Is 250 GNR the best of the small .25 cal. Reeder cartridges

Keith
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Sunday, October 02, 2022, 15:56 (543 days ago)

I was looking over the reloading manual, and noticed very little differences among the stated ballistics of the 250 GNR, 251 Falcon, and 255 Banshee.

Given that (1) forming 250 GNR is much simpler (it just requires running 32 h&r brass through a sizing die), whereas 251 Falcon requires annealing 25-20, and necking up k-hornet is more time consuming; and (2) 250 GNR can be chambered in anything the other two can, plus the bearcat, is there any reason for 251 Falcon or 255 Banshee to exist in the face of 250 GNR?

Btw, is there a typo in the manual re: the trim length for 250 GNR? It shows 1.19" trim length, but 32 H&R brass is nominally only 1.075" to begin with.

I have a couple .255 Banshee, a TC 10” and

WB
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Sunday, October 02, 2022, 20:06 (543 days ago) @ Keith

An 8-shot Blackhawk. The benefits to the .25 cal. are the cast bullet possibilities. The .32 H&R has about the same powder capacity as the k-fied Hornet case and indeed probably will last more firings given less attention. The Banshee can be long for some revolver applications.

I had a FA .224-327 and ended up just using .32 H&R cases that were cheaper and less of a fuss to form. Much to the cringe of Mr. Baker! Lol. But they did great. Bob was going to do a .25 on his case but never got around to it. Gary did exactly what I thought it should be anyway, simple on the .32 H&R. I necked .32 to .22 in one pass just fine so .25 should be a breeze.

The .240 and .255 Banshee are great in their own right. Totally different animals in revolver compared to single shot. Again the .25 has more cast options and the .240 really surprises. But keep in mind some of the 6mm bullets are designed to perform at 3500 fps plus! They act like FMJ 1000 fps slower, so stick to the lightest most frangible projectiles. The .25/20 bullets are well within the Banshee’s velocity capability.

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