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+1 to that.
However I like 115-120 grain premium bullets because Moose is on the menu most of the time. And when hunting coastal blacktails there is always a bear or two(both black and grizzly) in the neighborhood so I want a good bullet.I am going to try the Hornady 117 round nose next and if they shoot well out of my gun then will try them on a moose or bear.

I'm partial to 120-grain NPs (257 Wby). Have never failed to deliver definiitve results.

I told you before that you better not leave that rifle laying around!

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Gents--was pondering all things 257 Roy just the other day around the 100g bullets.

Up at 120g it looks a bit redundant with 7RM running 120s, no?

We quarter-bore guys only fight amoung ourselves. We know that whichever one we choose, it will be better than any other cartridge, in any other caliber.

If they leave the starting line at the same time, the 257 will win.

Everyone i know that hunts with a 25/06,257 Roy,270 Win are accurate shots,know how to pick their shots and how critical shot placement is.I even had a buddy that used a 243 for shooting 2 black bears every spring and never had a problem(his father in-law also used a 243 for blackies quite often). A lot of the guys that shoot 7mm's think they are shooting "the hammer of Thor" and their shooting suffers as well as the occasional animal.
Also all the negative things said about the 257 vs.25/06 can be said for the 7mm. -increase in powder=little or no gain in velocity.
-reduced barrel life.
-increase in recoil
-etc.
On the hodgdon site......257 wthrby .....7mmRem.
Imr 7828 120gr ..... 69gr-m.v. 3325 .....72.5-m.v. 3260
H4350 120gr ..... 60 gr-m.v.3189 .....65gr-m.v. 3226

According to what i read there is actually a decrease in m.v.
using 7828 and 3.5 gr less powder used.
H4350 the 7mm uses 5 gr more powder for a gain of 37 fps.

Nothing wrong with the 7mm but it is just not for me,I would however love to have a 7mm/08 and load it with 120's.

I will however be a lifetime fan of anything .25 and will never part with my 257 Roberts(Ruger #1) and my 257 Roy(MK.V)
and will use my 257roy when i want a hot round. All this is of course IMHO. Cheers

I've used both to kill everything from prairie dogs to whitetail deer. Nothing I've ever shot knew the difference. Come to think of it, neither did I.

I presently have two 25-06 rifles (Sendero and Classic 700)but don't own a 257 Weatherby.

100 grain bullet are the way to go with either.

257Stew-if I'm reading your #'s correctly I'd say that the numbers for the big 7 are if anything light. I've seen plenty of 7's that would run a 140 @ 3200. The idea of running a 120 @ 3200-3260 is pretty light to me. 3400 certainly isn't out of the question according to my experience.

I feel that the 257 Bee is a heck of a round, especially with the 100's. But with the 120's I feel it's day in and day out gonna run 3200-3300 and while it's still very user friendly and plenty capable. A long barrel 270 (25-26") will run a 130 to those speeds and a Big 7 will go past that with ease..

Just a bunch of gack I know but thought I'd toss it out there for grins and giggles...

And I do agree a good patient and planned shooter can do incredible things with a 243! (just look at how many elk Casey's taken with one)

Dober

Not saying the #'s I threw in there are correct.I just went to the hodgdon site and looked at their info using 2 common powders and each round using 120 grain bullets.

Hey no problemo, I was only tossing out a bit more "BG" to cuss and discuss...grin

R22 is a heck of a powder with the 120/7Rem combo.

Dober

Ah, the quarter-bore wars.[well, not really] Yep, the 257 Wby gets down the track abit faster, but I agree with bigsqueeze and VarmintGuy. I know the price thing wasn't suppose to be part of the topic, but the 25-06 is less expensive to operate. So, my vote goes for the 25-06, mainly 'cause I own! So, roll with what you like; they're both damn fine. By the way, I prefer 115-120's out of my 25-06; just like 'em. There ya go. Tom

I never owned a 25-06 I didnt like as they were all fine rifles but Ive only owned 1 257 Wby and Ill never own another as it sucked worse than any rifle Ive ever owned,I had the Douglas XX barrel pulled and I tossed it out the window into the river so as to never mess with anybody again and I turned right around and put another douglas in it chambered in the 25/06 and its just a good ol tack driver today,Id rather drive tacks and they can keep their 300 FPS......

Mine drives tacks and has 300+ fps more than my .25-06...

Seriously, I think I'd want a suitable explanation (and replacement) from Douglas or the Smith if I paid the money to install an aftermarket barrel and it sucked worse than any rifle I'd ever owned.

The .257 Roy is that chick you have a fling with in college... fast, firey, loud... a bit obnoxious, but ohhhhhhh so fun. Everyone should roll a couple rounds with one... but it takes an adventurous kind of guy to hang on to one forever.

The .25-06 is the kind of lady you settle down with.... still does most of what the .257's capable of... but with less fuss... and a lot less wear and tear on the ole'equipment... if you know what I mean.

I do not have a .257WBY. I wish that I did. I have a .250Sav, a .257Roberts, and a .25-06. All are excellent shooters. To my way of thinking the .25-06 has always been the little bullet in the long case, that thought it could. I would venture to say that anything the .25-06 will do, a .270 or 7mm will do better. (Opinions expressed here may not be the same as others from the fire.)

Grinning Pat, that seems perfectly objective to me.

257: I think most of the guys who post and shoot the 7 on this board probably can shoot pretty well....maybe as well as the quarter bore shooters. No doubt the Hammer of Thor stuff is applicable to rookie loader/killers buying a bigger cartridge than the one they had...but experienced riflemen are another matter. I do like my Bob, BTW.

The 100g does look like the bullet to me...

But certainly not in a 243...:)