257 Weatherby options?
- Thread starter retoxtony
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Right now Cabelas has the Weatherby Vanguard Series 2 Black Reaper in .257 W.Mag.with 24" blued barrel,adjust.trigger and hinged floor plate for $ 689.99.It seems to be in some kind of black/gray/white camo ,a nice rifle for sure.
Although they are having a sale on right now ,I`m not sure that this one is a sale price.
Paul T
Although they are having a sale on right now ,I`m not sure that this one is a sale price.
Paul T
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
retoxtony, I do not recall exactly what turned me onto the Wby in .257 other than the ballistics chart will show a variety of Wby ammo sighted in for 3 inches @ 100yrds will be zeroed @ 300yrds and of course this is with a 26 inch barrel though.
With a 100grn Barnes TSX at 300yrds will be traveling 2800 fps with 1725 pounds of energy at that 300 yrds as well.
Plus I like to stir the pot on occasion with the marketing hype of the day with this bit of nostalgia/history... Roy Weatherby’s personal favorite. Travels 3,825 fps (87 grain bullet), giving you the flattest trajectory of any .25 caliber rifle in the world. Suitable for long-range varmint shooting but ideal for big game hunting (depending upon bullet weight) and of course when those nostrils flare around the camp fire I toss this in for a closer"nothing shoots flatter, hits harder or is more accurate" than a Weatherby.
As for the one at Williams Arms that appears to be the Series 1 gun without the two stage trigger if that means anything to you.
A New Series will be from $619.00 to $900.00 for the Vanguard models.
I love the smell of the powder, the crack of the recoil and that little hole down range when touching off those $5.00 factory rounds.
Just my thoughts on the .257 Wby Vanguard Series 1 or 2.
Tight Groups,
Rob
There is a .257 Bee in my future.
Like you I got caught up in the early hype, this from memory from a 1970 or so Sport Afield article . . .
. . . For those of you not familiar with the .257 Weatherby, its the most devastating varmint round every created by the hand of man. One day I sighted on yon chuck, and touched off the shot with the normal results for the gun, the chuck was vaporized, someone pushed me rudely on the shoulder, birds faltered in flight, and the grass on either side of the muzzle caught on fire. The farmer came tearing down the road in his car, jumped out, and asked if I was alright. "Aside from ringing ears I seem to be okay," I replied. "I thought your rifle blew up, damdest noise I ever heard!"
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Yup, I want one.
Called Maple Creek about the Remington, I'd love to grab it but it's a bit more than I wanted to spend. I was hoping to be set up for around $1200 (not including ammo, dies, powder, etc) so the Remington won't leave me any cash for a scope. I could grab a scope off one of my other rifles for now, but I hate having to do that. So, looks like a Vanguard will be the way to go.
257 Wbee
I have a Weatherby SS S2 257 WBee with a Vortex HS 4-16 scope mounted on it with Talley LW rings- total cost about $1400.00 with tax - Hell of shooter for the Price ! JMO RJ
I have a Weatherby SS S2 257 WBee with a Vortex HS 4-16 scope mounted on it with Talley LW rings- total cost about $1400.00 with tax - Hell of shooter for the Price !
JMO RJ
