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I CALLED HORNADY TECH. AND ASKED HOW MUCH FPS I WOULD LOOSE WITH MY 257 WBY. VANGUARD SS WITH A 24 INCH BARREL COMPARED TO A 257 WBY. WITH A 26 INCH BARREL AND THE HORNADY TECH. STATED 25 FPS EVERY 50 YDS. HE STATED A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY WILL LOOSE MUCH MOORE WHICH IS NOT THE CASE. JUST SOME INFO!

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I think he meant 25-50 fps per inch of barrel.

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Not possible.No bullet has a ballistic co-efficient high enough to lose only 25fps every 50 yards.

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I WILL CALL AND ASK AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE REPLYS. HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!

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When you call ask for Bob. He has been very helpful when I have asked him questions

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I cut a .257 Wby barrel from 26" to 24" about five years back. The velocity loss was right at 100 fps with 100 grain Hornady Interlock bullets and H-4831. BTW - I was not in favor of this modification, but the customer is always right :). The customer also did not own a chronograph andwas subsequently very happy with the performance of the shorter handier rifle.

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Even when they're dead wrong.;)

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Coincidently that is exactly thevelocity differencethat I suggested in anotherthread about the 257wby.

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I guess I missed that thread. Just went back and looked it up. Interesting . . . . BTW -there are some bullets that loose less than 50 fps per 100 yards travelled. The .300 Whisper, shooting a 240 Sierra Matchking at 1100 fps, loses only about 30 fps every 100 yards. Amazing what happens when a bullet with a BC of around .700 gets below the speed of sound . . .

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That is interesting,but wewere talking the 257wby.Can you think of a single bullet driven out of a 257wby that only loses 50fpsin the first 100 yards?

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Go back up an re-read post #3. "Not possible. No bullet has a ballistic coefficient high enough to lose only 25 fpsevery 50 yards". That sounds like a pretty sweeping, broad, and general statement to me.My wife does this occasionally . . . . uses words like "never" and "always" . . . . .:)

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I can certainlyunderstand your interpretation of my statement as made,but as I previously stated,the topic dealt solely with the 257wby so I didn't feel that it was necessary to add the qualifier that it must be fired in a 257wby.Judging by your reply,I guess that I should have.Before making my statement I checked every commercially available.257" bullet that I could find and none would lose only 25fpsevery50 yards when fired at the velocities possible with a 257wby.In fact none were even close.

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I CALLED AND DID TALK TO BOB AT HORNADY AND I STATED I HAD A 24 INCH BARREL FOR MY 257 WBY. I WAS TOLD AT 1OO YDS-3,266, 200 YDS-3,043 AND 300 YDS-2,831 DOES THIS SOUND RIGHT!

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That does sound a lot more reasonable,but the only way to know for sure is with the use of a chronograph.

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THANKS FOR THE REPLY, I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS ONE AND WE WILL BE TESTING OUR RIFLES. HAPPY HOLLIDAY'S!