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257 Weatherby Magnum..advice please
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<blockquote data-quote="436" data-source="post: 405812" data-attributes="member: 16609"><p>Advice? Sure the .257 Weatherby Magnum; is the <u>gold standard</u> for the .25 cal high velocity cartridges. Roy Weatherby got it right the first time out... That's most likely why it was his favorite cartridge of all the cartridges he designed.</p><p> I've; hunted, sold, and built many, many .257 Weatherby Magnum rifles over the years. To tell you the truth; an out of the box Accumark with a 26" barrel is very hard to be, both in velocity and accuracy'…, for a hunting/varmint rifle, of which I've done plenty of both using that combo. I've had Lazar Mark, Mark V Deluxe, Mark V Euromark, and a few more; I also had a Remington M700 in .25 06 which was rechambered to .257 Wby mag; man that thing would shoot unbelievable five shot groups, unfortunately it was a 24" barrel and had to go, velocity wasn't bad but just not quite good enough.</p><p> Granted, you can punch out the tube with a little more velocity using a 28" or longer, but why? The last load I came up with was using a Barnes 100gr XLC BT a "coated bullet" that would clock at so near to 3900 fps… I just called it 3900 fps. It was 3 shot's in a dime all day, cold barrel shot and add two more, no problem. Earlier I was using Nosler BT's which works fine'.., they were just not quite as quick out the tube as the Barnes.</p><p> Today I shoot mostly lever rifles, .30-30, .44 mag and .348 Win with open sights to hunt… white tail; but there was a time {for near 30 years} the .257 Wby Mag was always in the field with me, shooting everything from ground hogs to bull elk. That was just after my Elmer Keith .375 H&H Mag days, another fine cartridge'.., for another thread.</p><p> Well good like have fun… I think everyone can agree on one thing; most .25 cal cartridges shoot very well.</p><p> 436</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="436, post: 405812, member: 16609"] Advice? Sure the .257 Weatherby Magnum; is the [U]gold standard[/U] for the .25 cal high velocity cartridges. Roy Weatherby got it right the first time out... That’s most likely why it was his favorite cartridge of all the cartridges he designed. I’ve; hunted, sold, and built many, many .257 Weatherby Magnum rifles over the years. To tell you the truth; an out of the box Accumark with a 26” barrel is very hard to be, both in velocity and accuracy’…, for a hunting/varmint rifle, of which I’ve done plenty of both using that combo. I’ve had Lazar Mark, Mark V Deluxe, Mark V Euromark, and a few more; I also had a Remington M700 in .25 06 which was rechambered to .257 Wby mag; man that thing would shoot unbelievable five shot groups, unfortunately it was a 24” barrel and had to go, velocity wasn’t bad but just not quite good enough. Granted, you can punch out the tube with a little more velocity using a 28” or longer, but why? The last load I came up with was using a Barnes 100gr XLC BT a “coated bullet” that would clock at so near to 3900 fps… I just called it 3900 fps. It was 3 shot’s in a dime all day, cold barrel shot and add two more, no problem. Earlier I was using Nosler BT’s which works fine’.., they were just not quite as quick out the tube as the Barnes. Today I shoot mostly lever rifles, .30-30, .44 mag and .348 Win with open sights to hunt… white tail; but there was a time {for near 30 years} the .257 Wby Mag was always in the field with me, shooting everything from ground hogs to bull elk. That was just after my Elmer Keith .375 H&H Mag days, another fine cartridge’.., for another thread. Well good like have fun… I think everyone can agree on one thing; most .25 cal cartridges shoot very well. 436 [/QUOTE]
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