Author Topic: 25/07 (Read 1004 times)

Prince of Wales · « **on:** December 29, 2003, 08:41:31 AM »

Anyone know of a 25 cal wildcat for the levers (336 & 94 BB ) based on the 307 Winchester? Seems like it might have a little more power than the 25/35 AI which is actually a great round in its own right. Best of luck. POW

Mikey · « **Reply #1 on:** December 30, 2003, 05:09:19 AM »

POW: Let's see - the 6mm Rem/243 are 308s necked to 6mm. The 307 is a rimmed 308. I don't know how the length of the 308/307 compares to the length of the old Savage 250-3000 but I'm wondering if that might not be in the ball park of what you might want - it is one heck of a cartridge. If you are looking to strictly wildcat, you could always go to a 6.5/07, which would be like shooting the 260 Remingon through a lever, and that would be on par with a 6.5 Swede and put you into that power range. The 6mm is a .243 bore, the 25 is halfway or so twixt the 6mm and the 6.5 (.264). I dunno if there is a 25/08, but I know the 25/06 is a real winner. This ought to be interesting. Mikey.

Blackhawk44 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 30, 2003, 07:04:51 AM »

What you are doing is necking the 7MM Shooting Times Easterner to 25. Makes it equal to the 257 Roberts. PS- Mikey the 25/08 is called the 25 Souper.

BruceP · « **Reply #3 on:** December 30, 2003, 07:17:44 AM »

Actually Mikey the 6mm Rem. is a 7X57 case necked to 6MM/243 not a 308 Win. case. Although in performance they are just about twins. There is a 25 caliber on a necked down 308 Win. case called the 25 Souper. One local gunsmith has worked with it some and says it is a great short action round. I do not know if anything has been written on the 25/307 but My guess is that it has been done before but I have no idea what it is called. I'll look later in my Wildcat Cartridges book and see if I can find anything there. It is a good resourse but doesn't come close to listing all wildcats. I don't think that could be done in just one book.
BruceP

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #4 on:** December 30, 2003, 02:18:08 PM »

Bruce I am very big on the 25 Souper and am thinking of a rimmed version of it. Thats what a 25/07 would be near as I can determine. I have an old 336 with 24" barrel that would like this round. Best of luck. POW

Blackhawk44 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2003, 02:35:31 PM »

The main problem with this project is bullets since there are really only a few factory bullets for use in a tube magazine...60 gr Hornady, 75 gr Speer and 86gr Remington flatpoint 25/20 bullets (too light, fragile) and the 117gr Hornady for the 25/35 (designed for lower velocity and a bit heavy). Really need a custom (or custom altered) 100gr flatpoint. Building up a Contender or Encore does not count; this was to be a tube fed levergun. Building this wildcat would be like building an airplane that you know won't fly. Without the right bullet, its remains a dream.

onesonek · « **Reply #6 on:** December 31, 2003, 01:07:55 AM »

Ya but, you can load spitzer type bullet by two's. One in the chamber, and one in the tube.

Prince of Wales · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2004, 02:57:47 PM »

Blackhawk 44 I had in mind the same bullets as the 25/35 or 25/35 AI would use. Seemed about right to me at the time. Best of luck. POW