Originally Posted by Dirtfarmer
Originally Posted by 260Remguy
I have had a few rifles chambered in 257 and 257AI since the first, a Ruger 77 R, arrived in 1981.

After trying a lot of different bullets, I've settled on the 75 and 90 grain Sierra for shooting varmints and 110 grain ABs for medium game. Same/same for the 25 WSSM, 25-284, and 25-06.
I worked on the M-70 trigger for a good bud who was having issues with his .25 WSSM. Man was that a nice little rifle. Brass would be an issue, but he had a lifetime supply.

I've read it can be a challenge to tweak an action to feed those smoothly. The factory seemed to have solved that issue. He said it fed rounds very smoothly and it was accurate.

DF

I jumped into the 25 WSSM with both feet and have hunted deer and shot pdogs extensively with 5 different Winchester 70 that feed smoothly enough for me. The biggest whitetail that I've ever tagged fell over dead in its tracks after being shot with a 110 grain AB from a 25 WSSM. I even had 1 rebarreled with a 1-14" ROT barrel just to shoot 75 grain bullets from Hornady and Sierra for varmints and Barnes original X for deer. Some people say that I went the wrong way with the slower ROT, but it is slightly more accurate than any of my 1-10" barrels with 75 grain bullets.