225 cal win

ky_riverrat

September 12, 2002 18:34

i have a 225 win cal. single shot rifle in great condition. don,t know the make or model it don,t have many markings beside the cal. it breaks down with a lever like a shotgun. i have never heard of this cal. so any help on this gun would be great. thanks jeff hutson hickman ky

j.l.hutson

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  mark christian

  September 12, 2002 18:45

  I have not thought about this cartridge for quite a while. I think it came out in the early 1960'a as a replacement for the .220 swift. It never really caught on and I think it was discontinued in around 1973. I suppose that it is still a fine varmint round, but Im sure most folks would rather have a .22-250 (my choice). Winchester still loads this round- I think? Anyone shoot this regularly?
  
  
  "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!"
  
  Mark T. Christian

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  cowdoc

  September 12, 2002 18:49

  cant help you on the rifle but ....the .225 win was introduced in 1964 to get back 22 cal shooters who left the 220 swift and had gone to the 6mm's after winchester disc the 220 swift.. the case is called semi rimmed.
  It lost popularity it might have had to the 22-250 remington which remington finally brought out as a commercial cartridge in 1965.
  this info was taken from sierra reloading manual.
  doc

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  25-06

  September 14, 2002 08:05

  The cartridge was a very accurate one, and produced velocities slightly behind the 22-250 which really was responsible for the demise of the 225. That and the fact that the Winchester rifles of that era were butt-ugly. Do you have pictures that you could post of the rifle, that might help.

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  218Beekeep

  September 15, 2002 11:54

  I`ve got a Win.M-70 from '65
  in 225.Awsome!
  
  Seems like Savage may have made
  one of their single shots in .225
  something like their M-219,maybe.
  I`ll check.
  
  .218

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  v35

  September 15, 2002 13:47

  The .225 Winchester is an identical (except for a reduced rim) cartridge to the .219 Ackley Improved Zipper. The Ackley Zipper and the 22-250 are both old wildcat varmint cartridges having the same ballistics except that the Ackley Zipper was intended for single shot actions. Extraction of rimmed cases poses fewer problems for single shot rifles than rimless cases do.
  Had Winchester reissued the High Wall at the same time as coming out with the .225, the cartridge would still be around.
  Why they came out with a bolt action in this caliber escapes me.
  Cases can be easily made from 30-30 or 32 Special brass by necking down, trimming the rims and fire forming.

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