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Ultimate Long Range Moderate recoil Deer Round
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<blockquote data-quote="Ackman" data-source="post: 67791" data-attributes="member: 4206"><p>When you start talking about "ultimate", everyone has their own ideas about what's best. Depends on your criteria. I've known Keith Candler for many years and what he's said is exactly right. He knows what he's talking about, and he's also not trying to peddle anything.</p><p></p><p>Both my .257Wby's were done with Keith's reamer. Keith shoots South Carolina deer with the .257 and they've been very effective. Mine were built not for deer, but for rockchucks. One gun uses a single-shot Savage action and a braked Hart 30" barrel. It shoots 100gr bullets right at 4,000fps. I very seldom shoot paper except during load workup - 100gr Sierras, both the #1625GK and #1628Match, produced 3 shot groups in the low to mid .2's. Groups with Ballistic tip 100's are up around 1/2". The load is 71.5-72.0/RL22. IMR 4831 also works well. The #2 gun has a Douglas #5 barrel chambered with that reamer and uses a Savage repeater action. I haven't done much load work or used a chrono, but so far it looks to prefer BT's over Sierra's. </p><p></p><p>The .257Wby can be an amazing cartridge if done right. No freebore....a 100gr bullet seats right about to the base of the neck. Close neck dimensions....chamber neck is .283" and loaded PMC brass is consistent at .281". And PMC brass, which as Keith said is a good bit stronger than other brands. One thing he didn't mention is the shorter chamber neck, so that factory seated ammunition can't be chambered - this means cases need to be trimmed about .050". It also means that bullets near the lands seat further down the neck. Altogether it works very well. I suspect that the Weatherby double radius shoulder and neck might also be a performance enhancer. Whether all this makes it an "ultimate"? Who knows, and who cares? It's a good cartridge that gives really impressive performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ackman, post: 67791, member: 4206"] When you start talking about "ultimate", everyone has their own ideas about what's best. Depends on your criteria. I've known Keith Candler for many years and what he's said is exactly right. He knows what he's talking about, and he's also not trying to peddle anything. Both my .257Wby's were done with Keith's reamer. Keith shoots South Carolina deer with the .257 and they've been very effective. Mine were built not for deer, but for rockchucks. One gun uses a single-shot Savage action and a braked Hart 30" barrel. It shoots 100gr bullets right at 4,000fps. I very seldom shoot paper except during load workup - 100gr Sierras, both the #1625GK and #1628Match, produced 3 shot groups in the low to mid .2's. Groups with Ballistic tip 100's are up around 1/2". The load is 71.5-72.0/RL22. IMR 4831 also works well. The #2 gun has a Douglas #5 barrel chambered with that reamer and uses a Savage repeater action. I haven't done much load work or used a chrono, but so far it looks to prefer BT's over Sierra's. The .257Wby can be an amazing cartridge if done right. No freebore....a 100gr bullet seats right about to the base of the neck. Close neck dimensions....chamber neck is .283" and loaded PMC brass is consistent at .281". And PMC brass, which as Keith said is a good bit stronger than other brands. One thing he didn't mention is the shorter chamber neck, so that factory seated ammunition can't be chambered - this means cases need to be trimmed about .050". It also means that bullets near the lands seat further down the neck. Altogether it works very well. I suspect that the Weatherby double radius shoulder and neck might also be a performance enhancer. Whether all this makes it an "ultimate"? Who knows, and who cares? It's a good cartridge that gives really impressive performance. [/QUOTE]
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