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Posted: Mon May 16th, 2005 01:58 AM

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I know Marlin chambered a lever action for this cartridge.Did Winchester ever chamber it in a lever action?? :confused:

I was looking at some data on the cartridge and just wondered about it..???

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Posted: Mon May 16th, 2005 02:14 PM

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The weapon that made the 256 a household name was the Single Shot Ruger Hawkeye Pistol, which the round was designed for, it had the looks of a Colt Peasemaker but was a single shot that loaded direct into the barrel with a swing breech block. Marlin then chambered their little lever gun for the round, model 62 i believe. Then Thompson picked it up for their Contender. I don't think Wichester chambered a rifle for it but i could be wrong, just don't ever remember seeing a rifle by Win in this cal. :confused:

One more thing i forgot to mention is you should be able to make your brass from 357 mag case since the 256 is the 357 necked down.

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Posted: Mon May 16th, 2005 11:15 PM

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Thanks bea for the info.About two years ago at the flea market in Belton Texas I looked at a lever action Winchester that was chambered in an oddball cartridge.I cant remember for the life of me what it was.It was in new condition and still had the original box it came in.I`m kicking myself still for not buying it.

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Posted: Mon May 16th, 2005 11:20 PM

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The marlin 62 was also chambered in the 22 mag and 22 Jet. They are nice little rifles. I was thinking they chambered it in 30 US Carbine but could be wrong.

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Timberghozt wrote: Thanks bea for the info.About two years ago at the flea market in Belton Texas I looked at a lever action Winchester that was chambered in an oddball cartridge.I cant remember for the life of me what it was.It was in new condition and still had the original box it came in.I`m kicking myself still for not buying it.It could have been the 25-20 or 32-20. :confused:

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Nope bea.It might have been a 356 Win??? or something like that.I remember it was a short barreled carbine and very nice.I thought about going to the house and bumming some money off the wife. :shameon:

The guy wanted 350 bucks I think for it but it was mint. :sad:

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Posted: Wed May 18th, 2005 09:52 PM

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Winchester made the 375 for a little while in the 94 and it could have been that one you where looking at. :confused:

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Hey bea..Does 348 Win sound right???Its been so long ago I cant remember but that may have been it??? :confused:

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Posted: Thu May 19th, 2005 12:23 AM

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They had it in their 1895 or 1896 i believe. Limited run in 348. :confused:

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It may have been but it was a short barreled carbine,I think 20 inch barrel...

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my 256 is currently ona martini cadet action. I had a t/c in 256 that I used for cougar hunting which preformed well on cats. Load is 16.5 gr H4227 & a 60 gr bullet.

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Thats definately a odd combination.How does it perform on cougars butch?

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always worked fine, but of course the cat was in a tree & we would be pretty much directly under them. Only time it was in trouble was when david wounded one, the cat jumped out of the tree and backed into a small cave in the rocks. Then he missed the 2nd shot and only had 3 with him to start. So he tried to club the cat, took a big old tree limb and when he tried to hit the cat the cat reached out and batted the limb out of his hands. Then he used his last shot - didn't kill him yet. ended up making a fire and waiting half the night for the thing to die. I really liked the 41 mag better, never had as much as a cough out of one hit with it. 357's usually the cat ran away and need finishers.

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Hey bea, the .348 win. was chambered in the model 71, which was an updated M1886, they also did the .307, .356, .375 winchester cartridges in the model 94 Big Bore, I had a pre-safety .375 for about 2 months, most brutal recoiling rifle I've ever owned.

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