Favorite .257 bullet
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Berger has a 135gr hybrid I believe. I bet we will start seeing more options soon.
The worst bullet failures I've ever seen have been with bergers
That's the sort of thing that can happen when you go to extremes on either end of the hard soft spectrum. Success can be spectacular and so can the failures. The path to happiness is in a middle of the road approach. Even if you're wrong you'll seldom be more than half wrong, which is also half right. Go to extremes and you can be completely wrong. Completely wrong is a ####-show.
I watched a coyote basically have it's hide spot removed by Berger's. When I finished it off it was a red blur. 4 hits with bergers and only 1 penetrated just enough to let some guts hang out. A 75gr vmax from my 2506 ended it's suffering quick.
I'll try the partition again as well as the accubond and I'll give the nosler ballistic tip a try for sure. Once I finish redoing my garage I'll be ordering a new barrel and stock and optic so prolly won't be until next fall
I'll try the partition again as well as the accubond and I'll give the nosler ballistic tip a try for sure. Once I finish redoing my garage I'll be ordering a new barrel and stock and optic so prolly won't be until next fall
I recently rebarreled an old German made Weatherby Mark V, from a 300 Wby. Mag. to a 257 Wby. Mag. This is my third 257 Wby. and I mostly used the 100 gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip, with devastating terminal performance. However, this latest rifle, I'm starting off with the Nosler Combined Technology 115 gr. I have no experience with this bullet, however I conducted some research on line where hunters had great accuracy, velocity and terminal performance. I'll be conducting load development and hitting the rifle range in early to mid January.
I always used the now discontinued Hornady 100g SPs in my 257Roberts and they have worked well.
I'd want something a bit more stout in a 25/06. One of the old guys at the club used and 25/06 for years on moose and deer. He used 100gr NPs exclusively.
I'd want something a bit more stout in a 25/06. One of the old guys at the club used and 25/06 for years on moose and deer. He used 100gr NPs exclusively.
My .25 WSSM loves the 100 grain Swift Scirocco II launched at 3300 fps. Accurate and penetrates deeply while retaining 80% of it's weight.
My 250 Savage loves the 110 grain Accubond at a modest 2550 fps.
My 250 Savage loves the 110 grain Accubond at a modest 2550 fps.
Hornady has a .257" 134gr ELDm for 2023
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100 LRX or 100 TTSX in my 25-06 - 100 TSX is better for big bears or Moose: dead is dead
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Something like a 8.5 twist. Most 25's are going to be using a 10 twist, doubt that would stabilize much more than a 120gr. Still, doubt your going to have your slower more aerodynamic bullet out perform the 115-120 class until about 500yards. At 500 yards energy numbers are going to be very low, then the shooter better be very good, or your letting your ego overule your ethics.
That 8.5 twist barrel might lose the ability to shoot lighter, more fragile, 25 cal varmit bullets. So a long range deer rifle with low recoil. That fast twist rifle could be chambered specific for long (or a specific bullet) with a long enough magazine to accommodate.
The 25 creedmore is pushing a smaller bullet at faster speeds than the 6.5 creedmore. Thinking sporting use in the 25 creedmore would be your inspiration for new 25 bullets. Have to see if longer hunting bullets follow. Something with good on game performance able to withstand probably 3100+ ft/sec
That 8.5 twist barrel might lose the ability to shoot lighter, more fragile, 25 cal varmit bullets. So a long range deer rifle with low recoil. That fast twist rifle could be chambered specific for long (or a specific bullet) with a long enough magazine to accommodate.
The 25 creedmore is pushing a smaller bullet at faster speeds than the 6.5 creedmore. Thinking sporting use in the 25 creedmore would be your inspiration for new 25 bullets. Have to see if longer hunting bullets follow. Something with good on game performance able to withstand probably 3100+ ft/sec
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The 134 .25 cal has same bc and sd as 6.5 140 elf-m, there is no point trying to apply the 21st century formula to the .25 as it’s too close out of the box 6.5 cm or prc.
Now a faster twist and 123-130gr in 6mm would be pretty cool direction to go if trying to go up a level on the hottest 21st century rides. You need to aim for at least .7 g1 bc and .3 sd if trying to hit that next level.
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I actually think .25 has had it nailed for a long time, in the trade offs of bullet weight and associated recoil, expansion ratio and throat / barrel life, and full use of small to moderate and efficient case capacities. That is to say once the bullet tech and twist rates caught up.
120-130gr range is quite an ideal bullet weight for reachy game animals, goats, sheep, mountain or open country deer, pronghorn, etc. There are reasons in my mind manufacturers and competitors have bounced back and forth between 6mm and 6.5. Everything is a collection of compromises, and the .25 bore has one of the best collections going.
120-130gr range is quite an ideal bullet weight for reachy game animals, goats, sheep, mountain or open country deer, pronghorn, etc. There are reasons in my mind manufacturers and competitors have bounced back and forth between 6mm and 6.5. Everything is a collection of compromises, and the .25 bore has one of the best collections going.
That’s interesting. I don’t own a 257 cal rifle but as more high bc bullets show up the more it is starting to interest me. The eldm is also a decent deer bullet. I’ve taken a few blacktail with the 123eld brim a 6.5 Grendel in the past
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