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Ford, what is the difference between the cases of 32-20/25-20 & the subject cartridge case? I often shoot a 25-20 Win in a single shot Husky and have found the VV 3N37 powder to be most useful.


Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Raimey,
Off the "top of my head", the 22WCF/5.6x35R/ 22 Hornet case head is about .298" in diameter, whereas the 25-20/32-20/.218 Bee is about .354" at the head. It is likely that VV 3N37 would be useful in the 5.6x35R Vierling. I like Lil Gun, but Unique, 2400, H110, and 296 would also. For cast bullet reduced loads, Bullseye should be useful. I'll bet your boys get a kick out of that 25-20, now that the schools are shut down.
Mike

You well know Ford as I am loading metallic cartridges & we are purchasing scattergun cartridges thru >>Drive Thru<< gunshops. A first for me.


Cheers,

Raimey
rse

A bit off the topic here, but when you convert the readily available 32-20 to 25-20 you must proceed at a slow, cautious pace to prevent from damaging the neck.

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

cable,
The Buffalo Arms cases would be perfectly useable, they are a trusted source of hard to find cases and bullets.
If you had a lathe and the desire, there is no doubt you would quickly gain the knowledge to use it.
If you had your friend make up 50 cases, they should last the rest of your life; if you take care of them and are careful seating the bullets( the Hornet is infamous for buckling necks in seating the bullets). There is no doubt it will be easy to load ammo that is the ballistic equivalent of 22 magnum. If you use cast bullets, you should be easily able to duplicate 22 WRF or 22 LR ballistics. The case is so small that it is easy to "load it down" with out any filler, such as Kapok or Dacron and a wide range of powders would be useful( see above comment to Raimey).
Mike

Raimey,
You could make up for getting off topic by researching Halang und Bachner- Suhl for cable ( see his earlier thread on this forum).

The problem with forming 25-20 cases is there aren't any intermediate calibers between it and 32-20, dies from which would be useful. You might find it helpful to size first in the 32-20 FL die, using a 22 Hornet shell holder to push the case all the way into the die and knock it out with a punch( be sure to remove the expander assy. first). Then size it carefully in the 25-20 seating die, before sizing it in the FL 25-20 die. It seems like I remember you buying a 6.5x40R ( was marked 6.3x40)at a B'ham gunshow. If you have dies for it, they may help with the 25-20. They would taper the case and you could fireform the shoulder( easier)rather than mechanically forming it.
Mike

Meanwhile, back at the O/U - that is one beautiful little combo and well worth any effort to see it entirely functional again!

when this isolation stuff winds down I will ask my friend to turn down some cases for me. I like the idea of loading it well down and making a super small game gun.

thanks again

got some .22 WCF cases from buffalo arms, used the .222 PPI jacketed bullets and 9.6 gr 4198.

finally got to try these last week. Bingo !! very accurate [ three shots in one hole at 25 yds on first try ! ]

and shoots exactly to point of aim of the original sights !!
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thanks to all who helped me get to this point !