Has anyone made a single shot 25-20 WCF? I thought NEF/H&R would have at some point, appears not so.
I'd like a 25-20 WCF but not enough to pay $4k for an antique lever action.
Maybe rebore/rechamber or reline a 22 Hornet?

Reline a Martini cadet. plenty of them around with 32-20 rechambering

I had a Thompson Contender carbine in 25/20.
Shot cast bullets well.
Somebody wanted it more than me and I sold the barrel. Planned to make another but then Savage in 25/20 Single Shot caught my eye.

Savage mod. 219 was made in 25-20, 22 Hornet, and 30-30. Hard to find a 25-20, always wanted one to rechamber to the 25-35 but no luck so far..seen a couple that were price out of sight..

You could have one built on a number of actions, both SS and lever actions..Id like an old Rem pump in 25-20 or better yet there 32-20..Come to think of it I shot my first couple of deer and antelope with a 32-20...one with a 25-20 and that was a long chase and a number of shots, it wasn't my idea of a deer rifle..

Husqvarna made a series of cute little single shot bolt rifles between the wars including the model 26 in .25-20 WCF as well as the model 25 in .32-20 and the model 35 in .30-30, and the larger action version model 45 in .45-70 Gov't. I have a mod 25 that started out as a .32-20 that I had rebored to .38 Special since the bore was trashed. Nice little rifles, not terribly common in anything but the .32-20 version though, and most often found missing their extractors since those fall off when you remove the bolt.

Look for a Savage 23B. I bought one last year for $200. They made them in 22 hornet, 25-20 and 32-20. They were all 23's with the letter at the end changing with the caliber.
I have one I made on a .310 cadet, plus a very nice Win 92. Fun little caliber.
Marlin made a few in the M. 1894 also.

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Originally posted by theback40:
Look for a Savage 23B. I bought one last year for $200. They made them in 22 hornet, 25-20 and 32-20. They were all 23's with the letter at the end changing with the caliber.
I have one I made on a .310 cadet, plus a very nice Win 92. Fun little caliber.
Marlin made a few in the M. 1894 also.

I picked up a box of reloadable brass awhile back, with a few loaded rounds to tempt me, and reloading dies from ebay.
If I saw a 23B for $200 I'd grab it quick. The lever guns are pricey, not to mention kind of heavy for a light caliber.

Ooohh, just discovered that Savage made a model 219, a break-open single shot action. One of the calibers was 25-20 WCF...

I used to have a little bolt action in 22 hornet, 218 bee, 25-20 and 32-20 a mod. 5? neat little guns, but not single shots..and as tom suggested a savage 23B, but they were inferior to the Win., but fine for a 25-20, the hornet tended to develope headspace in time Im told, and I had a Bee with headspace at one time???

Ruger no. 1 and no. 3 has been available in 22 Hornet and 218 Bee, either would make a good rebore I suppose.

Lots of options out there but the Sav. mod 219 in 25-20 would be the easy way, even though if you find one, it wont be cheap, but cheaper than a lot of custom work..They are nice little guns and Ive owned several in 30-30..handy little saddle gun and pickup gun..Maybe reline a 30-30 would be an option???

A 25-20 liner is $130-something from Brownell's, then some ejector work. Not real bad...

Well, it ain't cheap but, it is good, very good!! I bought a Jeffrey Rook rifle that was originally 255 Jeffrey. When it came to the US a previous owner re-chambered it to 25-20. When I bought it the barrel was a sewer pipe....or smoke stack. It was simply awful. I bought a 25 cal. liner from an outfit in Tennessee and my gunsmith installed it....back to 25-20. The original 255 Jeffrey was simply cost prohibitive. Thing is you can't load it to 25-20 levels BUT!! It's incredibly accurate and a whale of a lot of fun.

I have a Marlin classic 1894 from around 1990 that I really like. Keep an eye out, they sometimes come up relatively cheap.

Another interesting choice are the Husky single shots. Looks like Simpson's has one.

https://simpsonltd.com/husqvar...-bolt-action-z45482/

Had a model 43 Winchester in 25/20 & it was a dandy shooter with cast bullets. They also made them in 22 Hornet, 218 Bee & 32/20. Most all of them had headspace problems but it was an easy fix with that split bolt.

Dick

Ive had a few Win 43s in hornet and Bee, never liked the 25-20, 32-20 or 22 magnum only because a 22 LR was so much cheaper to shoot. but I like the guns in those small calibers. The 22 magnum rem pump (mod 61?) used to be my turkey gun but a handloaded 222 was just as good soooo!

The mod 43 did have a tendency, as did the Savage in 25-20 or 32-20 to get head space but that can be prevented by improving it, a 32-20 IMP is bordering on Texas hill country white tail rifle.

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Originally posted by dean119:
I have a Marlin classic 1894 from around 1990 that I really like. Keep an eye out, they sometimes come up relatively cheap.

Another interesting choice are the Husky single shots. Looks like Simpson's has one.

https://simpsonltd.com/husqvar...-bolt-action-z45482/

That one at Simpson's is gone but they have others in a reasonable price range. Can I sneak one past Freda, or will she recognize a new one?

I picked up a small Remington Rolling Block rifle at a local auction. It was originally in 25-20 but the barrel was severely pitted. Tried shooting it but the bullets hit the target randomly and not always point forward so I had it relined again to 25-20.

You guys do realize that the 25-20 WCF and the 25-20 Single Shot are not the same cartridge at all. I just saw this in the Single Shot forum; didn't read any of it...

yes, I do realize that there are two totally different 25-20 cartridges.

We always shot cast GC bullets in the 25/20 so it was cheap to shoot, one of my boys killed 2 deer with it but both were quite close. My oldest son who is a gunsmith has 4, maybe 5 of them in 22 Hornet & 218 Bee, all had headspace problems when he got them but as I mentioned before it's an easy fix with that split bolt.
Fun on Ground Squirrels. Clips are hard to find.