Hollenbeck drilling:12guage over .25-25 Stevens:handed down through my family.Very tight and in excellent condition. According to 1908 Prospectus: "rifle-barrels are made from special high-grade nickel steel,...having a tensile strength of over 110,000 lbs. to the square inch, and an elastic limit of over 100,000 lbs. The lug is 7/8-in. wide constructed of tool steel, which reinforsec the barrel at the point where the explosion occurs...Our Three-Barrel Guns are made to handle all regular standard loads of smokeless or black powder...the rifle barrels will shoot the full jacketed,soft nose, or tempered lead bullets...calibres:32-40,30-30,25-35,25-25 and 25-20...12,16 and shot barrels,28 in. long."
Can I hand load the .25-25 Stevens with IMR 4350 and Nosler 85 gr ballistic tip,put a .308 insert in one of the 12 guage barrels and mount a Zeiss 30mmtube,1.5X6X42 with a pivot or claw mount after a highly regared antique gunsmith clears my plan? That "rust-belt" gunsmith suggested this forum to help with loading the .25-25 Stevens!
