.25-35 Winchester Tests
© 2014 Ed Harris
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Winchester 1894 with 26-inch octagon barrel ca. 1908 |
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Velocity |
Remarks |
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Factory
loads |
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Western 117ST
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2283, 7 Sd |
Old yellow box from 1960s |
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Winchester 117PP |
2259, 19Sd |
Current product from Midway 2.5
in. @ 100 yds. Ideal tang sight |
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Jacketed
bullet handloads |
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Remington
85JSP |
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Powder |
Grains |
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IMR-PB |
8 |
1273, 33 Sd |
Minimal expansion,
non-destructive small game or turkey load |
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Alliant #2400 |
9 |
1330, 31 Sd |
POI at 50 yds.
with 200-yd. factory load zero. Minimal expansion. |
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10 |
1419, 11 Sd |
Moderate water jug expansion to
.32 cal., good game load |
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12 |
1738, 15 Sd |
Expands to .45 in water, core
separates, blows fragments off nose |
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14 |
1950, 25 Sd |
Violent fragmentation, blows
frying chicken to smithereens |
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15 |
2200, 39 Sd |
Max. do not exceed, highly
destructive varmint load |
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IMR4227 |
16 |
1884, 22Sd |
Varmint load blows frying
chicken to smithereens |
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RCBS 25-85CM |
Cast 12
BHN from wheelweights,
shot as-cast, unsized, LLA |
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Meister
85-gr. .258 dia. can be substituted, but less
accurate |
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Bullseye |
4 |
1127, 5 Sd |
Quiet like standard velocity
.22 LR, 2 inches at 50 yds. |
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5 |
1207, 27 Sd |
Report like .22 LR high velocity, 2 inches @ 50 yd. |
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IMR-PB |
5 |
1272, 14 Sd |
Inch groups at 50 yds. most accurate with current powders |
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6 |
1339, 21 Sd |
Approximates factory .25-20
velocity, 1.5 inches @ 50yds |
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SR-7625 |
5 |
1285, 16 Sd |
Excellent, older lot of 7625
little different from PB load |
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Alliant#2400 |
7 |
1420, 29 Sd |
Max. for
plainbased bullet, groups 1.5 inches @ 50 yds. |
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