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.257 magnum revolver cart.
deer140
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I came a cross this round on stevespages only have deawning.Dose anyone know anything about it.Looks like a blown out 22 hornet casing to a 25. Would like a little info amd help.
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The 256 WinMag is basically a necked down 357 Mag case necked down to 25cal.
Introduced in 1960, and currently considered obsolete, it launched a 60gr bullet at 2200fps
Edit: Ah, a wildcat round. At least I didn't dig up one of the old Stevens 25cals [:I]
Your description is fine but a picture solves many a memory problem...
Image courtesy of Steve's Pages.
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The case is indeed a .22 Hornet blown out straight and maybe shortened to fit the cylinder.
You are pretty much on your own.
Thanks any ways.
I suspect this 25 doesn't have the setback issues of the .256.
The Hornet case is 1.4" as is the 25 Hornet.
This case is shortened as Snappers and K-Chucks were to fit in K-frame cylinders.
curious if you guys did any more with this ???
http://www.loaddata.com/members/search_detail.cfm?MetallicID=1756
Looks like this can spit a 60 grain .25 bullet at 1400-1500 fps, meaning you can fire a bullet almost exactly half the weight of a typical .357 magnum at the same velocity.
Loads here:
http://www.loaddata.com/members/search_detail.cfm?MetallicID=1756
Looks like this can spit a 60 grain .25 bullet at 1400-1500 fps, meaning you can fire a bullet almost exactly half the weight of a typical .357 magnum at the same velocity.
Most likely, as physics would have it, with half the recoil too. Seems like that was something of a promise with the 327 Federal Magnum too.
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