.257 weatherby ???

[H&Hhunter]

Lighter, smaller, high velocity, calibers are always fine choices on heavy thicker skinned game.....


Will it kill a moose? Of course as will a well placed .22 or a sharp stick. Is it the best round for the job? Of course not.

As far as some of the other observations on eargaslptizen super mags.

I'm sure that everything you shoot with your RUM's falls over dead from shock and truth in advertising syndrome.

However, I've seen the unbelievable occur. I've seen, and more than once mind you, when a critter was kjerslaped with a solid hit from a .300RUM and it ran off like nothing even touched it. Only to be found later after a serious bought of blood tracking. Sometimes times thy magic wand of velocity failith when thy practical theory of bullet placement falterith.

Back in the Weatherby hey day it was considered all the rage to go kill some hugeasaurous DG animal with a ridiculous little hyper velocity round like the .257 or the .270 Weatherby. It was then what it is now. A stupid human trick.


If you want a .257 weatherby. Go get one they may well be one of the finest long range light critter gitters on the planet.

They should not to be considered a "GOOD" moose gun.

 

[chris allen]

moose

The 257 wby is a great cartridge. It will kill a moose if proper bullets and bullet placement is right.There are better caliber choices.

Everbody seems to want to go to these very large caliber rifles ,which are great if you can shoot them, but remember the recoil is severe.

Remember animals have not started wearing steel pants!!!

 

[DogBonz]

Moose = Horse with antlers

ask your self: Self, would the caliber be a good choice to shoot a horse with?
If the answer in no, then move along.

note: I do not advocate shooting horses. The analogy was used for display purposes only.
Thank you.

Sincerely,
The management

 

[ArmedBear]

Lee-

A guy at the range had a .300 Wby with Weatherby's muzzle brake. I asked him how he liked the brake. He'd shot it without the brake, and decided he neede one. He let me shoot it.

With the brake, it recoiled a good deal less than my .30-06. It wasn't the shape of the stock, since I was shooting my own Vanguard Sporter that day with nearly identical stock design and geometry; if anything, his rifle was lighter, since mine was walnut and his had the basic synthetic stock.

Your Mark V needn't become a safe queen. Weatherby's brake works quite well, and it's unobtrusive, too. The blast wasn't bad, either: our club has an indoor 100 yard range, so I notice most muzzle brakes when in use ...

 

[mbt2001]

I have said this before, but unless you are hunting dangerous game, most folks seem to be WAY over-gunned.

It is said about the 44-40 "that is has killed more game, big and small and more men, good and bad, than any other cartridge."

Now let's be honest, folks hunted ALL KINDS of game with the 44-40 for years. I seriously doubt that most of them have since invented kevlar.

 

[H&Hhunter]

With the above solid information I'd like to suggest the use of nothing larger than a .14 Flee, with good bullets of course. As I wouldn't want to be accused of being "over gunned". After all I wouldn't want to kill something "too" dead.

PS

If you can't teach yourself to handle the "wicked" recoil from a .300 Waetherby without a break. It is my humble opinion that possibly you should take up knitting or flower arraignment. After all we wouldn’t want your tender, narrow, little shoulders to get an ouchie on them..

My recommendation is to strap on your man suit and get over it.

Recoil form a .300 (u-name it) simply is not all that bad and shooting a rifle with greater than average recoil is a learned skill and not something to be feared.

Recoil is 98% physcological 2% physical and mental preparedness outweighs physical toughness 100% of the time in regards to shooting a "big" rifle.

 

[redneck2]

As with most threads of this age, it has drifted further than a raft that's in the ocean for a few months...

he's buying a new rifle. Evidentally doesn't have the .257 Weatherby yet.

Short answer...do yourself and the game you're hunting a favor. Skip the exotics, the unusual, and the "what if's"

just get a 30-06. They've worked as well as anything for about 100 years.

If you're just dying for a magnum, get a 7mm or 300 WM.

You won't have to ask if it's the right choice, or second guess yourself in the future.

edit to add...+1 to the above. I'm 5'7", 175. I have a 7mm mag and a 300 WM. I'm using the 7mm in a Sendero for prarie dogs at 1,000 yards. You should be able to handle one shot for moose

Howard Hill killed elephants, cape buffalo, and lions with a longbow. Doesn't mean it would be my weapon of choice.

 

[gun crazy newfie]

All I can say is that I took my Weatherby Vanguard chambered in 257 Wby on it's first hunt this Monday past. I was hunting Black Bear and the bear came out at 135 yards away. I was using 100 grain Barnes TSX Weatherby ammo. I placed the cross hairs on the big bruins neck and squeezed the trigger. The bear dropped in it's tracks and was Dead Right There!!
I have yet to use it on Moose but I will be taking on my next Moose hunting trip and I will be confident. As with any caliber, shot placement is the key.

 

[HGUNHNTR]

I love the .257 WBY for deer, just not moose and bear. The ballistics do look great, but those are with WBY ammo, and 26" bbls.