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A friend described an old rifle he owns and inquired if I might be able to find cartridges for it or brass and bullets. He described the cartridge as a 25 WCF and the rifle was a Winchester pump with a fluted twist tube magazine. Any info appreciated.
 
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You have an amalgam of rifle descriptions there. It sounds as if he has a Remington in .25-20 Repeater aka the .25 WCF. Should be a nice rifle.



Ammo is still made, .25-20.

I find such confusing descriptions are very common.
 
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Thanks Hobie. I'll pass the information to my friend and remind him to quit mixing parts on his rifles.
 
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Hobie nailed it.

The use of ".xx WCF" as an alternative to the typical "caliber-BP charge" designation is very common Winchester practice from the pre-WW2 period (e.g. .44-40 = .44 WCF) . . . and other firearms makers generally use the designation adopted by the company which develops the roung. Sales & profits drive these companies - if they can adapt a competitor's cartridge to their own line, they will, whether today or in the past.
 
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