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It was based on the .30 Remington cartridge. [2] The .25 Remington cartridge dates to 1906 and its introduction by Remington in the Model 8 rifle. [3] [4] [5] Other rifles chambered for the .25 Remington include the Remington 14 slide-action, Remington 30 bolt action, Stevens 425 lever-action, and Standard Arms rifles.
Common rifle cartridges, from the largest .50 BMG to the smallest .22 Long Rifle with a $1 United States dollar bill in the background as a reference point.. This is a table of selected pistol/submachine gun and rifle/machine gun cartridges by common name.
In an article titled "The .25-06 Remington", Chuck Hawks states that the .25-06 is "the best selling .25 caliber cartridge". Chuck Hawks is a well respected and widely published firearms and reloading expert. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.54.117.235 20:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
The .257 Roberts, also known as .257 Bob, [2] is a medium-powered .25 caliber rifle cartridge.It has been described as the best compromise between the low recoil and flat trajectory of smaller calibers such as the 5 mm (.22 in) and 6 mm (.24 in), and has more energy, but is harder recoiling, similar to larger hunting calibers, such as the 7 mm (.28 in) and 7.62 mm (.30 in).
Toggle Pistol cartridges subsection. 1.1.25 in (6.5 mm) 2 See also. ... .25 caliber may refer to the following firearms cartridges: Pistol cartridges. Name Bullet
In comparison to the .22 Long Rifle some sources note that its ballistics suffered from an excessively high trajectory for a rifle cartridge (a drop of 5.1 in (130 mm) at 100 yd (91 m)), [1] while others praise its inherent accuracy, and larger versatility due to being much more powerful, especially when used in revolvers.
All metal-linked ammunition was reserved for the Army Air Force and Naval Aviation. When the US Army Air Force .30-caliber machine gun was superseded by the .50-caliber machine gun mid-war, all .30-caliber ammunition began to be belted in M1 250-round belts for infantry use or M3 100-round woven belts for use in vehicles and tanks.
While the .25-25 was popular, the .25-21 offered "practically the same performance and was a little cleaner shooting." [2] It was also found the usual 20 or 21 gr (1.30 or 1.36 g) black powder charge of the shorter, bottlenecked .25-21 offered "practically the same ballistics" as 24 or 25 gr (1.56 or 1.62 g) in the .25-25. It was highly ...