RE: Hot Tamale Furgeson Rifle
I have read a lil about the .257 STW, I think there may also be a .260 or .270 STW now.
Personally, the flattest shooting round doesn't impress me much, I know my drop offs etc....and can lob that bullet in there. Sure everyone would like a round that didn't drop at all, but let's be real here, can people not put the bullet where it needs to be the first time around? I'm typically dead on at 200yds and i know where that bullet will be at 300, 400, 500.
Even the 7mm STW is a huge case for a 7mm, and now neck it down to .257? I think that makes a .257 wby look small, why do we need an even bigger .257 wby? not even a big fan of the .257 wby, and now a .257 stw. also I think youd need a 30" barrel to get full use of that bad boy, haha.
And btw, almost 3" high at 100yds? I think would be like 1-2" high at 200yds, therefore maybe deadon at 300yds and drops another 2.5" to 500? better than others sure, but still think about it, dead on at 300, all I have to say is, if you know what your bullet drops at any distance and you know the distance of yoru game, you can hit that animal where you want.
Only advn I see is when you dont know the animals distance and need a fast quick shot, without having time to judge distance.....but if the animals 500yds away I suspect youll have time to range him and make the shot, and if hes moving quick shot at less than 200yds, just point and shoot.
Personally my ideal velocities are around 4000fps for a varmint, 223 calibers, around 3000fps up to any .338, lil less for .375, but 416, 458 around 2400fps. So a 4000fps .257 caliber is way hot too me and I don't need it.