

Thanks for giving me an excuse to get out, oil down and examine an old family piece.

Mcculver5https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60042/20210429_162540-1923766.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60042/20210429_162557-1923765.jpg

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Very cool

Posted: 5/8/2021 8:14:53 AM EDT

[#10]

Damm, if you find any more give me a shout. I have a Stevens .25 rimfire, my great grandaddys 'pig' gun he used for butchering his own.

Posted: 6/1/2021 2:55:49 PM EDT

[#11]

The good thing about guns in this cartridge is, they haven't been used as much because ammo hasn't been made, except for the stuff OP has, in a long time, so rifles have sat idle.
I've always wanted to get a Stevens single shot or some of the other guns like the Marlin model 27 pump gun, (which I think uses this cartridge), but the lack of ammo, and price of old stuff makes it just not worth it.

Posted: 6/1/2021 4:45:21 PM EDT

[#12]

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@mcculver5

I have no use for it. Shipping ammo from my local UPS hub is hit and miss as far as being a pain in the dick.

Don't hold me to it... but I'll check this week if I can and see what's involved in shipping it to you. If the UPS hub folks play nice, I'll send it to you for free.

IM me your name and address just in case.

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Very Nice.

Posted: 6/12/2021 9:45:46 PM EDT

[#13]

Not sure if this is the same cartridge a friend was looking for. He has a .25 rimfire, and in order to use it was breech loading a .25 cal lead buck, then loading a .25 cal masonry blank behind it. He eventually did find some more factory ammo. Someone who collected ammo boxes gave him the ammo that was left in them.

Posted: 6/13/2021 9:19:59 AM EDT

[#14]

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Not sure if this is the same cartridge a friend was looking for. He has a .25 rimfire, and in order to use it was breech loading a .25 cal lead buck, then loading a .25 cal masonry blank behind it. He eventually did find some more factory ammo. Someone who collected ammo boxes gave him the ammo that was left in them.

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Good work around. Recall if he was able to get usable accuracy/power from it?

The 25 stevens seems like it would have been an excellent cartridge to be adapted to modern production in the way of 22lr hypervelocity and match loads. I feel that the slightly wider bullet would do well as a 45-50gr HP and have enough material to be able to expand considerably. Probably work great on the 25-50lb game animals where most 22lr falls off.

I get the impression it was largely proprietary and chambered only in stevens guns?

Posted: 6/27/2021 11:02:39 PM EDT

[#15]

MAJOR UPDATE!

Took my 81 year old father to the range today to shoot not 1 but 2 old guns in 25 rimfire.

The first you know about, the second is an old remington.

Shot about 6 rounds and my father was very very happy.

Thanks so much.

Mcculver5.

ETA all rounds fired and both rifles shot well.

Posted: 6/27/2021 11:06:48 PM EDT

[#16]

The old rolling block is also a family piece. It was the husband's bench gun of the pair.

Great old gun, locks up tight but saw much more use and not much maintenance.

Edited for clarity.

Posted: 6/28/2021 12:19:12 AM EDT

[#17]

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MAJOR UPDATE!

Took my 81 year old father to the range today to shoot not 1 but 2 old guns in 25 rimfire.

The first you know about, the second is an old remington.

Shot about 6 rounds and my father was very very happy.

Thanks so much.

Mcculver5.
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ETA all rounds fired and both rifles shot well.

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That's cool as hell!

But ok is awesome as hell!

Posted: 6/28/2021 10:05:32 AM EDT

[#18]

That's fantastic you got to shoot those old rifles and share it with your Pa.

Again, thanks very much for the box of goodies... much appreciated.

Posted: 6/28/2021 12:06:00 PM EDT

[#19]

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That's fantastic you got to shoot those old rifles and share it with your Pa.

Again, thanks very much for the box of goodies... much appreciated.

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Glad you were happy with the box of random stuff collected around my office.

Can't thank you enough.

Posted: 6/28/2021 12:31:34 PM EDT

[#20]

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Good work around. Recall if he was able to get usable accuracy/power from it?

The 25 stevens seems like it would have been an excellent cartridge to be adapted to modern production in the way of 22lr hypervelocity and match loads. I feel that the slightly wider bullet would do well as a 45-50gr HP and have enough material to be able to expand considerably. Probably work great on the 25-50lb game animals where most 22lr falls off.

I get the impression it was largely proprietary and chambered only in stevens guns?

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@FritzTKatt

The cartridge was chambered in a number of firearms from pump action to lever action to the rolling block seen above.

The rounds fired well and seemed to hit with some authority in comparison to .22 rounds.

I agree that a 45-70 grain HP round would be an excellent small to medium game-getter in this chambering.

We were shooting a plate at 50 yards and the old guns hit with authority. No accuracy testing and I don't own a chrono so sorry for the fairly terrible "range report."

Very mild recoil as both guns had heavy octagonal barrels. The Stevens seemed more accurate.

My forbearers must have had a penchant for "peep" sights as almost all of the old family guns have tangent sights. Maybe they just had bad eyes.

Bonus pictures.

Rolling block's scroll which shows the condition of the firearm after some work with a real copper penny.

And a picture of my father shooting the Stevens off an old ruck bag like a proper gentleman.

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