The only thing you need to know about that round is that it is a BAD MOFO. As much as I like the prospects and feel of a .25WSSM and enjoyed a 25/06 Vanguard I had years ago, neither of them hold a candle too the cartridge that was Roy Weatherby's personal favorite.

A handloader can make one of these things SCREAM. You can also use brass from the .270 and 7mm Weatherby. You "could" make it from a 300/340 but that would be alot of work and a complete waste of time. It is based from a shortened and blown out .375 H&H Mag (like 99% of all magnums of the 20th century) and is perhaps one of the tops. You can load up a 117 Xbullet and kill ANYTHING that walks, but its like anything else, it all depends on where you put the bullet. And of course you have heard the old saw bout killin a elephant with a 22, its just not advisable.

Norma makes Weatherby's brass so they are the same. Federal, Remington and Hornady also load for the .270 and 7mm Wby so I know you can get some brass from those as well.

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RA

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Oh yeah recoil wise. I think alot of recoil is "percieved" from this round first because it is loud and secondly it "is a Weatherby". But even the lightest .257s I have shot werent anymore than say a 280 or similar cartridge. IMHO a 7mag or any 300 has considerable more recoil. Thats another beaut about this cartridge.