It costs me $3.30 every time I pull the trigger. I don't see how it plays into ethics the price of ammo

I pull the trigger enough to matter. I've killed over 100 big game animals why would need to shoot more?

The 257 Weatherby is for people that like the 257 Weatherby.

Tell us, what calibers are acceptable to the discerning hunter? I may have been killing animals all wrong this whole time. Goodness, my 7 STW could be a complete work of the devil, now that my eyes have been opened.

Too bad you weren't around to steer Roy Weatherby in the right direction, damned fool that he was.

The cost of ammo and barrel life simply will not allow for ethical hunting at medium ranges.

try the nosler trophy grade line

Just about any centerfire rifle cartridge would do. I am just advocating range time in field conditions. Can you find fault in that?

Isn't it amazing that I've been shooting Weatherby's for over 45 years and I've yet to shoot a barrel out. I've also managed for 45 years not to need a rangfinder, but I have wore out allot of skinning knives. I shoot Weatherby's because they are fast and flat and have served me well over the many years. If you need all that practice then by all means go ahead, some of us don't. As far as the ammo price I don't give a rats arse it's not important.
You keep telling everybody else what they should be shooting and we'll just keep filling our tag's with our old junky worthless 70 year old Weatherby's.

Be honest with yourself, how many of those 100 animals were in between 300-500 yards? Could you have not done the same thing with a plain jane 30-06 and better bullets? Because this is the range where the flat shooting 257 weatherby is supposed to shine.

Nothing besides My drop at that distance is 1.3 mils or 21.3 inches. With the 115 WBY advertises as their highest BC on their website the drop would have been 1.8 mils or 29 inches so I would assume that made the 22 creed "flatter shooting" since it has 7 inches less of rise at that distance??

You praise the bullets terminal ballistics when the subject is external ballistics. Two different subjects. Entirely.

How many of your kills have been between 300-500 yards?

Fals. If you have time to range it you have time to hold or dial correctly for it. 400 for one of mine is 1.8 Mil. If it didn't drop as much I'd dial or hold less.

Yea and by the time you've got your range dialed in that buck is gone. One of the reasons I shoot Weatherby's is because I don't have time to mess with a range finder or worry about having to dial in my scope. I know it's trajectory and can guess the range close enough to put one in the heart/lung or shoulder inside of 500 yards and can do it almost instantly. That's the advantage of having a flat shooting rifle it's very for giving.

Several, what's your point? Hunt very much out here in West Texas and you'll get allot of long shots.

Why do you guys keep saying certain calibers have better BCs than other calibers? Isn't BC determined by bullet form and sectional density? So you can get the same BC for any caliber with the right bullet.

The point was simple, you stated you have never worn out a weatherby barrel. That leaves two possible scenario's. 1 is you haven't shot the rifle much, or 2 the rifle doesn't need to be accurate for the ranges you are hunting. This is where my 4-5 moa rifle at 100 yards will still kill a deer comment comes from.

My family's ranch is in Brownwood. We have plenty of open space. So much so, that I need a range finder when hunting pigs.

I'm not much of a deer hunter, and haven't taken any over 200 yards. Pigs are another story.

A lot of you rifle/bench guys' posts are starting to sound like y'all are the only ones who know how to shoot. Keep in mind you may not always know the story of that guy you are talking down to.

Just sayin'....

This is what I was talking about. All this flatest shooting cartridge this, magical curved shoulder that, and none of it makes a difference.

I stand by my statements. Get a range finder and practice, practice, practice. The 257 weatherby is a cartridge for guys who don't put in the range time, and who don't pull the trigger often. If you want to shoot a deer inside 200 yards with a 257 weatherby, sounds great. But touting it as the greatest thing ever is silly at best.

The cost of ammo and barrel life simply will not allow for ethical hunting at medium ranges.

If you have time to range it you have time to hold or dial correctly for it. 400 for one of mine is 1.8 Mil. If it didn't drop as much I'd dial or hold less.

It's not the greatest rifle ever, no rifle is the greatest .

How many rifle can you hold hair to 400yards?

How many shot you actually think it takes to shoot out a 257wby barrel?


The 257wby is designed to be a one stop shop from 0-400 yards... Nothing more nothing less. It does it well with out over complicating things.

A lot of you rifle/bench guys' posts are starting to sound like y'all are the only ones who know how to shoot. Keep in mind you may not always know the story of that guy you are talking down to.

Just sayin'....