257 weatherby magnum
- Thread starter franktank
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About $54 for the spire-points at Cabellas.
All the Weatherby cartridges are pretty much ridiculous to shoot if you don't reload..........Right up there with the Noslers..........I certainly wouldn't have six rifles chambered for the Weatherby cartridges if I didn't reload and make brass from much cheaper and more common cases, all except the 378, I'm kinda stuck with that one.
Handloading is the great equalizer in cartridge pricing. It allows a guy to
shoot the high performance, odd-ball and arcane; usually for less than those shooting common factory fodder.
Guys flaunting their fresh box of Federal blue box 30-06s are just showing off. Rich buggers even throw away their brass to rub your nose in it.
shoot the high performance, odd-ball and arcane; usually for less than those shooting common factory fodder.
Guys flaunting their fresh box of Federal blue box 30-06s are just showing off. Rich buggers even throw away their brass to rub your nose in it.
The 257 Bee is a truly awesome cartridge in my opinion, Loaded with Barnes 100 gr TSX @ around 3500 fps it kills like magic, Have taken quite a few Elk with this load.
As for the Vanguards they seem to be very nice rifles for the price.
My oldest son and his buddy have both bought the 257 Vanguard Back Country rifles they are very nice lightweight hunting rifles.
As for the Vanguards they seem to be very nice rifles for the price.
My oldest son and his buddy have both bought the 257 Vanguard Back Country rifles they are very nice lightweight hunting rifles.
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- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I've got a few hundred 7mm Remington cases waiting for the day a .257 drops into my lap. I have a .25/06 MK-V Ultralite - close, but no cigar. So far the Ultralite only shoots 120 gr Speers in anything like an acceptable manner, so it's going to be re-barreled with a #3 contour at some point, the question is whether it remains a .25/06 or become a 6.5-06. Should I stay with the .25/06, the .257 Bee is less likely to happen, but if it becomes a 6.5,who knows. The key in my case is that a magnum bolt, and a new .257 barrel for my 700 switch barrel, comes in well under the price of a new Mk-V.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I don't know if its feasible to open up the MK-V Ultralight. Its the small diameter 6 lug bolt and measures only .580" across the bolt head. By comparison, a 700 is beefy, and a standard 9 lug MK-V is a vault door.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I got some 264WM brass for my 257Weatherby, lubed and ran it through the FL sizing die and it looks pretty good, compared to a once fired piece of Weatherby factory brass it is a little bit short in the neck, I didn't measure so I don't know the exact difference but it is close, what has your experience been with this? Will this still produce safe, accurate loads?
Huh, not like you to downsize, but I think I understand the argument.
I did run out and buy another .300 Weatherby to keep the cosmos
in balance.
, but in reality I find the .300 Win gives up little or nothing to the .300 'bee in velocity when they both have 26" barrels. The main reason is I don't like fighting with free-bore.
YUp The 100 Gr Barnes TTSX is the ticket for everything ! 3550 fps out of my WBee Van 24 " - RJ
The 25-06 is slightly overbore, the Weatherby version ridiculously so. The main saving grace will be the fact that ammunition is sufficiently costly to deter most folks from shooting it enough to erode the barrel throats. Just my 1 1/2 cents worth, discounted for the exchange rate.
Cman........Yep they come out .040" short but it is of no consequence, all my 257 Bee brass is made from W-W 264 WM brass and my Bee will shoot 1/2" groups when I do my part, with 110 ABs at 3600 fps. All my 7mm Wby is also made from W-W 7 mm RM and is also .040" short and work just as well as factory brass.
Purple shoulder
Regular
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- Winnipeg MB
My gut tells me the BT's will explode just under the skin, but I'm often wrong.
RJ
