For a backstory, I'll say this....I've never met a gun I didn't like. BUT, I have LOVED this one for years.
My brother in law had it custom built. He is a legendary deer slayer with an incredible knowledge of ballistics. Unfortunately, he suffered a brain stoke early last year (he's fine now and has even gotten back in the blind for a good old fashioned neck shot on a doe).
Before his stroke, he temporarily left the Great State of Texas, chasing a woman to Ohio, and sold off this gem to my father in law. He has been holding this beauty in his Marine Corps Iron Clutches since then, knowing I've been salivating over it since the first time I saw it.
It took a clean flat top AR, and a gorgeous S&W 686 .357mag to make the trade sweet enough for me to pry it out of his hands.

She is a Custom. Trued Rem 700 action, on a Schillen bull barrel (ceramic coated) with integrated muzzle brake, McMillian overmold stock, wearing a Zeiss Conquest 4X16X44, chambered in .257 Weatherby Mag.

Enjoy.






Took her out today. These are the first two shots out of the case. 200 yards

And took the 7 year old to dial in his .243, he's quite pumped about the possibility of harvesting his first doe this year.

I can see why you've wanted that rifle for so long, amazing !! Good luck to your son this year, hope he gets the biggest doe in Texas.

Quail Creek range?

Name- sick puppy, asteroid, mr.boom haha just a few really quick names. Never know.

Nice thing you got tho!!!

if i build another custom that is the round i intend to build. Nicegun. id name it doo doo brown. that way you could say doo doo brown, knocked em down. didnt even look up when they hurd the sound.

HuntingTexas, thanks for the mojo. Gljshh....yep....we took the custom one out to my moms property for the 200yard range, BINGO on the Quail Creek Range....solid team out there.
Camo34...you might have a future in gun namimg.

Holy Smoke Pole!

You said it in your post. Name it after him and call it the LEGEND. Legends live on.

Good luck to your son

Must be nice!

.257 is awesome.

Ol yeller. For its yellowish color

Very nice.

Doo doo brown LOL

Ma Bell



Because you can reach out and touch em with it!

"Widowmaker" because my wife would surely kill me!

the 'HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW'

Nice lookin gun, looks like you were shooting at Quail Creek.

Love me some 257wby Congrats.

The 80 gr ttsx are hell on wheels in the 257wby. At 3800 fts they hit like a lighting strike

Your intro sounds like a CW song,...

I named mine "Ma Bell" "Cause she can reach out and touch someone."

Not sure but it sure is ugly to this eye

name it fish egg...only because that is the 1st thing that came to mind when i seen the picture! it looks like a sack of fish eggs, when you open up a female sand bass!

"The Slab"