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25 ACP Conversion Question
« on: September 22, 2008, 03:13:24 PM »
I am interested in converting my Remington Genesis to 25 ACP ignition. My main reason is to reduce the amount of blow back into the action. The best load I have for the rifle is 130 grains of loose triple seven with a 250 grain TC Shockwave bullet. This is a max load for my rifle. By reducing the blowback I will be increasing the working pressure of the load. My question is how do I determine a new max load for the rifle? Do I need to be concerned with this or should I just stay with the max load for the 209 breech plug.
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Re: 25 ACP Conversion Question
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2008, 04:36:21 PM »
I know of no reason you can't shoot the same maximum loads with the 25ACP that you do with 209's.  I do in my converted Mustang.
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Re: 25 ACP Conversion Question
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2008, 05:13:05 PM »
Stress, you are 10 gr. over the max load. 150 gr. of triple 7 pellets equals 120 gr. of loose triple seven by volume.
Triple Seven is a high energy product designed to provide the muzzleloading hunter with higher velocities when used in the same VOLUME as blackpowder. To duplicate a blackpowder load velocity using Triple Seven, you must decrease the powder charge by 15%.
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You can still use the 25 ACP with a small rifle primer and it will ignite the powder just fine. I did not have one problem using 120gr. of loose triple seven with the 25 ACP set up.
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Re: 25 ACP Conversion Question
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2008, 08:13:10 AM »
Redhawk,
The Remington manual states that I can use up to 130 grains of loose triple seven powder. If I decrease a 150 grain load by 15%, I get 127.5 grains. Are you thinking about the Blackhorn powder for the 120 grains to equal 150 grains of black powder? I have decided to reduce the charge about 20% and work up in 5 grain increments until I get a good consistant group. I hope the load will be well below what I have to use now to get a tight group. I will not work on this until after muzzleloader season and I will post the results if anyone is interested.
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Re: 25 ACP Conversion Question
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2008, 12:50:08 PM »
Redhawk,
The Remington manual states that I can use up to 130 grains of loose triple seven powder. If I decrease a 150 grain load by 15%, I get 127.5 grains. Are you thinking about the Blackhorn powder for the 120 grains to equal 150 grains of black powder? I have decided to reduce the charge about 20% and work up in 5 grain increments until I get a good consistant group. I hope the load will be well below what I have to use now to get a tight group. I will not work on this until after muzzleloader season and I will post the results if anyone is interested.
Thank you,
Stress

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