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Hi guys, I am wondering what the biggest game people have taken with their .257 Weatherby's and at what yardage?

Just curious, after reading a article on suggested yardages for different calibers on impeticular game species.

Thanks,

FMP

Oryx- 100 yards DRT

Mulie buck- 235 yards DRT

Black bear 200 yards.

The yardage per cartridge, energy blah blah blah stuff is funny.

Put a bullet where it belongs, and assuming enough velocity for proper expansion, [bleep] will die.

My Father has taken tons of moose a few elk and some deer with a bear inbetween.Watched him poke a moose at roughly 400yds when I was 10 or so.

Cow elk, 250ish.

Caribou Bull, 425 yards.

I just shot whitetail with mine, but I have a buddy that has poked a few Nilgai with his they are bout 500-700lbs he uses 100grn TSX barnes bullets. It works fine. I have seen 257 Wby kill axis, Nilgai,barbdoes,goats,deer. It works on all kinds of stuff

Well,

In consideration that I do have chance to shoot a moose, I figured I would ask. On top of that, I think this would be a good cartrdige for my girlfriend. I don't hand load- but I dont shoot 3 boxes a week either.

Narrowed it to the roy or the .270wsm

FMP

270 WSM is more commonly available, but the Roy is more classic. Roy ammo is more $$ by far.

I used to have a 270 WSM, now I have a Roy.

Moose and a 7' black bear at 100yrds each. My 257 has 3 moose,a 7'bear and about 1/2 doz blacktails. It has enough for the bigger stuff but is mild enough in recoil to head shoot the blacktails which requires an accurate gun,especially when the distance starts to get long. It is my favorite rifle by far.

Cow elk, 300 yds
Bull Caribou, 200 yards

If you asked the same question about the 25-35, 30-30, even the .22 L.R. then you would get the same answers, My pap shot all maner of moose with the 22 and never had any problems!

I personally have shot many elk and deer with the 25-35, I have shot many deer with a .22 long rifle and 222...

All that said, they are not ideal hunting rifles in todays world. Elk hunting has changed and at the first shot they head for the black timber and its swampy holes, there you need a big bore with all the pentration you can get. I use a 338 or 375 as shots are going away...

Is the 257 Wby an elk rifle, not in my opinnion unless you are one of the priviledge few who get those broadside shots at up to 200 yards, and remember at 400 yards as some proclaim you shooting the 25-35 once again and that shot has no room for error..Your lucky to see one legal bull in todays elk country and you may have to take a hard shot, considering the cost of elk hunting I wouldn't want to be under gunned and I don't like the apprehension that goes with tracking wounded elk for miles and I have done this on more than a few ocassions, and it each case it was from the hunter being undergunned for the shot he took.

After 65 years of big game hunting I am of the opinnion we owe it to the game to use "enough gun"..Elk rifles start with the 30-06 and go up IMO...

Not to steal the thread but what bullets are you all shooting animals with?

The reason I ask, I've been looking at the 120 gr Barnes, 0.284 bullet out of my 7mm RM at warp speed. The trajectory is comparable to the 257 wea. I've had issues with Barnes but at 3500 they should hold together better than about anything else.

FullMetalParka: I have witnessed several of my Hunting companions harvest Bull Elk cleanly and humanely with their 25/06 Remington Rifles. And I have two friends here in SW Montana that have now killed Elk with their newish 270 WSM Rifles!
I think either of the three would suit your girlfriends needs. The three being the 257 Weatherby, 25/06 Remington or 270 WSM.
Good luck with whichever is chosen.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

With my 25'06 and 100 gr. bullets I've taken 4 moose(longest 300yds), and 1 bull elk(255 yds), and I dunno how many big bodied Alberta deer(up to 500 yds).

Like it was stated earlier, just put the pill where it counts, and provided you've got a bullet up to the task Chit dies.

Next question........

Was it JB that posts of a bison being killed with a 100g TSX from a .257 Roy with full penetration?

With all due repect ....what does that even mean?? Whats changed?

My father in laws go to rifle for elk and mule deer is a 25-06, and this is after 40 years of hunting them with many bigger rifles. He has had zero problems filling the freezer with elk meat year n and year out with the 25-06!

I tried that exact combo as an antelope rig a couple years ago and found out quick that the wind out in the sage brush really blows those 120 grainers around. Now I'm back to longer heavier bullets that buck wind better. I'm a lot better at figuring trajectory than I am at doping out how far to hold into the wind.