Post by: sirmissalot on July 27, 2012, 09:06:00 AM
Post by: Curly on July 27, 2012, 09:15:45 AM
Post by: KimberRich on July 27, 2012, 09:17:22 AM
I think there are 125 gr pistol bullets..
Post by: KimberRich on July 27, 2012, 09:19:15 AM
Post by: bobcat on July 27, 2012, 09:34:18 AM
Not sure why you'd want to go heavier than 120?
Post by: Huntbear on July 27, 2012, 09:37:00 AM
How about a 110 gr Accubond? :dunno:
You will like this round.. it has some range to it.. The Partition is a good under 300 yard round.. Sierra makes a 117 gr. bullet I believe and in my .257 AI it shoots through the same hole as the 115 gr. Nosler also makes a 120 gr. partition..
Post by: C-Money on July 27, 2012, 09:58:58 AM
Post by: sirmissalot on July 27, 2012, 10:19:27 AM
120 is as heavy as I've seen in 25 caliber, not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen them.
Not sure why you'd want to go heavier than 120?
Just something I wanted to try, I know its not going to kill anything any better. It tends to get pretty windy in wyoming and I was hoping to get a high BC bullet, companies like Berger seem to be going to heavier bullets and higher BC but theres still not a lot of options for the 25 cal.
Thanks for the input guys I am gonna get some sample packs of bullets to load up and see what shoots best, definitely would like to stay in the 110 and up.
Post by: gunnarnewt on July 27, 2012, 10:24:51 AM
Post by: et1702 on July 27, 2012, 10:40:25 AM
ET
Post by: Nape.257 on July 27, 2012, 10:56:25 AM
115gr NBT's will have less BC but will probably be easier to get to shoot.
.257Wby = DRT
Post by: Bob33 on July 27, 2012, 11:24:12 AM
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 27, 2012, 11:56:09 AM
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on July 27, 2012, 12:26:09 PM
Post by: ellensburgpo on July 27, 2012, 12:27:37 PM
How about a 110 gr Accubond? :dunno:
The 110 Accubond is pure death on a deer sized animal out of a 257 Weatherby mag.
Post by: Jamieb on July 27, 2012, 12:52:01 PM
Post by: sirmissalot on July 27, 2012, 01:10:39 PM
100 grain TSX or TTSX bullets out of a 257 Weatherby have worked very well for me in Wyoming. Heavier bullets may "resist" wind better but they are slower, so wind has more time to move them. I doubt you would enough difference in wind drift to justify a 140 grain if you can even find such a thing. I would rate accuracy much higher than bullet weight.
I understand that, I realize it really wouldn't matter a lot especially since I'm not going to shoot past 500 yards or so. Just something I was thinking about, maybe just for "cool factor" to myself. A long skinny bullet just looks cool to me, I'm no master shooter or reloader. I'll just pick which bullet my rifle likes best, I've got lots of loading and shooting to do. Thanks for all the input, I'm a huge fan of this round too, I've shot it a decent amount and have taken several antelope and 2 deer with it, just never messed around with reloading for it, I didn't reload back when I bought the gun and have since started using my 300 weatherby instead, but wanted to pull this gun out of the cabinet for this hunt.
Post by: MuleDeerCrazy on July 27, 2012, 01:57:15 PM
Hoping the solid bullet will perform better with those higher velocities, have heard lots of good things about them... have never shot a Barnes before, so...?
Post by: jackmaster on July 27, 2012, 02:01:37 PM
120 is as heavy as I've seen in 25 caliber, not that there aren't any, but I haven't seen them.:yeah: plenty of bullet for a whitetail, just puch through the lungs, no need to try and bust bone on the near side
Not sure why you'd want to go heavier than 120?
Post by: Biggerhammer on July 27, 2012, 02:47:08 PM
Post by: WAmuleyHunter on July 27, 2012, 03:06:11 PM
Post by: bearpaw on July 27, 2012, 03:11:03 PM
Post by: MADMAX on July 27, 2012, 03:28:06 PM
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on July 27, 2012, 04:11:05 PM
Post by: Bofire on July 27, 2012, 07:52:39 PM
Carl
Post by: bearpaw on July 27, 2012, 08:10:51 PM
Anybody try the 80 gr TTSX? I've had a box for about a year and haven't loaded any yet. Should be able to push em to 4000 fps, talk about a deer killin sonafabitch!!
We have shot two moose, a couple bear, and several deer with 257 loaded with 100 gr TSX and 100 gr TTSX.
One of the moose was shot at over 300 yards and bullets exited after passing through both shoulders.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on July 28, 2012, 06:13:45 PM
Post by: MADMAX on July 30, 2012, 06:15:27 AM
Post by: high country on August 02, 2012, 08:33:50 AM
I love shooting long sleek heavy bullets, but keep it real.....the Roy was meant to run hard and fast and sting like lightning.
Post by: sirmissalot on August 02, 2012, 09:09:41 AM
After pushing a 100gr tsx through a couple elk and a few deer and having none stop the bullet and none take so much as a step......I will just hold another inch into the wind.
I love shooting long sleek heavy bullets, but keep it real.....the Roy was meant to run hard and fast and sting like lightning.
Exactly, the long sleek heavy bullet it was I was looking for, like I said just for cool factor to myself. Most other calibers you can find these kind of bullets so I wanted to try and play around with some.
My favorite bullet in most my rifles has been the barnes in TSX or TTSX, I guess I don't know why I'd change now. I'm still gonna load up a few different bullets and see which shoots best. Looking at 100gr Barnes TTSX, 110 gr Hornady Interbond, and 110gr Nosler Accubond. Thanks for all the input guys, I'll try to post the results up of what I find.
Post by: bearpaw on August 02, 2012, 10:39:50 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 02, 2012, 10:54:15 AM
Post by: 400out on August 04, 2012, 03:27:57 PM
Post by: high country on August 06, 2012, 07:53:27 AM
:yeah: I would have one of these guns if they would just loose the weatherby tag! :bash: adds 30% to the price of ammo :bash: :bash: :bash:
Simple answer.....7 rem brass. It's cheap and works fine.
Post by: bearpaw on August 06, 2012, 08:20:03 AM
:yeah: I would have one of these guns if they would just loose the weatherby tag! :bash: adds 30% to the price of ammo :bash: :bash: :bash:
Simple answer.....7 rem brass. It's cheap and works fine.
Another option is the 264 win mag or the 25:06, both have similar performance. :dunno:
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 06, 2012, 08:34:38 AM
After pushing a 100gr tsx through a couple elk and a few deer and having none stop the bullet and none take so much as a step......I will just hold another inch into the wind.
I love shooting long sleek heavy bullets, but keep it real.....the Roy was meant to run hard and fast and sting like lightning.
I agree with greg, light boolits pushed fast and hard shot at distances 99% deer are taken at, flat spanks the *censored* out of em... You want high BC move up to 6.5 or 284 where ya get #'s that are worth sumthin.....
Post by: bearpaw on August 06, 2012, 08:40:56 AM
After pushing a 100gr tsx through a couple elk and a few deer and having none stop the bullet and none take so much as a step......I will just hold another inch into the wind.
I love shooting long sleek heavy bullets, but keep it real.....the Roy was meant to run hard and fast and sting like lightning.
I agree with greg, light boolits pushed fast and hard shot at distances 99% deer are taken at, flat spanks the *censored* out of em... You want high BC move up to 6.5 or 284 where ya get #'s that are worth sumthin.....
Agreed, I have seen nothing (including deer, antelope, bear, elk, moose) walk more than a few steps after recieving a 100gr tsx sent with love. :chuckle:
Post by: bobcat on August 06, 2012, 10:47:15 PM
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Post by: threedwizard on August 24, 2012, 06:42:57 AM
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 24, 2012, 12:18:04 PM
Post by: Bob33 on August 24, 2012, 12:39:20 PM
+1. I've used the 100 grain TSX at 3600 to put down lots of critters. A friend of mine recently shot an elk at 450 yards with the same load. I think that's stretching things a bit, but that bullet is a great performer out of the 257.After pushing a 100gr tsx through a couple elk and a few deer and having none stop the bullet and none take so much as a step......I will just hold another inch into the wind.
I love shooting long sleek heavy bullets, but keep it real.....the Roy was meant to run hard and fast and sting like lightning.
I agree with greg, light boolits pushed fast and hard shot at distances 99% deer are taken at, flat spanks the *censored* out of em... You want high BC move up to 6.5 or 284 where ya get #'s that are worth sumthin.....
Agreed, I have seen nothing (including deer, antelope, bear, elk, moose) walk more than a few steps after recieving a 100gr tsx sent with love. :chuckle:
Post by: Jamieb on August 24, 2012, 04:41:41 PM
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 24, 2012, 06:17:45 PM
Question, I bought Weatherby 100 grn SP for mine to sight in. How will these perform compared to the hotrod ones you guys keep talking about ?
I've shot the 100 sp for almost 15 years now. Did you buy the really cheap ones, think they have norma boolits? They are loading some "cheap" stuff for both the 300 and 257 roy, economy loads so they say. Anyhow, I've shot the schitt outta whitetail,muleys, blacktail, bear,antelope and coyotes with the 100 grain hornady inter-locks, from20 yards, to over 500, every one of em failed according to todays standards, but everytime they made meat..................Right now!
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 24, 2012, 09:58:21 PM
Question, I bought Weatherby 100 grn SP for mine to sight in. How will these perform compared to the hotrod ones you guys keep talking about ?
I've shot the 100 sp for almost 15 years now. Did you buy the really cheap ones, think they have norma boolits? They are loading some "cheap" stuff for both the 300 and 257 roy, economy loads so they say. Anyhow, I've shot the schitt outta whitetail,muleys, blacktail, bear,antelope and coyotes with the 100 grain hornady inter-locks, from20 yards, to over 500, every one of em failed according to todays standards, but everytime they made meat..................Right now!
I just bought the ones that were the Weatherby brand 100 grainers. I figured they would work since the are Weatherby. I might be wrong, but at least I have the brass...........
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 25, 2012, 07:06:52 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 25, 2012, 07:11:41 AM
Post by: threedwizard on August 25, 2012, 10:23:50 AM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on August 25, 2012, 12:13:53 PM
The SP is Spire Point. They are less money than the name bullets, but they shoot well and have killed many animals.
They're Weatherby ammo I bought at the Big R store. I thought it was "soft point " but these are "spitzer". I should of checked better.
Post by: threedwizard on August 25, 2012, 03:13:43 PM
Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 27, 2012, 11:20:49 AM
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Post by: 257 Wby Mag on August 27, 2012, 06:39:03 PM
Post by: gunnarnewt on August 28, 2012, 01:01:58 PM