Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 340 and 257 Weatherby: What rifle would you buy?

I would get a Vanguard in 257. Vanguards are good rifles. You would have to go Mark5 or cut a chamber in an existing rifle to do 340.

I have a 375 Improved which is basically just a more expensive way to get a 375 Wby. Man, it is a helluva round.

My Dad, who shot a 1969 or something Rem 700 300 Win Mag as his ranch gun, at mostly 120lb Blacktails, gave me an endless ribbing for buying such a ‘useless’ gun as that 340. In those days magnums were absolutely required for serious ‘hunters’. Lol

Someday I’d like to send a few rounds down range with a rifle like that - what a stick that must be.

POC, mine started out as a rechambered P64. I got it dirt cheap as it was a H&H that was turned into a 300 WBY. I had a Legend put on it. Well, I couldn't get the darned thing to do anything with any load and got mad, sent it to JES and asked him to make it a 375 Wby. I am not sure what exactly was wrong, but he couldn't do the Wby and it came back as a 375 Improved 1-10 twist. Man, I'll tell you what, it just shoots! With a plain old 6x36 with dots on it, there isn't anything I can feed it that it shoots poorly. Case is pretty cool looking as well.

Heck, even the FF loads with 300 Sierras will cloverleaf at an easy 2400 FPS. It weighs 9lbs on the nose, scoped and loaded. Way bigger than I need for about anything I hunt, but it is a nice rifle. One day I might do it justice with a bear or something. So far all it has claimed was a little forky a few years back... worked okay

I had a 375 Mashburn, which is just another improved version of the H&H. I put it in a Ruger Tropical #1. Another fine cartridge, and fun to shoot, but I finally decided I would need a gun bearer for that Ruger Tropical.

I found some old WW 375 brass. FF’ed made beautiful 375 Improved cases. Accurate as well.