Thread: 25 Cal these days

Anyone do any loading for the 25-303? I've got one in the safes and was on the ballistics calculator last night. A87gt pill going 3000fps with a 25 yard zero shoots back to zero at 275m with only 3 inches of rise between that.

Any of you old boys got some tips for loading the 25-303?

Originally Posted by SeftonB

Anyone do any loading for the 25-303? I've got one in the safes and was on the ballistics calculator last night. A87gt pill going 3000fps with a 25 yard zero shoots back to zero at 275m with only 3 inches of rise between that.

Any of you old boys got some tips for loading the 25-303?

If you find someone, let me know.
Got one to try myself but needs a couple of things doing to it

Originally Posted by SeftonB

Anyone do any loading for the 25-303? I've got one in the safes and was on the ballistics calculator last night. A87gt pill going 3000fps with a 25 yard zero shoots back to zero at 275m with only 3 inches of rise between that.

Any of you old boys got some tips for loading the 25-303?

Greetings @SeftonB,
Cyril Waterworth had some data in his book. Most of the powders you can't get anymore but the loads were similar to the .250-3000 Savage. With wildcats you never know exactly what you have and it would be wise to compare the case capacity with the Savage. You need to do this with a case fired from your rifle. If the capacity is the same or more than the Savage then a start load from the latter data could be chronographed to establish a base line to work from. ADI has some data.
Regards Grandpamac.