Thread: Lever Action Back From The Dead

Originally Posted by Got-ya

Well done. I would have got the barrel drilled and tapped while at the gunsmith, plenty of meat in that one. As you said it has little to no collector value so what does a few more holes matter?. May as well be put to work.

You now have a reloadable .22 mag

If the no drill base moves or gives trouble then I will drill and tap it , but I have used the same base on my 44/40 for quite a few months and it never moved .
The 25-20 is quite a bit more than a .22 Mag in reality, the factory ammo I have is loaded with 85gn bullets and they lope along at about 1400fps but can be hand loaded up to 1700 - 1750 fps in this old action safety ( factory ammo is down loaded for liability reasons I’m told ).
I have all the gear to reload for it now minus the powder but will be loading 60gn bullets at somewhere between 2100-2200fps .
Those figures leave the .22 Mag in its dust .
My .22Mag is running CCI A22 ammo which has a 35gn bullet doing somewhere in that 2100-2200fps range , so nearly twice the bullet weight at the same speed .
Not going to bother reloading for it though until I burn through the 100 rounds of factory stuff which will probably take a while because I don’t target shoot the thing and I’m lucky to let off 3 - 4 shots a week .