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Well my decision has been made.I went gun shopping today And wound up buying a Remington 700 CDL-SF in the
257 Weatherby Magnum.I fell in love when I saw it

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My question to you all I am planning loading Nosler Partitions for deer. Is this the best choice for minimal meat loss.I know with it velocity potential they will need to be pretty good construction

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The 110gr accubond is a great choice for deer hunting with a 257wby.

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are they more solid bullet than a partition

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Another vote for the 110 gr accubond. My friend uses them in his .25-06 for deer and antelope. They've been great performers on all game he's shot.

For my .308's and .277's,accubonds have worked just as well as partitions on game,and I shoot better groups with accubondsat thetarget range.

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I find that they retain as much weight as a partition,but they shoot slightly flatter.

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nice sounds good does anyone have any reloading info in a 110 gr my manual just has 100 and 120 gr

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http://www.nosler.com/index.php?p=15...5cal&s=207

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wow thats cooking at 3300 to 3400 fps Thank you stubblejumper

RE: 257 Weatherby Magnum
 

how are the Sciroccos

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I tried sciroccos in two rifles,but the accuracy was terrible in my rifles,and copper fouling was extreme.

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so you would recomment the accubonds

RE: 257 Weatherby Magnum
 

The accubonds are a good choice for deer as is the Hornady interbond.The ttsx is also a great bullet,but it isn't required for deer.Of course there is no way of knowing which bullet your gun will prefer.

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yes I agree I do plan on trying the accubonds first.all my other guns always loved nosler bullets Also is the Norma brass and weatherby brass the same thing

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Norma used to supply the Weatherby brass and the Weatherby factory loads.I am assuming that they still do,but I can't say for sure.

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thats me also I always thought Norma loaded ammo for weatherby,But I have a catalog that has both Weatherby and Norma Brass

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Are the prices the same,or is the Weatherby brass higher priced?In any case,I would buy whichever is cheaper,since they are likely exactly the same.

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the Norma is 77.00 for 50 the Weatherby is 32.00 for 20

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I use 70g IMR 7828
Photo of the 257 wby in the 700 remington!!! Been thing about changing out the Wby to the Rem in the 257.
Speical for Rem. this year is that rigth?

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i'm not sure if its a limited run or not.I went to several stores and only 1 had the 257 wby It is a very nice gun
The stainless just sets of the walnut. Is a very nice gun

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does anyone have opinions in dies? My previous dies were RCBS they worked good But had a set of Redding that I loved

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All of my current dies are RCBS,and they all work fine.If you do have a problem with any RCBS product,the customer service is great.

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I found a set of RCBS dies where I bought my rifle

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no Ron I hav;nt gotten to yet.Ive just bought the rifle and dies,I still need a scope before do any real shooting and loading

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it sure produces some barrel heat

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what power scope do you all think would work best on it,I;m kinda thinking 4.5X14

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Ron that kinda what i'm leaning towards a 4.5 X14 Zeiss

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Devil advocate here but when for a biggame hunting rifle where my long end of range is 500 yards I see no need for the additional mag. 9 or 10 upper end has worked for me well. Off a bench the extraX's is nice but in the field holding even 9x steady can be difficult here on the prairie's. On paper or varmits where the target size is shrunk considerably sure but there are still times where high mag/conditions don't work in this application either, requiringoneto power down.Also being the majority of the time in the middle x range of a variable scope when hunting I just don't see the need to spent the extra money on touch more mag. that may only see use off a bench. Again just my opinion.

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skeeter i do see your point I just dont have real good vision,When i have to start straining to see my astigmitism kicks in and cant focus,I just think if image was bigger I would have as much eye strain

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Magnifying distortion due to being out of focus can actually increase eye strain,especially if you can't properly stabilize the image due to the increased magnification.