[BILLY D.]

I ain't Rocky and I don't impersonate him on TV. But I'll stick my nose in here.

I only know of the 256 Win Mag from Silhouette shooting about 20+ years ago. It is the 357 Mag case necked down to 25 caliber.


My synopsis is it's kind of wimpy. It would not put down the rams at 200 meters reliably.

As a small game/varmit round it would probably? be effective inside 200 yds. For the deers sake I would not recommend it.

There were only two rifles produced for the round, Marlin Mod 62
and I for the life of me can't think of the other.

Thompson Center produced barrels in this chambering and Ruger also produced a Hawkeye Pistol for it.

As you probably know factory ammo is zilch. Strickly a handloading proposition now as far as I know. However components are easily purchased including dies. Cases are standard 357 Mag. The people that I knew who shot it all liked 4227, either brand.

Thats about all I know so I'm about dried up. Maybe somebody with more info will come along.

Best wishes, Bill