Reeder Custom Guns - Shame on me, I never got to it. Too pretty

MP Moulds in Slovenia. It’s a .258” gas check mould at 53-56 grs. depending on the nose you choose. Three variations to pick from. A recreation of the Cramer design moulds. I bought it for the .255 Banshee and it should be a dandy. I think the Aussies had this drawn up to shoot Jackrabbits in .25-20 Martinis and lever guns. Certainly even in the revolver it should get close to 2000 fps. The .256 Win. old school TC too! If I can bear to actually use it, a work of art on my desk.

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"I think the Aussies had this drawn up to shoot Jackrabbits in .25-20 Martinis and lever guns."..... If that is the 257 Jack Rabbit by MP, that mold was designed by Fermin Garza for a wildcat, basically a shortened 25-20 WCF to be used in a single six.

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Thing may have come afterward. I can’t believe I just made it up, I’m not that creative. Sounds worthy of some more research. Fantastic workmanship.

The little .257 is an odd one. The .255 Banshee acts like a straight wall case in performance. It’s less prone to back out. The Hornet case is not too resilient, but with care it works good. Gary reworked the idea on the .32 H&R which is a grand idea. I actually made workable .22-.327 FA brass on that case with zero losses. The .25 would be a cake walk. The .32-20 case is notably fragile and I’d not fancy mashing it around to .25. But I know guys do it all the time, to .218 Bee as well. .25-20 and .218 Bee brass is hard to find sometimes and usually expensive. Hence the motivation to fabricate or form a plan B.

I have a 80 gr. FPGC mould that shot great from the .255 Banshee and even .25-35. The flyweight bullet should be even more fun.

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Shame on me, I never got to it. Too pretty

257 Jack Rabbit

Thanks Kevin, I’ll ask him about that. The Aussie