A few years back I found a Winchester M43 that had been converted to 25 Hornet. I had never even heard of such a cartridge until that day. A gunsmith that I knew at the time bought it because he had a fair amount of M43 parts including barrels and was going to turn it back into a 22 Hornet. Seemed like a money pit to me.
.25 Hornets were often done to give new life to a shot out barrel, especially Savage 23 type rifles that had a one piece barrel/action. Like many things from the 50's nobody really needs one with all of the better solutions today ...
