This was a cool build, .255 Banshee Javelina
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It started as a .44 Mag. Bisley. We had some lightening cuts to the frame done in (4) places, perhaps an ounce relief per spot. Thank goodness. When anyone picks it up they always exclaim at the heft. I didn’t consider it’s basically a solid chunk of steel with tiny .257” holes bored. It weighs 57 ounces unloaded. A bit heavy on the hip it is perfect in the shoulder rig. The 75-80 gr. bullets easily scoot at 1600-1700+ with longer brass life. The Hornet case will loosen primer pockets early if pushed too hard. The heft certainly makes it a dream to shoot with weight dampening the wiggles. It basically has the trajectory of a .22 WMR rifle but twice the power. Old .25-20 lever gun performance.
Toying with bullets and the size of meplat manifests adjustable performance. That is a study in itself.
327 Brass
A solution to the loose primer pockets and flimsy brass on the 22 hornet would be using 327 fed mag instead. Much thicker brass, a little higher pressures, and much more case capacity, too. The brass is readily available from starline, unlike 22 hornet. It achieves all of this with a wider body, but because the rim diameters are similar, it doesn’t reduce cylinder capacity.
Of course, this would require a rechamber.
Gary has that in his .250 GNR, however
to keep some distance from the .224-32FA (Bob Baker's .22 on the .327 Federal), and Bob had distant plans for a .25 cal. version. Gary knew this, and did his on the .32 H&R case. Same idea as yours however.
On Bob's .224-32 FA you shortened the neck considerably. I didn't like trimming so I just used .32 H&R to make my FA rounds in one pass. Bob didn't think it was such a hot idea, but I got away with it.
I never did Gary's .250 as I was already invested in the .255.
Plus, I don’t think my platform could house
The larger case head with rims. A six-shot could of course.
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