.257 wildcat?? what do I have here?

[fecmech]

A friend gave me a box of stuff he got at an estate sale. Looks like some custom dies, a .25 cal reamer and these two cartridges. One headstamp is WCC 84 and I'm guessing a .223 cut down. The other says
PS 5.56 80.11. Both are now 26MM long and .25 caliber and I pulled a 60 gr. .257 bullet from one. Any ideas of what wildcat this is??

[rockrat]

Almost looks like a 256 win mag, but using 223 cases instead of 357mag cases

[Piedmont]

You can make 7.62x25 Mauser and Tokarev cases from those. Looks like that pistol case necked down to .25. When you neck a case down it lengthens a bit, so that is a good guess.

[SSGOldfart]

kinda looks like a 257roberts,with a flat nose it could be a 25-20winchester or a 25-35 winchester

[Doc_Stihl]

Do the dies have any markings?
Can you post a pic of the dies. Brand might help identify.

[willie_pete]

I've made and shot .256 WinMag out of .223 brass. You just have to poke the brass out of a Contender with a rod since there is no rim. Looks about the same.

wP

[Bullshop]

It looks like a 7.62 Tok necked to 25. 7.62 Tok can be made from 223.

[autofix4u]

Let me know I you plan to sell.. looks like a nice little round.

[Bullshop]

I don't know what its called but on a mini Mauser or small Sako action I would call it PERFECT!

[texassako]

I don't know what it is, but I like it. You are lucky since you probably have the dies and the reamer together. Usually it is one or the other.

[fecmech]

Here's a pic of what I have. The dies have no name so I don't have a clue who made them. If any of you fellows want the whole shebang I'll ship it to you for $30. It's not something that interests me at all.

[tja6435]

I'll take it. Pm sent

[Bullshop]

sold in 25 minutes! Good shootin quick draw.

[autofix4u]

I'll take seconds...

[ohland]

I've made and shot .256 WinMag out of .223 brass. You just have to poke the brass out of a Contender with a rod since there is no rim. Looks about the same.wP

Or get an extractor for a rimless cartridge?

[willie_pete]

Or get an extractor for a rimless cartridge?

It should work; I was just playing around with the .223 to see if it could be done. It was just easier to poke them out with a cleaning rod than switch extractors back and forth.

WP

[3leggedturtle]

I've made and shot .256 WinMag out of .223 brass. You just have to poke the brass out of a Contender with a rod since there is no rim. Looks about the same.

wP
I make 256 WM rimless out of 221fb cases. I cut a small piece of bike innertube and rolled it and put under the extractor to make it pop up and grip the rimless case. Been working good for a couple of hundred shots so far.

[willie_pete]

I make 256 WM rimless out of 221fb cases. I cut a small piece of bike innertube and rolled it and put under the extractor to make it pop up and grip the rimless case. Been working good for a couple of hundred shots so far.

Excellent idea; I'll give it a try. Thanks. I've got a FB also, so I hate to cut up that brass, but I've got a 30 gallon trash can full of .223 so I can afford to lose a few of those.

WP