Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Your favorite weatherby caliber and why?

I think my choice is the 270 bee. For what I do in ms it works quite well... never had a 340bee but that would be my second choice if I had to have more gun

Haven't owned any, yet. But a 340 is on the short list.

300 Weatherby,7mm , 270 ,257, 240

300 Wby , crazy recoil but stupid accurate, not for the one ammo box a year hunter.

7mm bee, almost hits as hard as the 300 grossly underrated as far as a game cartridge. Nothing walks after getting hit.

270 bee, stupid accurate same as 7mm Bee

257 bee, first one was a vanguard with 24 inch barrel, did not care for the muzzle blast, new one is a Terramark 26 inch barrel, will know more in January after it gets used.

240 bee, had it in an accumark , crazy accurate and the gun was a feather. Have to get my head examined because I sold it.

The 257 Weatherby. It is most impressive on deer and hogs. Electrocution is the best term I can think of. Closest thing to a point and shoot rifle as you can get.

GreggH

257 Weatherby mag. is my all time favorite cartridge for hunting whitetail and mule deer bucks. i am in the process with a Weatherby Mark 5 action and a Brux 28 inch barrel with 7 1/2 twist finishing a long range rifle in a 257 Weatherby mag. for future deer hunting also.

.300 Weatherby.

Not due to any inherent superiority over any other .300 magnum but because it accounted for my best ever elk, a 7x7.

6.5 RPM. It's the only Weatherby I've ever shot. Easy to pack around high in the hills. Puts out the same velocities as the PRC.

I have owned Weatherby rifles in .257, 270 WSM (Vanguard), .300, and .416. By far, my favorite was the .257, which I used on everything from coyotes to elk. I have since sold all of them except the Vanguard, due to the weight of the Mk V rifles, in favor of lighter rifles.

The 300. It's accurate, hard hitting & flat shooting with 200 grain Nosler partitions and has replaced my 338 Win Mags. Not many game animals I'll be hunting that this won't do very well.

I have 257, 270, and 300. I like 270, 257, 300 in that order.

Love em all, had a 20 year love affair with the 257, still my favorite.. pretty amazing to think how far ahead Ol Roy was with his chamberings.

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300. I've had a few and they have always been very accurate.

I have had the .257(3 or 4], 7mm{ gave it to a friend. Very accurate .. one of my favorite coyote rifles}, .300 and .340.. The .300 is my favorite.. But hanging on to the .340 just because.. Someday I might make another .257 I still miss it but my .25-06 comes close,, Sorry about the goofy (, but can't see the right ones on this machine..

Although it is the only one I have, the .257 is my favorite. It fights well above its weight class. Mine has dropped animals from Grey Fox to elk, Nyala, and reedbok in their tracks.

Even though I haven't killed anything with it (not for lack of trying) I'd have to say the 340. But I also have a 270W & 240W I haven't shot at all yet, so we'll see. Local gun club has ranges closed for reconstruction for a few months now, and that's the easiest place for me to go.
My experience with below 30 cals is not the same as many here and otherwise. Just a few deer but I never got the "drop on the spot" that others seem to get despite similar shot placement. I don't understand it but that's my experience. I like it when they don't go anywhere, quick and humane. I have gotten DRT with the 30s and above, sooooo.

If you are a Handloader....the 300 Wby. One of the most efficient cartridges ever developed and can be loaded to recoil like a pussycat. Also, you can run 300 H&H ammo through the rifle.

I think the 340 Wby would be my pick of a favorite. That choice is likely fueled by Bob Hagel and Ross Seyfried writings. A friend of mine had one in a Mark V and it grouped very well with old Barnes X 225 grain bullets.
I do not own a 340. But have, had a donor rifle and brass for years. Other projects took priority and I learned to appreciate the 338 Winchester.

The 7mm Wby is also very intriguing to me as a 7mm fan.

I have a 300 Wby M70 stainless New Haven Classic. Basically bought it because it was somewhat usual chambering in that rifle. I do think it is a great cartridge.

300 Wby is by far my favorite. Killed piles of elk with one, using 180g Abonds or Barnes TSX bullets.

Second fav is the 30-378. This chambering was responsible for killing some elk in several stupidly bad spots. Sold it, and settled on a 300 RUM.

Loudner on both 300 Wby and RUM tames the beast and makes dudes like Judman really mad.

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Hagel is also the reason I have a .340.. He had the most influence on me as a writer, Keith next..