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I inherited a Remington No. 4 in 25 Stevens, and since the ammo hasn't been produced since the 1960's, I'm assuming I'm pretty well doomed, until I stumbled on this thread:
"The Number 5 Power Load , available at Home Depot(Red Star S-43) can be fired after seating at #2 (.27") buck shot ball in breech. You push in buckshot ball then the #5 power load which seems to be .27" case diameter and fits in my old Stevens Favorite chamber just right. I just shot 10 over a chronograph and got 1270fps AVERAGE with 69Ffps deviation! Seems like about right , has a supersonic crack, which I wish it didn't have, but hey, I can shoot a beautiful old tang sighted gun I haven't shot in 30 years!"
Has anyone here tried this? I'm going to do some more research, but it certainly makes sense...
.25 Stevens (rimfire) NEW LOAD!
I was passed along this trick: As it is well nigh impossible to find ammo for .25 Stevens rimfire, the Number 5 Power Load , available at Home Depot(Red Star S-43) can be fired after seating at #2 (.27") buck shot ball in breech. You push in buckshot ball then the #5 power load which seems to be...
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"The Number 5 Power Load , available at Home Depot(Red Star S-43) can be fired after seating at #2 (.27") buck shot ball in breech. You push in buckshot ball then the #5 power load which seems to be .27" case diameter and fits in my old Stevens Favorite chamber just right. I just shot 10 over a chronograph and got 1270fps AVERAGE with 69Ffps deviation! Seems like about right , has a supersonic crack, which I wish it didn't have, but hey, I can shoot a beautiful old tang sighted gun I haven't shot in 30 years!"
Has anyone here tried this? I'm going to do some more research, but it certainly makes sense...
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