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Which 257 Weatherby?
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<blockquote data-quote="AZShooter" data-source="post: 1220051" data-attributes="member: 5219"><p>There is an alternative: buy a used rifle for the action and place a premium barrel on it. Buy the reamer with the specifications that YOU want. Find a stock you like and add that to the package. It will cost less than many of those factory rifles that Weatherby makes and will have a much better chance of shooting more accurately. </p><p></p><p>Four of us built five 257 Weatherbys 10 years ago. We had PT&G make us the reamer so Berger 115 VLDs would have a .100" jump to the lands. We chose 3 Groove Lilja SS barrels. Three barrels were #3s and two were #5 fluted. ALL rifles shoot fantastic groups and have taken many animals. </p><p></p><p>Last year I got my hands on a #3 SS 3 groove lilja with low round count that was a Rem 25-06. I rethreaded and chambered it for a push feed model 70 and it also shot the 115 VLDs very accurately. It came with a VAIS brake and we used it with a 15 yr old youth hunter to get his second coues wt deer. It has since gone to a new home were my friend's wife will use it as her coues wt rifle. </p><p></p><p>I still have my 28" #5 fluted with 900 rounds through it. The 3 groove combined with the worn throat caused it to damage the VLDs at round count 500 or so. The view through the borescope is horrific BUT it still shoots moly coated 110 accubonds @ 3657 fps very accurately. </p><p></p><p>I am of the opinion that a factory chamber will never be the equal of a chambering cut with a custom reamer. Between my friend and I we have 17 reamers. I believe they are worth the extra cost of approx. $140 and help obtain the accuracy all of us want with our rifles.</p><p></p><p>Buy a factory rifle and take a chance it will shoot or build your own and increase the odds in your favor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AZShooter, post: 1220051, member: 5219"] There is an alternative: buy a used rifle for the action and place a premium barrel on it. Buy the reamer with the specifications that YOU want. Find a stock you like and add that to the package. It will cost less than many of those factory rifles that Weatherby makes and will have a much better chance of shooting more accurately. Four of us built five 257 Weatherbys 10 years ago. We had PT&G make us the reamer so Berger 115 VLDs would have a .100" jump to the lands. We chose 3 Groove Lilja SS barrels. Three barrels were #3s and two were #5 fluted. ALL rifles shoot fantastic groups and have taken many animals. Last year I got my hands on a #3 SS 3 groove lilja with low round count that was a Rem 25-06. I rethreaded and chambered it for a push feed model 70 and it also shot the 115 VLDs very accurately. It came with a VAIS brake and we used it with a 15 yr old youth hunter to get his second coues wt deer. It has since gone to a new home were my friend's wife will use it as her coues wt rifle. I still have my 28" #5 fluted with 900 rounds through it. The 3 groove combined with the worn throat caused it to damage the VLDs at round count 500 or so. The view through the borescope is horrific BUT it still shoots moly coated 110 accubonds @ 3657 fps very accurately. I am of the opinion that a factory chamber will never be the equal of a chambering cut with a custom reamer. Between my friend and I we have 17 reamers. I believe they are worth the extra cost of approx. $140 and help obtain the accuracy all of us want with our rifles. Buy a factory rifle and take a chance it will shoot or build your own and increase the odds in your favor. [/QUOTE]
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