Also had a student in the machinist course at my former employer (a community college) make me a mould for a .25-20 bullet that is as near to a wadcutter as I could design (it has a "maximum meplat" like the old LBT pistol bullets).
Mike...Now you have awakened a desire I have not fulfilled! I have wanted a Remington Model 25 in .25-20 forever or a Winchester Model 92.... I do have a Marlin Model 94 in .25-20... RCBS makes a bullet mold that has a pretty blunt meplat; about like the LBT style at 85 grains. I loaded them to 1300fps and shot some blue grouse with them. It hammered them! Just a little tougher on them than a Long Rifle. I'd like about a 55gr bullet with a big flat like this one... 1100 would probably be enough for the blues. They're not too tough for sure but in thick cover I don't like them to run any like a .22 LR hit does once in a while. They don't move with the .25-20! I can't head shoot'em with open sights... The old eyes, especially in the dark woods won't let me anymore!
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