257 Weatherby

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hesher66

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Any thoughts, opinions or comparisons. Just looking for a little brother for my 340 in the weatherby family. Thanks guys.
 
An easy, light recoiling, flat shooting way of makeing zero to 400 yard deer sized animals go limp. If you think about it, that covers one heck of a lot of hunting world-wide. For bigger critters you have your .340.
 
Dogleg said:
An easy, light recoiling, flat shooting way of makeing zero to 400 yard deer sized animals go limp. If you think about it, that covers one heck of a lot of hunting world-wide. For bigger critters you have your .340.
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Mice to moose with mine. The 257 wby is a mean mother on deer almost every one should have one.
 
I have a 257 STW I can load down to 257 Wby numbers. ;)

I don't need it and doubt I'll ever use it to hunt, but I love it.
 
It's an excellent cartridge, but I don't like the price of factory brass, or the rifles that it is usually chambered in. If I was going to purchase another one, it would be a Cooper, or a custom.
 
Sask_Hunter said:
Some people aren't ready for the awesomeness that the 257 wby brings to the table.


Reformed R-P 7mm rem brass is my favorite. One pass in a 257 wby die and your in buseness with the added bonus of never having to trim.
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I don't like the price of brass or factory ammo either. I saw ammo yesterday at $80/box, and I've seen brass approaching $100/50...so you're saying I can simply run 7mm rem. Mag brass through my .257Wby sizing die and I'm good to go?
 
257 Weatherby is a fantastic cartridge. Buddy has rebarreled 3 times in the 257. This time he went 270 Weatherby. They are not easy on barrels at all.
 
Dogleg said:
An easy, light recoiling, flat shooting way of makeing zero to 400 yard deer sized animals go limp. If you think about it, that covers one heck of a lot of hunting world-wide. For bigger critters you have your .340.
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Yeah...what he said. Bout says it all. Although I've always liked the 270wby, the 257wby is pure awesome
 
Chuckbuster said:
I don't like the price of brass or factory ammo either. I saw ammo yesterday at $80/box, and I've seen brass approaching $100/50...so you're saying I can simply run 7mm rem. Mag brass through my .257Wby sizing die and I'm good to go?
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I had to screw the die all the way down to the shell holder, but it worked. I didn't loose any brass and still have all from that bunch 5 years later.
 
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