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257 Weatherby
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1663608" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>If you're going so far as to rebarreling a rifle and building a custom, shooting factory ammo is just plain asinine to your gun and it's potential performance. That's like buying a brand new Bentley Continental GT and then putting a bumper sticker on it before you pull out of the dealership. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p><p></p><p>As for what advantages it has... There's no "thinking" to it. Facts. Well, seeing as to how I owned an Accumark .257 Wby for 5 years, that was not only a complete pile of ****, and must have been a Friday/Monday gun...For many reasons, the defective barrel being a big one... It had so much freebore, that I couldn't even touch the lands without the bullet falling completely out of the case mouth. The closer you get your bullet to the lands, the more consistent your groups will be, because it has less wobble-room before it hits the rifling. That's what the advantage is.</p><p></p><p>I've never had a single feed issue with any of my AI's with the 40º shoulder. I have several AI's, all 40º shoulders, and have been shooting them for almost 7 years now, and nary a single feeding issue. I think that's internet ******** that keeps being spread, just like people who are always bitching about belted cartridges, but have no proven facts to throw behind their claims.</p><p></p><p>Also, it's more than like 250+ FPS over a standard .25-06 Rem... But it's only about 100 FPS shy of matching the .257 Wby's velocities. I spent a lot of time with the MSv2 at the range comparing both of my rifles side-by-side. They both had 26" 1:10 twist barrels, and were shooting the same 115 VLD's and 7828 SSC powder. It was as close to apples-to-apples as I could get, being one is a magnum, and one is a standard cartridge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1663608, member: 12995"] If you're going so far as to rebarreling a rifle and building a custom, shooting factory ammo is just plain asinine to your gun and it's potential performance. That's like buying a brand new Bentley Continental GT and then putting a bumper sticker on it before you pull out of the dealership. :rolleyes: As for what advantages it has... There's no "thinking" to it. Facts. Well, seeing as to how I owned an Accumark .257 Wby for 5 years, that was not only a complete pile of ****, and must have been a Friday/Monday gun...For many reasons, the defective barrel being a big one... It had so much freebore, that I couldn't even touch the lands without the bullet falling completely out of the case mouth. The closer you get your bullet to the lands, the more consistent your groups will be, because it has less wobble-room before it hits the rifling. That's what the advantage is. I've never had a single feed issue with any of my AI's with the 40º shoulder. I have several AI's, all 40º shoulders, and have been shooting them for almost 7 years now, and nary a single feeding issue. I think that's internet ******** that keeps being spread, just like people who are always bitching about belted cartridges, but have no proven facts to throw behind their claims. Also, it's more than like 250+ FPS over a standard .25-06 Rem... But it's only about 100 FPS shy of matching the .257 Wby's velocities. I spent a lot of time with the MSv2 at the range comparing both of my rifles side-by-side. They both had 26" 1:10 twist barrels, and were shooting the same 115 VLD's and 7828 SSC powder. It was as close to apples-to-apples as I could get, being one is a magnum, and one is a standard cartridge. [/QUOTE]
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