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Guess I'm appoarching a state of boredom with my current caliber fleet and am looking for something new to tinker with. I have a Remington 700 Classic 25-06 I bought new in 1990 and was thinking of converting it to a 240 Weatherby. (Please don't tell me Weatherbys are expensive to shoot and or do a 6mm/243 instead).

Seems all the rage lately is to fast twist a 6mm and push the 105-107 high bc bullets. Since the 240 is capable of pushing the 100's to 3400-3500 fps, I was thinking this just might be the ultimate Texas whitetail round. A 105 AMax or 107 VLD with a .500 bc driven at 3400 fps puts lots of bigger cartridges to shame at long distance.

For the build, I was thinking of a 26 in Brux #3 contour with a 1-8 twist. Do you think this would be adequate for the longer bullets and the higher velocites of the 240 Weatherby? Since I prefer wood, I'm going to utilize the factory wood stock as it's one of the prettier Classic stocks I've seen.

What do you guy's think? Is this worth doing or should I keep the Classic as it came from the factory?

btw...I already have a 257 Weatherby, so I'll keep the 257 niche filled if I move forward with the 240.

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Well, I'd say it depends on how much you want it to say "Weatherby" (and judging by your avatar you want it pretty bad). The .240 Wby doesn't have anything on a 6mm/06, especially if you AI'd the 06 case. I'd re-barrel to a 6mm/06 in a fast twist for playing with heavier bullets at long range, but I'd hunt whitetails with the 100 gr. Partition. The 115 DTAC might be the bullet to check out for LR ballistics. But - if you want Weatherby, go for it!


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Unless it won't shoot, getting rid of a 25-06 is never a good idea.


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I have a .240 HS Precision SPL. I had a 25-06 custom M-700 that went down the road some years back. Both, accurate rifles.

Have you considered a 6-06 instead of the .240 Wby.? If you reload, the 6-06 or a 6-284 would be slightly faster than the .240 Wby., using less expensive brass. If just into factory ammo, the .240 Wby makes sense.

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If I lots of extra dough to do some fun stuff rifle wise with, the first thing I'd be doing is sticking an 8 twisted 6mm barrel on my 25/06, to do exactly what you said; drive those nasty 105s up around 3300+.

But, Mr. Powell has a great point too... grin

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Originally Posted by Powell
Unless it won't shoot, getting rid of a 25-06 is never a good idea.


It is a shooter, but so is my 257 wby, So not too big of a deal.



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Why go with a belted 06 case.

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I gotta agree.
Originally Posted by ltppowell
Unless it won't shoot, getting rid of a 25-06 is never a good idea.


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Since you have a 257 Weatherby I would say the 25-06 is redundant. With that in mind I would build the 240. The 240 has always interested me. One of the few Weatherby rounds that really has held my attention. I don't know if I'd ever build one but if a lefty 240 Mark 5 and me and the right amount of money were all in the same room together at the same time I would probably come home with it. For my part I'd build the 240.

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Originally Posted by 7 STW
Why go with a belted 06 case.


From a practical standpoint, I concur with everyones opinion on the 6-06. Problem is, I've never been practical and have always wanted a 240. If everyone was practical they'd own 3 guns..a 22,30-06 and a 12 gauge.

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I am a fan of 6mm's, but...if you want to shoot distance you might want to consider a 6.5-06 or 6.5-284.

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I'd be looking real hard at a 6mm Rem. AI. Hodgdon data shows velocities that are essentially the same as the Weatherby.


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I'd say go for it. You have the plan, and it sounds like
fun. Let us know how it goes.

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I'd say go for it. You have the plan, and it sounds like
fun. Let us know how it goes.

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Most folk just don't plain understand Weatherby fans. You'll get lots of "expensive brass" "hard to find" "so much powder/recoil/blast/cost for so little gain". And for the most part, they'll never get "it". Those that have, shoot, and love the Bee's, get "it".

Go for it. You already have a 257, the 25-06 is the less pretty little sister. Yea she works and functions the same, but just doesn't have that something extra of her big sis.

Contemplating doing a similar build, but my plan is to go with Broughton 5C barrel

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105's seem to go to sleep in the 3300 fps max. 105's do not shoot well past 3300 as a general rule of thumb.

Weatherby brass sucks for holding pressure on the top end, and your expectations are to push the top end+.

You could do this with a 244 AI and save a bunch of barrel life.

If you go with the 244 AI or the 6/06 AI, you can push the limits on pressure by using PMC 7x57 brass or PMC 270 or 30/06 brass. Lapua is another option.

One thing that you should remember is that VLD bullets will not stand a .300 freebore.

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Originally Posted by MileHighShooter


Go for it. You already have a 257, the 25-06 is the less pretty little sister. Yea she works and functions the same, but just doesn't have that something extra of her big sis.



Yeah, big sis has those nice big double radiuses right below her neck!
Lil sis just has those flat pointy things.


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"Weatherby brass sucks for holding pressure on the top end"

Um...huh? Don't Weatherby factory rounds run higher pressure then most other cartridges?

And where are you getting .300" freebore? The 240 has .169"

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Originally Posted by nsaqam
Originally Posted by MileHighShooter


Go for it. You already have a 257, the 25-06 is the less pretty little sister. Yea she works and functions the same, but just doesn't have that something extra of her big sis.



Yeah, big sis has those nice big double radiuses right below her neck!
Lil sis just has those flat pointy things.


I didn't want to come right out and say it....but yea lol.

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Originally Posted by keith

One thing that you should remember is that VLD bullets will not stand a .300 freebore.


If he's getting a rifle built the extra added expense for a custom reamer without the freebore is negligible.


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