Quote Originally Posted by Mjshell View Post
Hammie,
interesting that 357 max brass is more available in South Africa than here. I just placed an order with Starline on back order.

JA,

I too have been contemplating a 256 max. I have a 256 mag. Sometimes you just want what you want.
i think you can initially neck down the brass with a 30 Mauser die.
Yeah...we can't always justify our projects. :) When I was looking at an "in between" caliber for Contender handgun, I ended up going with the 25-45 because of the cheap dies and availability (at the time, at least) of properky headstamped brass. I haven't been disappointed but I really, really prefer rimmed cartridges for Contender. I don't think it's likely that I'll change directions at this point but if Max brass was more available, I think it would make sense to have a whole line-up of Contender-friendly wildcats based on it, like the TCU chamberings. :)