Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles The 700's in the .257 weatherby...Hows the accuracy so far ?

Just curious what you guys have been able to get and if you'd give your rifle an overall thumbs up/down rating...thanks

That is a fine looking gun Remington is making. Real Guns has a pretty good review on it.

I have a friend with a CDL SF that we played with for a few weeks. Never could get it to shoot better than 1.5 MOA with factory loads or the hand loads we tried once we got some brass. Break in was done right and barrel was kept cool and clean. Beautiful rifle though. He ended up selling it and buying a vanguard Backcountry that shoots crazy tight groups with factory 100gr tsx.

I had one in a LSS configuration awhile back. It is a contender for the most accurate out of the box rifle that I've had. Swapped it for an Accumark in .270 Weatherby, even up and still think I lost that deal.

Remington 700 SPS .257 Weatherby. Our goal was a fairly light 257 Weatherby, shoot factory Nosler 110 Accubonds into an acceptable M.O.Deer. It will shoot 2.25 - 3" @ 200yds. It has filled what we set out to do. I don't think any deer has been shot past 200yds. The opportunities are there for a longer shot, but have not been taken to date. Daughter is more than happy with it.

envious of the pic's !

Bought a 700 SPS SS 257 Bee a few years ago that would shoot two together and one flyer. Bedded and stiffened the tupperware stock, multiple powders, different bullets...etc. Finally what happened was I made an error in loading and produced a hot load that was difficult to extract. Noticed that only one of the lugs was engaging. Took it to a gunsmith who lapped the lugs for equal engagement and reset the head space and it shoots MOA now with 110 AB and 100 TSX.

Can't post any pics at this point but I have one of the 26" stainless/fluted wood stocked models... Running down to .3 or .4 at 100..

Using the inexpensive Speer 120 grain SP-BT with RL-25 running just under 3200 fps.

Was hoping to use it wolf hunting in Idaho this year but time and money were not right...so maybe next year...

Bob

I have an LSS (Laminated Stainless Steel) Remington 700 in 257 Weatherby, 26" barrel. It shoots dime size groups with Weatherby factory 110 Nosler Accubonds.

I am seeing quite a few different types of terrain and vegetation there. Looks like you hunt all over the place!

All the above pictures are in Montana. My Daughter hunts the western Rockies and the north eastern plains. She lives in north western Montana, they make it a family deal when they can. The 257 Weatherby was a gift to her.

Me, I hunt the east mostly. NH, ME, MA, and Alabama. I do love the Montana trips. Family and hunting. I'm a 308 and 257 Roberts guy.

What bullets and loads are you finding the most accurate. I have one, but it's nothing to write home about with respect to accuracy. Any help woul be appreciated.

A few questions:

What have you tried? Do you make an effort to cool the barrel between shots or shot strings? Is the barrel free floated?

I'm trying to develop a load for 100 grain Nosler Partitions. 71 grains of RL22 is the best load. Yes about letting barrel cool between strings, and shot three shot groups. Yes, as to being free floated.

I would play with seating depth first if you want to stay with the partitions. If you are at magazine OAL now, start seating deeper. If no luck, try a Barnes TTSX, or a Nosler BT or Accubond and try mag length first then seat deeper. If you have H1000 on hand I would most definitely try that powder. R22, R25, 7828 and H1000 are proven powders but personally I like H1000.

I would seat deeper first, as opposed to starting at mag length. Every 257 Wby I've owned has proven to be most accurate at a COAL of 3.20 or less. Most of Weatherby's factory ammo is seated very deep and typically provides excellent accuracy. I suspect Weatherby knows a thing or two about making their /cartridges/guns shoot.

Thanks, but I'm loading rounds to test today, and I'll try that. Much appreciate the advice.

I have a CDL also, 110 Accubonds shoot well, kills like lightening. I wouldn't mind having another.

I've finally found a combination of bullet (110 AccuBond), powder (RL 22) and load that works. Five shots grouping less than an inch. Thanks for all the help and advice. I'm going to chronograph it tomorrow. The 257 Weatherby is a great round, and it will be a good one to hunt with this fall.

My uncle had one of the first issue Mk V's in 257 Wby from around 1960, purchased at Glenn Slade's in Houston. My cousin now has it. Every year we would go to the range for zero check. He would sit down, fire five shots and every time the gun would print a perfect pattern of five holes under one MOA that looked exactly like the dots on a pair of dice. I always marveled at that. There was no commercial ammo available at the time so he rolled his own.

It was his influence that started me on reloading. And, once I was old enough to purchase my own rifle I bought a 7mm Wby Mk V. That was 1977 & I still love it. I have 3 of the 5 I once owned.