If you could resurrect a dead cartridge, which one would you chose?

[mshootnit]

That didn't work out too well for Remington.

That system suffered from three things
Scarcity of components, Complexity of the system, and price. We have 10 more years'worth of technology now, and ALL of the functional problems could be solved easily. Price? well shouldn't be too big of an issue but yeah, it would cost a little more.
What you get though is an instantaneous ignition, perfect trigger, and increased accuracy. I think it is worth another look.
Electric fuel pumps are better than the old mechanical ones. Computer controlled ignition is better than a mechanical distributor. Time and tech march on...

 

[dieselchief]

I don't have to resurrect anything, lol. I got mines already. 218 bee, 32 20, 44 40, 7 30 waters, 375 win big bore aka close enough to a 38 55. just saying. dc

 

[tark]

Yes you are WONG....75 grain at 3300fps....and it was a factory loading UMC loading, not a Winchester loading.

Still waiting for some proof......because I think you're making that up. I can find NO evidence that U.M.C. ever loaded that bullet weight in that cartridge.

Perhaps you should read up some more and start looking at Wikipedia, it is accurate most of the time.

 

[lysanderxiii]

You have to understand it was made to poke holes in torpedo boats....at the time a real issue to larger ships....this is why the Navy wanted something small fast and hard hitting for those lightly armored torpedo boats.

6mm Lee-Navy was not design for anti-ship use, 1 inch or larger rapid fire guns were for that purpose. It was intended for infantry use.

 

[Gordon]

The 6mm Lee navy was an attempt to "one up" the international research going on for a smaller higher velocity caliber after the 7mm Mauser was proving so deadly around the world. A lot of nations went to 6.5 mm cartridges in that period only to be wisened up to the effectivness of the .30 or 8mm round in real battle use and especially for machine gun use. I too think there was NEVER a 75 grain loading of the 6mm Lee Navy that hit any way near 3300 FPS on this planet ! Never and technically impossible till much later. The .243 with modern powders of bigger capacity does that !

 

[pert near]

The .256 Win Magnum. A neat little cartridge made by necking-down the .357 Mag. With the rim, it makes a nice single-shot or lever rifle. Good pistol round also.

 

[CoalTrain49]

I'm still mad about the loading companies stopping the making of 25/20 ammo
and brass. The 25/20 is a fine little small game cartridge.

Zeke

My neighbor has a Win 92 in 25-20 that belonged to his mom. He's 88. I doubt that rifle has been fired in 40 years. He said his mom used to hunt deer with it when they lived on the Olympic Peninsula around 1930. Back in those days I guess a person used what they had to put meat in the pot.

 

[tark]

Went to a little mom and pop gun store today and lookey what I found!! They wanted a buck a shot. I pounced on that in a New York second!! Outrageous price? Of course it was, but considering the difficulty in finding the stuff at any price...... It was worth it to me!

 

[CapnMac]

6mm Lee-Navy was not design for anti-ship use, 1 inch or larger rapid fire guns were for that purpose. It was intended for infantry use

In the days of the 6mm Lee, torpedoes had a range of 800 to 1600 yards, a distance far better suited for 1.1" QF guns, or for 3"25 & 3"50 deck guns, which could engage the torpedo boats (and torpedo boat destroyers) out to ranges of 8000 to 16,000 yards, and therefore well out of torpedo range.

The 6mm Navy was purchased fo the Marines and for Naval Landing Parties, back in the days when a heavy cruiser or battles ship carried a full company of each. Those rifle formations were rounded out with "potato diggers" in 6mm (there's a mental image for you). The success of M-1906 Ball sealed the fate of the 6mm.

 

[lysanderxiii]

In the days of the 6mm Lee, torpedoes had a range of 800 to 1600 yards, a distance far better suited for 1.1" QF guns, or for 3"25 & 3"50 deck guns, which could engage the torpedo boats (and torpedo boat destroyers) out to ranges of 8000 to 16,000 yards, and therefore well out of torpedo range.

The 6mm Navy was purchased fo the Marines and for Naval Landing Parties, back in the days when a heavy cruiser or battles ship carried a full company of each. Those rifle formations were rounded out with "potato diggers" in 6mm (there's a mental image for you). The success of M-1906 Ball sealed the fate of the 6mm.

The Navy (and Marines) re-chambered most of their M1895s to .30-40 Krag after the turn of the last century. In 1899 the Navy officially abandoned the 6mm Lee-Navy in favor of the .30-40 Krag.

The last major use in 6mm was in the Boxer Rebellion and the Philippines.