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Thanks MD. You confirmed some of my assumptions. I figure Weatherby wouldn't still offer it if the demand wasn't a profitable venture, so who is buying 257 Weatherby round nose factory ammo? I just don't get it.
Any other 'fire members ever bought the 257WM round nose ammo? They are accurate as hell in the 3 or 4 rifles I've fired them in. If I was forced to shoot factory ammo in my Mark V, they are what I'd shoot. But 68 grs. of IMR 7828 and a 120 NP are what I've used with good success from the Powder to the Rio Grande,
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Mule Deer, my reason for posting is mainly your dismissal of Aussie's answer to the OP's inquiry. Yours is merely an opinion, as is his, and you shouldn't have written it off so quickly.
I've been into the 257 for 30 years now and I, too,have an opinion. It is that those factory 117 gr. rounds were kept around for the Westgates and German rifles, at least originally.
After that who knows.
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kroo88,
As far as I can tell, I didn't "write off" John's (AGW's) opinion, whether quickly or slowly. But you sure jumped in with both feet with your comment on "big time gun writers."
I'm not particularly sensitive to criticism (you can't be and still risk publishing opinions all the time) but it's obvious you have something against "big time gun writers," so I am going to write you off quickly.
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Well now that y'all got me interested in loading these in my German Weatherby, I only have half a box and there are NONE to be found anywhere, nor reloading components either! 
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Hornady has resumed production of their .25 cal bullets. Most of them had been "temporarily suspended" for quite some time. I haven't seen any yet though. I found a partial box of interlocks in the classifieds here awhile back.
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Interesting thread, even though I don't have a .257 Roy. Might grab one someday.
I do have Dad's old .25-06, a sporterized Mauser, probably pre-dating Remington's adoption of the cartridge. For some reason its barrel measures 1 in 11" twist. It shot mediocre with factory 115gr Ballistic Silvertips, but shoots very well with 110gr Accubonds. Go figure.
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Why don't you fold it five ways and put it where the moon don't shine?
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Ya you're right. That was a cheap shot.
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