filmjunkie4ever
Handloader
- May 4, 2011
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I'm kinda late to the party where this little old cartridge is concerned, but I have found it to be a real gem, at least mine is.
I traded my cousin a Springfield 1903 custom and got an 1892 Winchester with a heavy 24" barrel and button magazine. It is a first year serial number and very well used but the barrel is a later model take-off. It came with a Marbles folding tang peep sight but I have swapped it out for the time being for a buckhorn rear sight.
With it I inherited about 60 rounds of handloaded Hornady 60 grain SPs on top of 10.5 grains of 2400. Once I got the buckhorn sights regulated, I shot a three shot 1 inch group at 50 yards no sweat.
I was able to buy a Lyman mould for casting bullets and I bought several boxes of the Hornady 60 grain SPs from MidwayUSA.
2400 is basically non-existent right now. I have some Ramshot Enforcer that is almost the same thing according to my burn rate chart.
My question is, should I expect a dramatic shift of impact with the cast lead bullets? With lube and gas check they are weighing about 75 grains versus the 60 grain jacketed bullets.
Any other .25-20 fans here?
I traded my cousin a Springfield 1903 custom and got an 1892 Winchester with a heavy 24" barrel and button magazine. It is a first year serial number and very well used but the barrel is a later model take-off. It came with a Marbles folding tang peep sight but I have swapped it out for the time being for a buckhorn rear sight.
With it I inherited about 60 rounds of handloaded Hornady 60 grain SPs on top of 10.5 grains of 2400. Once I got the buckhorn sights regulated, I shot a three shot 1 inch group at 50 yards no sweat.
I was able to buy a Lyman mould for casting bullets and I bought several boxes of the Hornady 60 grain SPs from MidwayUSA.
2400 is basically non-existent right now. I have some Ramshot Enforcer that is almost the same thing according to my burn rate chart.
My question is, should I expect a dramatic shift of impact with the cast lead bullets? With lube and gas check they are weighing about 75 grains versus the 60 grain jacketed bullets.
Any other .25-20 fans here?