i already posted this on another board, but perhaps you guys might have some more info
i just came across a huge reloading score


and this suprised me quite a bit

its hodgon 4831 and the powder still looks great

i have 6 or 7 pounds of it, and it looks to all be still sealed






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does anyone have any info on this caliber 25x350 rem mag?

a good friend of my dads past away and we ended up with this rifle and ton of reloading stuff

iv went thru hid data book, but nothing for other calibers. So the only data i have right now is what listed on top of the ammo box

anyways here are some pictures

all his daughter was able to tell us was that its a custom gun that he was working on

the only markings on it are

MAG 34868

here are some pics of it (im no photography expert)

the gun is beautiful











this is the only data we can find that he had

Very close in performance to the 25-06.Reasonable safe starting loads might be about 5% above .257 Roberts recommended loads and than work up. roger

Surplus Hodgdon 4831 is a great powder. I have never seen any go bad, but since it is now in excess of 60 years old and yours could have been stored in adverse conditions, check it for indications of deterioration like red dust or acrid smell. I'm stingily rationing the last of my stock of surplus 4831 and it shoots every bit as well as the day it came out of Bruce Hodgdon's grain silo. Its burning characteristics are very close to the currently manufactured H4831, so you can use that data as a guide.

The .25-.350 magnum is almost identical to the .25-284 in capacity (the .350 case has perhaps a grain more). As Bartsche says, it is also virtually the same as the case capacity of the .25-06, so starting loads for that cartridge can be used.

The rifle in the photo looks very much like an H&R built on an FN Mauser action with the stock fore end slightly modified. However, since no markings are visible in the photo, it could be anyone's M98 commercial Mauser copy -- Zastava, Santa Barbara, or others.

MY first bag of IMR 4895 came from Hodgdon's in a brown paper sandwich bag!

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Originally posted by bartsche:
Very close in performance to the 25-06.Reasonable safe starting loads might be about 5% above .257 Roberts recommended loads and than work up. roger

what roger said .. though i would probably just use 2506 starting loads

The stock is a Fajen Aristocrat and was available to gunsmiths and hobbyists/amateurs for many years.

It could have been made by almost anyone.