You want to see the pictures of a shot out bore?

[Muddy Bud]

Were you loading hot or factory ammo? I have a 257 Wby mg also and it seems to shoot best at the higher velocities. Reason why I ask is because I'm coming up on the thousand round mark myself. Still shoots great at the moment. But maybe it's time I start getting ready to change her out.

[Old Bald Guy]

Not to hijack the OP's thread, but has anyone here actually "shot out" a .264 Mag? And how many rounds did it take? Details?


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I've had several through the years but never managed to shoot one out. I've always heard 1500-2000 rounds unless you hotrod it.

[McClain]

Not to hijack the OP's thread, but has anyone here actually "shot out" a .264 Mag? And how many rounds did it take? Details?


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It’s going to depend on a lot of variables like, heat, velocity, shot strings, etc., but also the answer is going to be subjective. While a competition shooter might consider it shot out if groups open up .2 or .3”, a hunter may not get concerned until he can’t keep it shooting under 1.5” or more. There may be 6,7, or 800 rounds or more separating those different calls. I suspect a .264 mag may be similar to a 6.5-284, and you can find some that say those can be shot out with as little as 700 or 800 rounds. But again that is pretty subjective.

[Cajun Blake]

took a few pics of the throat and rifling.

aka "fire crackling" ... very cool pics

radar, you have a hawkeye bore scope ? if not what brand , thx

[Artos]

I've seen bores that look like gator skin continue to shoot lights out for a long time dale...let the paper tell you when it's time to hang it up. Seen it a lot with pre-64's.

Gotta buddy with a hawkeye & quit looking at my 280ai years ago when the throat wear started..certain im over 1k but so attached it's going to take consistent ugly groups for a new tube. I check it around this time & shoot my deer / yotes for the Season. Just so confident & being my first custom rig, I really hate to lose the original tube with name / born on date.

[Radar]

aka "fire crackling" ... very cool pics

radar, you have a hawkeye bore scope ? if not what brand , thx

I have the Lyman, it takes pics and stores them on a sd card. Also has a small LCD screen remote viewer. Its pretty nice. My buddy just bought one on Midway on sale.

[Radar]

Were you loading hot or factory ammo? I have a 257 Wby mg also and it seems to shoot best at the higher velocities. Reason why I ask is because I'm coming up on the thousand round mark myself. Still shoots great at the moment. But maybe it's time I start getting ready to change her out.

Handloads and they were not as hot as Weatherby factory ammo. 115 gr Nosler partition at 3354 fps(avg). I was able to load the brass about 4 times before it started getting thin at the belt.

Weatherby warranty reads as a case by case basis, so I dont know what I will do with it yet.

The barrels are thin and get hot quick, I would have to say that heat is the killer. Probably the average guy would never wear one out, but it shot good and I used it.

[skeeterboud]

weatherby loads

years ago I bought a 257 wb, was worried about having a low round count chambering...so I bought two more 257's to spread out the wear/tear!!!!!!!

[skeeterboud]

if you have yet to try it, maybe worth seating your bullet out a bit more. I know most wb's I have like plenty of jump, but I still have low round counts(75-300)

[Radar]

if you have yet to try it, maybe worth seating your bullet out a bit more. I know most wb's I have like plenty of jump, but I still have low round counts(75-300)

I tried but could only go so far, and it did not make a difference. I started getting random fliers, thats why I checked the bore.

[berettadave]

I would think over 1000 rounds out of a .257 Wby is pretty outstanding.

[HDWRENCH]

I agree 1000 on that 257 ,.... smoked my 300 rum in under 600 with some ultra hot loads. Sure was fun . its on its 3 barrel now . Great pics also

[JakeGraves]

Impressed with the pictures from that Lyman. I may order one.
Fire cracking can start very early if the barrel heats up too much. I had a 6 Creed that showed beginning signs of fire cracking after 200 rounds from Roberts Hawkeye.

[Radar]

I would think over 1000 rounds out of a .257 Wby is pretty outstanding.

I thought 4 reloads out of the same brass was too. Lol

[Mike D]

You want to see the pictures of a shot out bore?

That firecracking is impressive. [emoji3]

I probably need to scope mine. It’s a full custom with a Krieger barrel but I run it hard with handloads. I don’t shoot high volume strings and let it cool after 4-5 shots.


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