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.257 WBY
« on: June 19, 2010, 10:44:00 PM »
Just wondering if anyone here shoots the .257 wby? I am looking to get a new toy and am considering this gun. If anyone has any pros and cons I would appreciate it, besides being $60+ a box for ammo. Thanks

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 10:45:17 PM »
I have one and love it. Have shot everything from rockchucks to elk with it.
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2010, 10:49:02 PM »
they are a great gun there is a few people on here that shoot them and love them i have shot a few and like them but i like my 25-06 a little better.
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2010, 11:03:47 PM »
they are a great gun there is a few people on here that shoot them and love them i have shot a few and like them but i like my 25-06 a little better.
10-4 on the 257 weatherby being an awesome gun....but ditto on the 25-06 as far as preferance...cheaper to shoot (and reload) and my wife has shot both washington blacktail and wyoming mulies with her 25-06 and all have reacted like the rug was jerked out from underneath them..boom goes the dynamite with no tracking required.
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2010, 11:14:06 PM »
I don't have one but I think it's a good cartridge, very flat shooting and should be easy on the shoulder. But yes, the ammo price is too high. One of the reasons I wouldn't want one, even though I reload. You should look at the 270 WSM or 7mm WSM. Balistically they're practically the same as the 257 Weatherby, and much cheaper to shoot.

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2010, 11:21:13 PM »
Yes I own one. I've owned 2506s and have friends with 270 WSMs.  All excellent cartridges.  The 257 Weatherby is the fastest of the lot.  You can push 100 grain bullets at 3600 ft/second with no trouble.

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2010, 01:08:39 AM »

 Thats with a molyed 110gr accubond.
I still have some Norma brass that I'm useing now and 60 once fired WBY brass that I'll use after my supply of Norma is gone.
I've ran 50 7mm Rem Mag brass through the 257wby sizer, when I need new brass thats what I'll use.

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7mm brass after sizeing with a 257wby die
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2010, 06:45:16 AM »
Several in my family, one of the flattest shooting of all factory cartridges available. I load the 75 grain bullet at 4000 fps, I have shot coyotes in excess of 500 yards, we have killed everything from ground squirrels to bear and moose with the 100 grain bullets. Although if I was buying a gun specifically to hunt bear, elk, or moose, I would go with a larger caliber. But for long range deer, antelope, and varmint hunting, there is no better caliber. :twocents:
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2010, 07:19:13 AM »
I have a 257 wby accumark and it shoots 110 accubonds real well at 3450. I like it for deer and antelope and it sure puts praire dogs up in the air. I reload so it;s not to bad.

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2010, 07:37:15 AM »
Thanks for all the input. You all have made my decision easier. I am going to go for it. thanks again, Matt

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2010, 09:54:04 AM »
If you are into handloading or have a friend who can help you, go onto Cabelas online and purchase brass in lots of 100. As mentioned by others, reloading makes your shooting with this caliber much more affordable if you like to shoot a lot.
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2010, 12:03:36 PM »
x2 on the 7mm or 300 brass. you have to trim and possibly neck turn 300 brass. all of my 7mm has been plug and play. if the world only had 257's there would be nothing that north america could not kill with it.

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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2010, 12:08:45 PM »
All this talk has me wanting to head out the door hunting right now.... :chuckle:
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2010, 11:27:33 AM »
Awesome caliber. Pure magic for bucks, antelope, etc. My new love is the 240 Roy....
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Re: .257 WBY
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2010, 06:08:26 PM »
Did not realize that 7mm Rem was same brass as 257 weatherby  Do you have any problems resizing down to 257? just wondering as this reloading is all new to me.

 


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