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6.5-284 or 257 Weatherby???
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 75092" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Huntem,</p><p></p><p>These are two very different rounds that you are comparing. The 6.5mm-284 makes its living with long barrel life, easy loading and pushing high BC bullets to moderate but solid velocities.</p><p></p><p>The 257 Wby, with traditional bullets uses a bit more raw horsepower to muscle bullets from 100 to 120 gr out at high to hyper velocity. Barrel life is shorter but it properly cared for, nothing to worry much about.</p><p></p><p>If your going with a custom rifle, here is another twist on the 257 front. Richard Graves has designed several different heavy for caliber 257 bullets that are performing extremely well. They range from the standard 100-120 gr bullets up to the 130, 142, 145 and the huge 156 gr ULD RBBTs.</p><p></p><p>FOr your needs the 120 and 130s may be the best options. I only bring this up because these bullets bring the 1/4 rounds up where they should be in performance with the 6.5mm bullets.</p><p></p><p>If your looking for an easy to load round though I would look at the 25-284 or the 6.5-284. Both are basically ballistic twins when using bullets of equal BC value.</p><p></p><p>I would personally go with a 25-284 or a 25 WSM before the Wby but that is just me personally. </p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 75092, member: 10"] Huntem, These are two very different rounds that you are comparing. The 6.5mm-284 makes its living with long barrel life, easy loading and pushing high BC bullets to moderate but solid velocities. The 257 Wby, with traditional bullets uses a bit more raw horsepower to muscle bullets from 100 to 120 gr out at high to hyper velocity. Barrel life is shorter but it properly cared for, nothing to worry much about. If your going with a custom rifle, here is another twist on the 257 front. Richard Graves has designed several different heavy for caliber 257 bullets that are performing extremely well. They range from the standard 100-120 gr bullets up to the 130, 142, 145 and the huge 156 gr ULD RBBTs. FOr your needs the 120 and 130s may be the best options. I only bring this up because these bullets bring the 1/4 rounds up where they should be in performance with the 6.5mm bullets. If your looking for an easy to load round though I would look at the 25-284 or the 6.5-284. Both are basically ballistic twins when using bullets of equal BC value. I would personally go with a 25-284 or a 25 WSM before the Wby but that is just me personally. Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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