Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles 257 wby whats your bullet and why?

I am in load development for my 257 wby.

whats your favorite bullet? I am considering barnes but cant decide between tipped or not as the non has a better BC. I have been playing with the Etip as lead free is high on my list if I can accomplish it as sooner or later the lead ban will probably cover all of california.

I am also working with the 110 accubond.

What about swift scirocco 2?

what do you use?

I've had great luck with Accubonds in othre calibers so that had alot to do with why I chose the 110gr accubond for my .257wby.

I'm sure the 100 gr TSX fans will chime in soon, but they won't shoot well in my .257 Vanguard Sub-MOA at all - the 110 gr Accubonds do and the 115 gr TSXs are not far behind in accuracy.

I tried 110 accubonds and they shot fairly well. But I ended up using barnes 100 tsx (not tipped). In wby brass. I have two 257's and one likes 72 gr of RL22 the other 72 gr imr7828. Both shoot down around 1/2" group @100yd. Fed 215M. OAL 3.180 I think. Reduce your powder charge significantly if you use 7mag brass and work up. I get about 3500 fps velocity from these. I have to be very careful in bullet seating or else I get excess bullet runout. I'm using standard rcbs dies; thats prob why. Seems to happen only with really pointy bullets. These two tsx loads have been consistently accurate for me. Have only shot a couple deer with the 100 tsx but its easy on the meat and heavy on the killin so far. That said, the accubond is a killin bullet, maybe moreso in my experience.

I tried a lot of bullets and settled on the 100gr TTSX. Probably shot 25 head of game with them the last two years and they are usually dirt. I have found the TTSX is a easy bullet to work up a accurate load in every caliber that I have tried. I am another one that uses 72 gr of RL 22 and avg right around 3525 out of a 25"bbl.

Either the factory Hornady offering or when I hand load the TSX. jorge

That one knocked the hell out of a nice 10 pt. buck for a friend of mine, best at the camp that year. He's not anxious to try anything else bullet wise.

I have posted this elsewhere on 24....

My friends and I built 5 Roys all shooting the 115 Berger VLD. It has a high BC and works well on deer at long range. One friend has killed several elk as well.

Back when I used a 257 Wby I used 7828 and a 100 Horn for all that moved here from yotes to elk.

Dober

Hornady IB, better BC than the NAB. Use the 115g NBT to practice (same BC per Bryan Litz), and load the HIB to kill stuff. It opens wide, retains alot of weight and penetrates well.

It tested well in the bullet test tube, wet newspapers and whitetail buck last year.

kyreloader

how is .375 interbond a better bc than .418 accubond?

I am really getting the bug to try scirocco 2s any one else use them?

100 gr TSX cause...

80 grain ttsx factory loads shoot lights out in my vanguard

Whats the green stocked rifle?

Savage 110 FP 25-06 B&C stock

Because the listed BC on the Accubond isnt correct.

Nosler lists the BC of the 115g NBT as 0.453, but was measured by Bryan Litz at .399 or .400(IIRC) for his book. Therefore, the accubond has the same shape as the BT and 10g less weight which equates to a lower BC than the 115g NBT and therefore a lower BC than the HIB.

I have used the 80gr TTSX @ 3700 (a very mild load) so far, because of its great accuracy. It has been effective too on the five animals my Roy has killed. I couldn't get the 100gr TTSXs to shoot well for me, but the 110gr Accubonds and 115gr Ballistic Tips are showing great promise during load development. Would love to find a good shooting load for the 115gr VLD, but that is still in the works. The heavies win in the windage and energy on target contest, at least in theory, but the 80gr TTSXs at 3700 haven't let me down yet and shooting a bullet that fast is just plain cool.

John

115 VDL's and R25 worked for me...

Hornady 120 HP, a classic bullet designed for the .25-06 and .257 Weatherby. At 3300 fps in my Accumark it shoots sub-moa, flys flat and kills deer like lightning...without the burn marks.




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Wow, that is one HOT load!!! but it works for you! What seating depth, brass, primer? jorge