Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Poll: Best bullet in 7MM. & 257 Cal.

I shoot Hornady 162 gr SSTs out of my Ruger #1b -7mm-300 wby mag.
and Nosler 115 gr ballistic tips out of another Ruger #1b 257 wby mag.
All with fantastic results

J.M.,

If Pats "experiments" are any example. You might have a lot of digging to do!!

Never know.I've thought about those 120's.My barrel is twisted for the lite stuff.

7mm 154gr Interbond: Best all around period
257 100gr TSX

25 80gr TTSX
7mm 120gr TTSX

Same Here.

Of the currently available bullets: 7mm 150 Swift Scirroco, 257 no experience

How about Hornady's 139 grain SST out of a 7mmWSM? MV would be about 3150, too hot for that bullet? Same question for Nosler 140 grain Ballistic Tip? I've never shot any deer with these bullets but I worked up the load for an antelope hunt that fell through.

You stayin with hunnerds in 25-06AI?

100's shoot faster out of the barrel, 115's and 120's have more retained energy at long range. In the .257 Wby, 100's get down to around 1,000 ft pounds at 500 yds., which some consider marginal power for a deer sized target. The 115's have 1,400 ft. pounds at 500. And trajectory, long range, is as good with the slightly heavier, slightly slower bullets.

Didn't check, but 25-06 AI should be close to those figures.

DF

I don't care much about retained energy. The 100gr TTSX at 3300fps lays the smack down from the .25-06 out to about 550 yards where I live before expansion becomes a concern...

Well, for MY .257 Rob., I prefer the 115 Nosler Partition. For MY .280 Rem., I prefer the 160 Nosler Partition.

For me, these bullets attain high velocity, excellent accuracy, terrific penetration, and humane kills.

Respects,

Richard

Big Stick;
Our youngest daughter shoots them out of her .250AI and based on an admittedly limited testing last fall of two bucks, one 1st rack whitetail and one 2nd rack mule deer, we intend to keep using them.

We recovered one actually, that looks like this - left one of course.


At about 250 or so yards, it broke a rib, traversed the heart, broke another rib, broke the humerus cleanly in half about 1�" below the joint to the scapula and then lodged under the hide about midway up the scapula.



As I say, we're happy enough with the results to continue to use them on deer sized animals with confidence.

To the OP, I can't recall shooting anything with a 7mm, but was present when a couple deer died in front of a 7mag, so I'll pass on guessing what might be a consistent bullet in that diameter.

In the same way, I've never shot a hog so what I've said on bullets would be restricted to deer and or deer sized animals.

Regards,
Dwayne

100 TSX in 257; 120 TSX in 7mm or if you feel the need, then the 140 TSX.

MM

168 berger is pretty good bullet for deer. I have shot 8 or 10 with great result. Several elk 5. 115 grain berger out of several 25-05's work very good also.

The Grand Poohbah nailed it

Accubonds in 110 & 160 is my choice.

Any 25 caliber bullet at 100 grains and in the 7x57 I have 139-140 grain bullets do the job.

100 gr Hornady in the 257 Roberts
120 gr Rem Corelokt in the 25-06
139 gr Horn or 140 NPT in the 7x57
139 gr horn SP or 140 NPT and the 160 gr NPt in 7 Rem Mag.

Have used lots of others but have learned to bet on these. Magnum Man

100 gr TSX in 25, 140 gr TSX in the 7