One of my all time favorite cartridges. For years I loaded the 75 grain Speer pretty hot, never got satisfactory accuracy doing so. I did kill quite a bit of stuff, beaver, porcupines....stuff that size and it was deadly. Finally started loading the 86 grain Remington flat nose bullets at more traditional velocities and they shot much better. I tried 75 grain hollowpoint spitzers, but never got any kind of accuracy with them. My son has my .25-20 now and plays with it some. If I were inclined to start from scratch, I'd either find some .25-20 brass or form some .32-20's into it. I can't believe it's that big a deal to do. I've made a lot of .22 HP out of .30-30's without a great deal of loss, just takes working out a system to do it gently. I would also get a mold made to cast a bullet like the 86 grain Remington from 30-1 alloy and powder coat them. I think, running them at traditional velocities, one would have no trouble and a lot of fun. It's a great little cartridge.
