ORIGINAL: driftrider

http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.exe/browse?TabID=3&Categoryid=7647&categorystr ing=653***690***

http://www.natchezss.com/ammo.cfm?contentID=ammoGroup&ammoGroup=1&s earchBy=size&ammoSize=220

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All of these online stores sell ammo for 257 Wby Mag for a lot less than what you paid at Gander Mountain. Follow the third link and you'll find the same Wby 100gr TSX ammo for $51.66/box. Looks like Gander ripped you off. You'll have to pay a hazmat fee ordering ammo online, but it'll still be a lot less than $119/box. But that is the caveat of the Wby cartridges...they are costly compared to other cartridges.

If I had a rifle in any Wby cartridge handloading would be mandatory. Even with the expensive Wby brass (which is the excellent Norma brass packaged under the Wby brand name), you'll spend a fraction per box compared to factory ammo. For what you paid for your box of ammo, you could have very nearly put together a bare bones handloading setup and handloaded the 20 rounds yourself. That would be my suggested route to feed that Wby, expecially if you want to shoot it a lot. But, if you're planning on it being a one-box-per-year rifle, I'd probably just buy factory ammo.

Good luck and enjoy your new rifle. The .257 Wby is one heck of a cartridge, and with the TSX bullet I'd wouldn't hesitate to put one thru an elks boiler room.

Mike