.25-45 sharps

[79troublehead]

I started my .300 BO build, but in the spirit of true ADD, I've been looking at the .25-45 Sharps. Basically a .223 necked to .25 with a slight neck angle adjustment.  Same platform advantages as the BO; replace the barrel and shoot.   A ballistic equivalence to the .250-3000 Savage with the original 87 gr bullet: Around 3000 fps. Anybody here done any work with one?

[gregintenn]

I haven't, but do own a variety of rifles in 250-3000 as well as 257 Roberts. As they are both 3000 fps rounds with an 87 grain projectile, it sure sounds like a great idea to me!

 

If you find a 250-3000 or 257 Roberts that isn't accurate, somebody has likely screwed with it.

 

They are perfect for whitetails and coyotes.

 

The only downside I see is that here, I would fear a round of it would somehow find it's way into a 556 chamber.

 

I'll keep my deer rifles with levers or bolts.

Edited December 3, 2014 by gregintenn

[79troublehead]

My hunting rifles are also levers (rossi and savage), or bolts (remington 788,700, and model 30 for nostalgia).  And while the .257 and .250 savage are perfectly adequate whitetail and coyote rounds, I'm more inclined to the .30's: .308,.30/06, and .300 savage.  So, the .25-45 won't fill any perceived need anymore than the .300BO will. It's just a thought to build a little better balanced (ballistically) rifle on the AR platform. As far as the fear of chambering an oversized round, I've heard of people cramming a .300BO round into a 5.56 barrel and firing it. You really got to pay attention.

[raildog]

Just ordered a complete upper,100 rounds of ammo,rifle case,and reloading dies from SRC today has any one tryed this out yet what do you think of it