28 May 2023, 04:25
HipshootA QUICK STORY
When I was in my late teens to early 20's I read an article on javelina hunting in the south west. The writer used a Marlin M62 in .256 WM. The article sure caught my attention as in 1975 I bought the same rifle for $125.oo
Fast foward to 2007 I hunted with Randall Weems (a member here that has passed) in Texas and harvested my javalina with my .256W.
Took a long time but my dreams were fulfilled---Thanks Randall!
Hip
28 May 2023, 10:54
georgeldThank you for sharing your good times
with a fine fellow member.
Too bad he had that fatal accident.
I sold him a scope and they had planned to
come up here for a visit later that summer.
All our lives have been diminished.
George
28 May 2023, 15:49
Bill/OregonRest in peace, Randall. You are missed.
I tried to reach out to his widow, Lora, but never heard back.
That Model 62 is a rare rifle!
28 May 2023, 23:49
customboltGood ol' Randall.
Lora certainly was devastated and just wanted to be left alone.
Those two were best friends and he would stop by the store where she worked twice a day when I was there.
31 May 2023, 00:01
Stonecreekquote:
The writer used a Marlin M62 in .256 WM. The article sure caught my attention as in 1975 I bought the same rifle for $125.oo
Well, I paid a little more than that for my .256 Levermatic, but I bought it about 30 years later that you. Bought it mainly to complete my set of Levermatics -- 56, 57, 57M, 62 (.30 carbine), and .256 (they cataloged a .22 Jet, but it was never made). I've never hunted anything with it, but javelinas would be a pretty good match for the little cartridge. I have a few factory loads, but have conjured together some handloads by re-forming .357 Magnum brass. Not easy, but can be done.
31 May 2023, 04:17
HipshootI have read that less than 10,000 of the M62 in .256W had been made. I also read where the writer came across one in .22 Jet but he thought it was a prototype.
I form .256 brass outa .357M brass cases. I anneal first then lube with Imperial sizing die wax and kinda bump the cases into the FL sizing die----I Do Not try to size down the necks and shoulders in one pass! It just wouldn't work for me.
I have also fireformed .22 Rem.Jet brass using the corn meal method---those cases lasted a couple more reloads than the reformed .357 brass. Brass life is 6-8 reloads and sometimes If I am lucky 10 reloads but I always try NOT to push the shoulders back.
Hip