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Garandimal said:↑
25 should have been in the .308 case (or 7x57/6.5x55 for that matter)
It is - 7x57 necked down to 25 cal is called the 257 Roberts, and it's been around for about a century now.
Word.
Well... not quite. The mauser case compared to the 308 case is not apples to apples. The 7x57 will not fit into a short action as designed; though Remington did jam their 257 Roberts in the model 721, which prevented seating bullets out past the mag well length. The 308 case has less case capacity than the mauser case. And as another member already pointed out, SAAMI and other cartridge czars designate the 308 case with significantly more pressure. This is usually due to the "old, weaker, pre-98" milsurp rifles concern... though that's another whole conversation.
A 308 necked down to quarter-bore (25-08) is something I've always though would be a fun wildcat.I remember reading about it years back and someone nicknamed it the "25 Souper". You could make the argument that the 250 savage and the 257 roberts kept the 25 souper from commercial offerings but I'm not so sure about that.
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