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Old August 20, 2018, 02:03 AM   #11
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Aside from a TC Contender good luck finding a 256 Win revolver.
Sharply bottlenecked cartridges historically don't do well in revolvers. The most famous failure in that regard is probably the .22 Rem Jet, and the S&W (I'd have to look up the model, 53?? maybe?).

Very SLIGHTLY bottlenecked rounds do ok, the .32-20, .38-40 and .44-40 come to mind, but they are all black powder pressure rounds as well.

The Ruger Hawkeye was a unique one. Basically it was their SA revolver, but didn't have a cylinder. It was a single shot, and used a "rotating breech block" instead of a cylinder.
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