I have a single shot custom Martini 310 in the caliber. Gary's .256 Falcon is basically a .25-35 Uber Improved. You cannot fireform by firing the .25-35, I've tried, they split. But necking a .30-30 to .257 does fine on once fired cases.
In the TC it gives near .257 Roberts performance in the single shot handgun!
Once at the Y-O ranch, my hunting partner Doug, took an Encore in .25-35 WCF with factory 117 gr. FN bullets. At perhaps 1800-1850 fps. He laid waste to a pile of cull little TX Whitetails. All shots were clean through with minimal meat damage and no chasing wounded critters! Low recoil and actually pretty flat shooting, a long .257 bullet is hard to stop.
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I know what Jim would do.... lol
- WB, 2023-11-17, 09:11
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If I recall correctly...
- AmBraCol, 2023-11-18, 07:00
- That oozes character! I like the 25-35 - WB, 2023-11-18, 09:41
- It was a bit of a task to fix… - WB, 2023-11-17, 20:04
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So is this your gun or a friends? If it is yours
- Gary Reeder, 2023-11-17, 12:44
- Now it's a .30-30, not a .32. Right now - WB, 2023-11-17, 19:25
- I like the bottom photo! (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2023-11-17, 10:50
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If I recall correctly...
- AmBraCol, 2023-11-18, 07:00