Another new toy: Well new to me and not a toy Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf Mfg. 1902 Purchased last month after waiting for a year for the price to come down to what it was actually worth.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Well new to me and not a toy
Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf Mfg. 1902
Purchased last month after waiting for a year for the price to come down to what it was actually worth. Due to the age and use there was no real collector value left in the gun.
However it appealed to me!! I paid just a tad more than half the asking price, the paid another $275.00 to make it a good serviceable shooter.

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Sorry for the poor I/Q, I had already put the strobe away when I realized I had screwed up on the DOF.

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whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.

Cool gun. Enjoy.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Nice! Will you purchase ammo, or do you handload?

tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

Looks nice. Is that an octagon barrel?
I don't think I have heard of that caliber.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

Manglesphoto wrote:

Well new to me and not a toy
Marlin 1894 25-20 wcf Mfg. 1902
Purchased last month after waiting for a year for the price to come down to what it was actually worth. Due to the age and use there was no real collector value left in the gun.
However it appealed to me!! I paid just a tad more than half the asking price, the paid another $275.00 to make it a good serviceable shooter.

Kewl! Luv old guns.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

whatdat wrote:

Cool gun. Enjoy.

Thank you very much

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

It looks like a much older version of my Marlin, a .444 that is about 45 years old. Enjoy your new firearm.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

TriX wrote:

Nice! Will you purchase ammo, or do you handload?

Thank you very much.
At over $70.00 for 50 rounds I will buy a couple more boxes then reload. I also own a 32-20 single shot that I built in the late 1970's, I am in the process of building a single shot 25-20 barrel for the 32-20.
Waiting for a reamer to get here then back to the machinery.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

tradio wrote:

Looks nice. Is that an octagon barrel?
I don't think I have heard of that caliber.

Yes 24" octagon, your just too damned young lol, The parent round 32-20 is ballistic similar to the 30 cal carbine , but not quite as noisy.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Sinewsworn wrote:

Kewl! Luv old guns.

I do too, but they must be in working order.

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

rmorrison1116 wrote:

It looks like a much older version of my Marlin, a .444 that is about 45 years old. Enjoy your new firearm.

Thank you very much
I think the .444 was built on a larger frame version of the model 336

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Manglesphoto wrote:

Thank you very much.
At over $70.00 for 50 rounds I will buy a couple more boxes then reload. I also own a 32-20 single shot that I built in the late 1970's, I am in the process of building a single shot 25-20 barrel for the 32-20.
Waiting for a reamer to get here then back to the machinery.

I presume then that you have a serious lathe. Is that a 25-20 Winchester or 25-20 Single Shot?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

tradio wrote:

Looks nice. Is that an octagon barrel?
I don't think I have heard of that caliber.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's a .25 (.258) cal. bullet on a necked down 32-20 case. If I remember correctly, 25-20 means a .25 cal. round and 20 grains of powder - is that correct manglesphoto?

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

TriX wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's a .25 (.258) cal. bullet on a necked down 32-20 case. If I remember correctly, 25-20 means a .25 cal. round and 20 grains of powder - is that correct manglesphoto?

Bingo!!!!!! that was 20 grains of black powder
as are the 218 bee and the 219 zipper

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

TriX wrote:

I presume then that you have a serious lathe. Is that a 25-20 Winchester or 25-20 Single Shot?

I have a small lathe of 1948 vintage Southbend. The round 25-20 WCF there were rifles and handguns chambered for the round.
I am setting up a new barrel for a single shot rifle I built on a 1901 Harrington-Richardson shotgun action.