as a very smart and experienced man once said to me,,avoid ANYTHING Weatherby,,just trouble with brass, costs, esp. feeding due to shoulders, etc. etc.
as another very smart man also said to me once, I'd like a .257 Roberts...
That's the way I look at it too, I have a 25/06 love it to bits dynamite accuracy power to spare, it shoots 115 Berger VLD's under .5MOA at 3100fps still has over 2100fps at 500 metres, The 257 mag shoots like a laser I would like one too a bit like a Ferrari expensive to run,
In reality a 257 Roberts would be a better calibre I want one of them as well and a 25/20 have the whole range covered, also the 25/06 and .257 Weatherby need 26" barrels to get their performance the Roberts is fine with 22"
I had one it was great fun for a while especially on foxes 4000 fps, uses a lot of powder for no significant advantage. You can neck down 7mm rem mag cases a little short but never caused a problem
I am still waiting for a Roberts... now that would be really nice for a Sunday rifle.
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Hi.Got a friend who has just bought one for piggies, (257 Weatherby Mag). While he has dug some brass out of Brownells is there anyone in the Uk that holds loaded ammo?.
Thanks.
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You're right Muir there are quite a lot of them but the only ones that come up for sale are stuffed and need a new barrel, I supply a guy with cast bullets that has a Winchester 92 and a Savage 23, I haven't been able to find a shootable one yet.I would have thought that in NZ there would be no shortage of 25-20's. Australia is the second home of that fine little cartridge. I bought two of them from a dealer there.~Muir