The 225 Winchester

Austin Laughlin

Austin Laughlin

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I have a friend, and his dad is selling a 225 Winchester. The gun is a Model 70 and a real work of art, but I have absolute no knowledge of the 225 win.

What little research I’ve done, seems to be a ballistic twin to the 22-250. I don’t really think I’d be gaining anything performance wise over what Ive already got. It seems to me like it would just be a cool gun to own, and a conversation piece.

Am I right? Or am I missing something.

Thanks y’all

-Austin
 
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If I had the extra money in my pocket, I would buy it for the coolness value by itself. I don’t know what it’s ballistic twin is I’m sure I could figure it out after I googled it or looked in a load book. I’m sure if you had buyers remorse it would be pretty easy to turn and burn.
 
Dultimatpredator said:
If I had the extra money in my pocket, I would buy it for the coolness value by itself. I don’t know what it’s ballistic twin is I’m sure I could figure it out after I googled it or looked in a load book. I’m sure if you had buyers remorse it would be pretty easy to turn and burn.
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The cartridges even look fairly similar, and my manual showed that they’re pretty similar. I haven’t tried reading much online or anything like that yet.

Its definitely a cool conversation piece
 
It is basically obsolete. I have a Springfield model 840 in 30-30 (identically to the savage 340) which my dad bought at a pawn shop for $75 for me for my 8th grade graduation. Not a great shooter, but I killed my first 7 or 8 deer and hog with it until I bought my own Ruger M77 in .270 in college.

That is relevant only in that on the margazine for it is stamped 30-30 and 225 Winchester. So they must have chambered it for the 225 as well and the magazines were interchangeable with the 30-30 both being rimmed cartridges.
 
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Yellowhammer said:
It is basically obsolete. I have a Springfield model 840 in 30-30 (identically to the savage 340) which my dad bought at a pawn shop for $75 for me for my 8th grade graduation. Not a great shooter, but I killed my first 7 or 8 deer and hog with it until I bought my own Ruger M77 in .270 in college.

That is relevant only in that on the margazine for it is stamped 30-30 and 225 Winchester. So they must have chambered it for the 225 as well and the magazines were interchangeable with the 30-30.
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Interesting. It definitely seems like the old cartridge is pretty much dead.
 
If it rings your chimes get it. Brass isn't as big a problem as being made out. It more than likely be more of a occasional shooter and 20 pieces of brass will let you kill a few coyotes a year for the rest of your life.

One of my favorite predator hunting rifles has never had ammo loaded in this country and none in Europe since the 1930s plus nobody makes .260 bullets. I make the brass and swage .264 bullets down. 6,5x58R Sauer & Son

Another favorite for me is the 22 Savage high-powered (5.6x52R) S&B still loads for it. .plus I shoot a 5.6x50R Magnum.

I just pulled out "The Handloaders Manual of Cartridge Conversions" and brass can be made from 30-30 brass, the hardest part will be turning the rim to .473 but the can be done on a drill press.

I wouldn't pass on a nice model 70 just because brass is inconvenient. Plus oddball brass brins the price down.
 
It's kind of funny because just a couple days ago I was telling an old buddy about my first deer hunting season, my uncle took my to a pretty good local spot he got permission on and there were several guys staying and hunting out of a cabin there and one of them had a 225 Winchester. That would have been about 1990 or maybe 89 and that's the first and last 225 I've seen in the wild.
 
This one looks more like a show piece. It’s one of the cleanest rifles I’ve ever been around, it looks like you just took it out of the box.

I’ve got no experience with one, but I may grab it and have it just to show off if nothing else.
 
Austin Laughlin said:
I have a friend, and his dad is selling a 225 Winchester. The gun is a Model 70 and a real work of art, but I have absolute no knowledge of the 225 win.

What little research I’ve done, seems to be a ballistic twin to the 22-250. I don’t really think I’d be gaining anything performance wise over what Ive already got. It seems to me like it would just be a cool gun to own, and a conversation piece.

Am I right? Or am I missing something.

Thanks y’all

-Austin
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I had one of my 243's re-barreled to 250 Rem even though I had a 6.5x55 and a 6.5x06 when I did it. I didn't need a 260 any more than I needed two 243. I like 6.5.s and now I have another. Cool! :) Now I'd like to have another 222 Rem but I still have a 243. I seldom ever shoot varmints and the 243 I still have will do fine on any predator I might decide to go shoot. But a 222 Rem is really cool! :)
 
If its something you'd like to have and the price is right then I wouldn't let brass hold you back. It may take a while to find some and be a little pricey to buy but that's what we do isn't it!!
 
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I had one of my 243's re-barreled to 250 Rem even though I had a 6.5x55 and a 6.5x06 when I did it. I didn't need a 260 any more than I needed two 243. I like 6.5.s and now I have another. Cool! :) Now I'd like to have another 222 Rem but I still have a 243. I seldom ever shoot varmints and the 243 I still have will do fine on any predator I might decide to go shoot. But a 222 Rem is really cool! :)
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Nice!
 
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