Does anybody reload for .25 ACP?

**Uni-Vibe** · 12-22-18, 22:09

RCBS makes the dies for it:

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**Straight Shooter** · 12-23-18, 07:08

Wonder how many dies they sell a year for that?
Id bet two at most, if that.

**Ron3** · 01-07-19, 00:15

Well, right now .25 acp can be had for under $12/50.

But a 50 gr FMJ at a real 900 fps from a pocket-gun barrel length would be cool.

**T2C** · 01-07-19, 04:48

I did the math. If I had brass and dies on hand reloading .25 ACP would cost about $7.50 a box using lead bullets and $12 a box using a Hornady XTP bullet. It would take quite a while to recover the cost of dies and I don't see conversion kits listed on the Dillon Precision website.

**ST911** · 01-07-19, 08:28

Of those who have a .25, am curious how much you actually shoot it?

**jsbhike** · 01-08-19, 13:57

Went to a gun show in 2000 best I can recall where a vendor had once fired .25 ACP and .32 ACP in quart and gallon ziploc bags. No idea where it came from or how long it took to accumulate.

**Ron3** · 01-09-19, 13:30

Originally Posted by ST911

Of those who have a .25, am curious how much you actually shoot it?

50-150 rds every time I take one out but..I think I fired about 700 rds of in 2018. Could be more.

Everything from silhouettes at 25 yds, small steel plates at 15, moving and shooting extended and from retention positions and near-contact distance.

So, just like shooting other pistols except hitting small targets beyond 15 yds is a bit hard. Burst-fire is the thing to do with a single-action pocket gun at that range.

It's fun, too.

I practice reloads as well.

**Ron3** · 01-09-19, 13:40

Originally Posted by T2C

I did the math. If I had brass and dies on hand reloading .25 ACP would cost about $7.50 a box using lead bullets and $12 a box using a Hornady XTP bullet. It would take quite a while to recover the cost of dies and I don't see conversion kits listed on the Dillon Precision website.

I wouldn't want to be picking through those casings on the ground among everything else. Then again, they can't really be confused with anything else at glance. Maybe .32 acp.