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Most people who buy a rifle chambered in .257 Wby. do so with full knowledge and acceptance of the fact that factory ammo is not cheap. For those who choose to own and shoot a .257, comparisons to ought-six ammo costs are meaningless. It's simply a matter of personal preference and what you're willing to spend. If you don't want to pay the price of admission... don't.
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When I had my .257 Bee I bought a few boxes of factory ammo. It ran $65 a box for 115 NBT's and 120 Partitions. After I shot those, I quickly got dies and started reloading all that good Norma brass.
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Most people who buy a rifle chambered in .257 Wby. do so with full knowledge and acceptance of the fact that factory ammo is not cheap. For those who choose to own and shoot a .257, comparisons to ought-six ammo costs are meaningless. It's simply a matter of personal preference and what you're willing to spend. If you don't want to pay the price of admission... don't. "what you're willing to spend" was kind of my point. The OP needs to make that decision and I get the feeling he doesn't handload.
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Sounds to me like screw them both and get a 264 Win Mag...  Or a .26 Nosler.   If I was going to get a 6.5 or 260 anything, THAT would be the one! But, when it came time to order a new PacNor barrel for my FN Sporter I stayed with my tried and true 257WBY. I am familiar with it and its drop and windage at various ranges, and it has worked extremely well on our large Mule Deer out to as far away as I will shoot at an animal that bleeds and could potentially be wounded. Last years buck was 618 yards, first shot did him in right nicely. Not saying there might be better one's out there now (there would be very few, IMO), but 30 years of familiar, and a bunch of supplies to keep it fed combined with my new economic reality made my decision for me. And I will most likely be happy to death with it for the rest of my life if I don't wear out this barrel.
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Most people who buy a rifle chambered in .257 Wby. do so with full knowledge and acceptance of the fact that factory ammo is not cheap. For those who choose to own and shoot a .257, comparisons to ought-six ammo costs are meaningless. It's simply a matter of personal preference and what you're willing to spend. If you don't want to pay the price of admission... don't. THIS..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Most people who buy a rifle chambered in .257 Wby. do so with full knowledge and acceptance of the fact that factory ammo is not cheap. For those who choose to own and shoot a .257, comparisons to ought-six ammo costs are meaningless. It's simply a matter of personal preference and what you're willing to spend. If you don't want to pay the price of admission... don't. THIS.. The fact that the OP has a 6.5 Creedmoor and is asking about the differences between that and a .257 Weatherby suggests to me that he isn�t particularly familiar with the .257 Weatherby. Moreover I�d bet he doesn�t reload. I agree that if the OP knows about the differences in ammo costs and doesn�t care, the cost differences are a �don�t care� issue. Nothing in his post indicates that this is the case. He has a �couple hundred� rounds and is considering the purchase based on that. Since he is asking about the differences, I think ammo costs are a very legitimate item of discussion.
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I agree completely on the ammo costs being a factor, but KW's post is also spot on. At least in my experience, most Weatherby owners either reload or the price of factory ammo is not a factor. Incidentally, I am well balanced with two 257s and three 3006s
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I agree completely on the ammo costs being a factor, but KW's post is also spot on. At least in my experience, most Weatherby owners either reload or the price of factory ammo is not a factor. Incidentally, I am well balanced with two 257s and three 3006s When I saw "well balanced," I thought you were going to discuss liquid refreshments... It IS Friday.
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Now that you mention it, just poured my second bourbon..Wooford Reserve, Double Oaked. Smooth...
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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What model boxcutter is that in the pic?
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My 257 Bee will do 3500 fps with a 110 Accubond. BC .418
The creed will do 3020 with a 120 BT. .458 BC
You do the math This... Shot placement kills.......fixed it for you And few compare to the .257 wby, off the line.
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Thanks for all the input. I went ahead and bought a 257
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Vanguard or Mark V or what?
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Went with the Remington 700 XCR II RMEF
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Not as efficient as the CM, but a virtual lighting bolt anyway. Velocity does really cool things to critters properly hit and if the .257 Roy is short on anything, it ain't velocity. Recoil is light and out to 500 or so trajectory is amazingly flat. I think you'll have a good time with it.
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Good choice. You'll like it.
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So you have the ammo, but not the rifle.
Get the rifle. Around here, that's called "sufficient justification." That is an excellent thought process. I came across a deal for a McMillan Weatherby MkV magnum stock and did not own a rifle; I do now. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x400/cruiser111/P1030641_zpsec29adc3.jpg) Proceed.
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Went with the Remington 700 XCR II RMEF
That'll work.
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The 257Wby with 115VLDs spanks the Creed with 140VLDs easily to 1k in terms of trajectory and drift, but I suppose one can milk the input any way he likes 
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