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Hornady and Winchester still make 25-35 brass. Definitely seems like a roll your own type of rifle.

I've been stocking up on some home roles myself. I got 600 rounds .357 and 200 rounds 45-70 ready for some nice weather.
The savings on the 45-70 is substantial considering it's $60-$75 a box in my area.
I did the math assuming at least 10 firings on the brass.

Plinkers with Berry's Plated Bullets: 6¢ Brass, 23¢ Bullet, 25¢ Powder, 8¢ Primer - 62¢ per Round

Thumpers with Hornady/Speer JSP: 6¢ Brass, 65¢ Bullet, 30¢ Powder, 8¢ Primer - $1.09 Round

And the old saying is definitely true, you don't save any money reloading....you just shoot more.
 
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7CardBud said:
Hornady and Winchester still make 25-35 brass. Definitely seems like a roll your own type of rifle.
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Yeah, with the new no lead laws in Ca. the gun is pretty much relegated to a wall hanger or target gun. To use it for hunting I'd have to reload copper rounds, and I'm not sure if the barrel has enough twist for a copper round. They're brush guns, the effective range is only about 125 yards.

It's cool you have a 45-70, I've always wanted one of those. Old guns just have a look and feel to them.
 
Phytoplankton said:
Yeah, with the new no lead laws in Ca. the gun is pretty much relegated to a wall hanger or target gun. To use it for hunting I'd have to reload copper rounds, and I'm not sure if the barrel has enough twist for a copper round. They're brush guns, the effective range is only about 125 yards.

It's cool you have a 45-70, I've always wanted one of those. Old guns just have a look and feel to them.
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I did sone reading and it seems those older 25-35s had a 1-8 twist, later they moved to 1-10. That should work for modern .257 copper bullets.

I wouldn't have traded in some of my grampa's cool old guns that had hard to find pricey ammo if I was reloading years ago.
Two guns from the 1930's a 300 Savage Model99 and .22 Hornet Winchester Model 54.
 
7CardBud said:
I did sone reading and it seems those older 25-35s had a 1-8 twist, later they moved to 1-10. That should work for modern .257 copper bullets.

I wouldn't have traded in some of my grampa's cool old guns that had hard to find pricey ammo if I was reloading years ago.
Two guns from the 1930's a 300 Savage Model99 and .22 Hornet Winchester Model 54.
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Pretty sure mine is a 1-8, but I use a .270 now for my deer hunting. Where I hunt there are blacktails, which are smaller, but there's also mule deer, and that would be on the edge for a 25-35, would have to be a real close shot. I've also got a WWI 30-40 Kraig, which is still a relatively easy round to find. The other difficult one is an old 22WRF pump, that's also hard to find shells for, no way will they ever make those in copper, so it's a target gun exclusively now. I've got several older shotguns that are target only, or I have to use bismuth shot, which is prohibitively pricey for duck hunting. I also have a replica blackpowder percussion cap 12 gauge (side by side), it's a blast to shoot, but again, needs bismith shot. I learned early that you better pull the second barrel real quick or you can't see through the smoke, there's a reason they called them "iron skunks"!
 
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