25-20 Fmj

[spooked]

Came across a couple of 25-20 full metal jackets the other day in some odd shells.
Now I can remember them selling fmj in .25 Rem., 25-35 Win., 30-30,..etc. First time I came across any in 25-20 WCF. The hill people around here back inna 40's-50's used to buy them at the General store and mostly used them for shooting fish..>25 Rem and 25-35 wcf were all touted as great fish guns by the old 'uns...Nowadays nobody shoots fish(ileagal)

[CannonKrazy]

Like you said, it's illegal to shoot fish but sometimes it happens.     I have a few rounds of fmj 25-20 that was found in an old cigar box left in a barn years ago. It's a neat little cartridge that would be fun to shoot.

[spooked]

Like you said, it's illegal to shoot fish but sometimes it happens.     I have a few rounds of fmj 25-20 that was found in an old cigar box left in a barn years ago. It's a neat little cartridge that would be fun to shoot.

What headstamp on yer find? Mine are Rem-UMC head stamped..

[CannonKrazy]

The oldest have REM-UMC stamped on them and 3 of them have WW. The old guy that owned the property where these were found once owned and operated a general store. Sometime in the late seventies he closed the store (sold out) and became a county extension agent. He hired myself and a friend to move all the items that didn't go with the store to his barn. There were many boxes of bullets, shotgun shells and all kinds of parts to guns. I asked him then if he would part with any of the stuff and the answer was "no" but he would think about it. Sometime in the late 80's Mr. Tanner became ill and had to be put in a care home. His wife wanted someone to do work around the property and he mention me and my friend. We excepted the job on trade just to fish in their ponds. Our second job was to clean out the old barn. We were told if there was anything in there we wanted to help ourselves. The barn was almost the same way that day as it was when we moved all the stuff into it . Sure was a fun time opening and sorting through all that stuff.