A quick look at .25 Remington, a cartridge that’s been barely hanging on since the 1950s.
The .25 Remington is one of a series of rimless cartridges developed for the Remington Model 8 Autoloading rifle, and then later used in other Remington rifles. It was introduced in 1906. The Remington Model 14 pump action, Model 30 bolt action and Stevens Model 425 lever action also used the .25 Remington.
No rifles have chambered this cartridge since 1942, and the ammunition companies stopped loading it about 1950. Buffalo Arms offers loaded ammunition for this round (AMO25REM).
The .25 Remington is nothing more than a rimless version of the .25-35, but it differs slightly in shape. The two are not interchangeable. Since the Remington line of rifles, particularly the Model 30 bolt action, would stand higher pressures than the lever action, it is possible to get slightly better performance out of the .25 Remington. However, the difference is not sufficient to make the rimless version anything but a barely adequate deer cartridge.
It will, however, do for varmints and small to medium game, and deer in a pinch, provided the hunter is a good shot. The .25 Remington is not in the same class as the .250 Savage or the .257 Roberts.
In 2022, Buffalo Arms listed a .25 Remington load in a 117-grain jacketed soft point.
.25 Remington Loading Data and Factory Ballistics
| Bullet (grains/type) |
Powder | Grains | Velocity | Energy | Source |
| 60 SP | H4895 | 31.0 | 2,900 | 1,121 | Hornady |
| 60 SP | IMR4320 | 32.0 | 2,900 | 1,121 | Hornady |
| 117 SP | H4895 | 26.5 | 2,200 | 1,258 | Hornady |
| 117 SP | IMR3031 | 25.5 | 2,300 | 1,375 | Hornady |
| 100 SP | FL | – | 2,330 | 1,216 | Factory load |
| 117 SP | FL | – | 2,125 | 1,175 | Buffalo Arms AMO25REM |
Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt of Gun Digest’s Cartridge’s Of The World.
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