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Seeking Wisdom - 256 winMag
Jan 22nd, 2025 at 11:58am
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I misspoke in an earlier post - seeking your wisdom on if a 256 WinMag would be too much for a Stevens 44 action, not the 264 winMag as I said earlier.
  
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Re: Seeking Wisdom - 256 winMag
Reply #1 - Jan 22nd, 2025 at 12:39pm
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Factory loads would be too high for sure. I have a Ruger #1 set up for breech  seat in 256 that hat shoots very well
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 22nd, 2025 at 1:51pm
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I had another shop send me a 44 that had been a 25-20 that someone re-chambered to 256. This cartridge has way to much pressure for the action. The customer did not want to put any money into repairs so I bought the rifle, it is now a 44-40.
  
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Reply #3 - Jan 22nd, 2025 at 5:27pm
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Thanks to all - 256 not a player then.
  
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Re: Seeking Wisdom - 256 winMag
Reply #4 - Jan 22nd, 2025 at 7:27pm
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The .256 was a stiff enough loading to stretch the cases in the Marlin lever action rifle it was chambered in.  A friend had one and you could see the bright ring on the base after the factory loads were fired.  Only got  a couple reloads out of a case before they started separating.
  
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Reply #5 - Jan 22nd, 2025 at 7:53pm
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256 WinMag in 44 Stevens like woman fly airplane upside down. Have crack up!
  
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Re: Seeking Wisdom - 256 winMag
Reply #6 - Jan 23rd, 2025 at 1:02pm
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westerner wrote on Jan 22nd, 2025 at 7:53pm:
256 WinMag in 44 Stevens like woman fly airplane upside down. Have crack up!


Ducks that fly upside down quack up.
  
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Re: Seeking Wisdom - 256 winMag
Reply #7 - Jan 23rd, 2025 at 3:16pm
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John Taylor wrote on Jan 23rd, 2025 at 1:02pm:
westerner wrote on Jan 22nd, 2025 at 7:53pm:
256 WinMag in 44 Stevens like woman fly airplane upside down. Have crack up!


Ducks that fly upside down quack up.


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