Home Forums Reloading Shotshells NEEDED--- 256 Wim MAg Brass.

Looking for reasonable priced .256 Win Mag Brass. Thanks, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

use 357 brass, 256 is just a necked down 357

Tusker,

I agree with 22HP. Score some Starline 357 brass and go slow when forming. Huntington's sells RCBS form dies, but they're a trifle pricey. I use 2 or 3 partial passes that increase in depth until the brass will chamber in my contender. You can either fireform with a light cast load, or I use 5 gr of unique with a small piece of TP over it. I pour the case full of malt-o-meal and that will give your brass nice sharp corners.

My original 256 brass is all starting to show incipient head separations, so I've been forced to form. I have a couple boxes of yellow/red WW Super factory 256, but the stuff is getting too expensive to shoot. SW

It is sometimes easier to get .22 Rem Jet brass. If available, run it through the .256 die to open the neck and firefrom. Both cartridges were based on the .357 and I've found it easier to neck up than the drastic necking down. Ward

A few tricks to forming your own. Form dies not needed. Use fresh non-cannelured brass (not nickel). Big help is to anneal necks before forming. Do not try to form in a single pass. Go slowly only partial sizing.