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Old 08-05-2013, 11:30 AM
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Great round if your hunting cape buffalo or elephants it ruins way to much meat on deer and elk...and god help ya if ya hit a bone...you'll have a hole big enough to stick your head in LOL!!!!
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Old 01-05-2014, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbear
Great round if your hunting cape buffalo or elephants it ruins way to much meat on deer and elk...and god help ya if ya hit a bone...you'll have a hole big enough to stick your head in LOL!!!!
LOL is right cause obviously you don't know anything about ballistics.
The 257 is a 25 cal. bullet and can be loaded hot or not and even if you did it wouldn't destroy any meat with the proper bullet placement. You should read more. This rifle is a fine rifle for anything from rodents to Elk and in the hands of some even more. But as for destroying meat I've killed 6 deer with mine and the worst I did was to take out a shoulder. What can I say I missed the heart.
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Old 01-05-2014, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by finnbear
Great round if your hunting cape buffalo or elephants it ruins way to much meat on deer and elk...and god help ya if ya hit a bone...you'll have a hole big enough to stick your head in LOL!!!!
Having hunted Africa 5 times I can assure you that no PH on that continent is going to take you after buff or ele with a 257 Wby. Minimum caliber in most places would be either the 375 H&H or the 9.3x62 Mauser.

As to meat damage, that would depend on the bullet being used. Something like a soft Hornady will do a lot more damage hitting a bone than something like a Barnes. Or I could use a solid and just have 2 nice little round holes. But, no matter what bullet you use you will not have a hole big enough to stick your head in.
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Old 01-06-2014, 02:39 AM
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My father's 257 any shoots 117 Sierra.bullets, and don't ruin meat. Shot behind shoulder no more meat damage than 20/06 with a way bigger bullet.
It's been.said weatherby shot a cape buffalo lengthwise with a 257 weatherby. It was one of his favorite cartridges.
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Old 01-06-2014, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Bbj270
It's been.said weatherby shot a cape buffalo lengthwise with a 257 weatherby.
Yes he did with a solid bullet. But, and this is a big but, he did it years ago in Kenya under a special permit, under controlled circumstances and was backed up by a PH with a big double rifle. That is something that nobody will legally duplicate now.

W.D.M. Bell shot over 1000 ele with things like a 318 WR., 303 British, 7x57 Mauser and a 6.5x54 MS. But the days of using light calibers for heavy game are over. Every country with legal safaris observes a minimum based on either caliber/bullet weight or energy in joules. The 257 WBY is a great deer/antelope round but it isn't a dangerous game round.
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Old 01-29-2014, 01:54 AM
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Not for sale. Change of heart. I purchased a new stock to make the rifle free floating, and I also ordered a new trigger. I am also getting into reloading and would love any input about reloading this caliber.
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