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25-20 single shot

litetriggerlitetrigger Member Posts: 320 ✭✭
edited September 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I looking for information on the 25-20 Single Shot cartridge; loading data, where to find componets, does anyone make dies for it any more? Any info will be helpful and appreciated.
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    litetriggerlitetrigger Member Posts: 320 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just got a Stevens model 44 in 25-20 SS With some cases & dies. I need some loading data if someone has been shooting one. thanks
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    litetriggerlitetrigger Member Posts: 320 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Forgot to add that I would like to shoot smokeless powder.
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    charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,579 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    From the 4th Edition of Cartridges of the World
    60 gr bullet 9 gr 2400 1790 fps
    86 gr 8 gr 2400 1470
    86 gr factory load 1410

    If it were mine I'd only shoot lead bullets in it.
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    perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,390 ✭
    edited November -1
    +1 on lead bullets.
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    Rocky RaabRocky Raab Member Posts: 14,198 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do note that the .25-20 Single Shot is NOT the same as the .25-20 Winchester (WCF). The Single-Shot cartridge is significantly longer and has more case volume. Introduced in 1882, the blackpowder round was too long to work through the Winchester 1892 or Marlin Model 1894 rifles, so Winchester came up with heir shortened version.

    Load data for the .25-20 WCF can probably be safely used in the larger SS case, since you'd want to keep pressures down anyway. Cartridges of the World #9 suggests 8.0 2400 or 8.5 4227 for about 1400 fps with 60 to 86-gr bullets.

    Proper replacement cases might be very hard to find, but I'd bet that Huntington Die Specialties (not RCBS) would have some. http://www.huntingtons.com/cases.html
    I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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    v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    86gr lead 4.7 Unique 1480fps. 7.0gr 2400 1450fps, 8gr 2400 1572fps,
    86 gr was the factory standard bullet weight.
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