257 Weatherby

[Texans42]

Hate to bust the bubble, but 60 grains of Varget behind a 110 vmax in the fuddy ought six will do 3500... I’ve done it myself

I can run an 80gr TTSx to almost 4000.....yaaa

[westtexducks]

Any of you guys pushing a 100 gr ttsx to 3600 fps? If so how are they performing on deer and pig sized critters?

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[westtexducks]

I can run an 80gr TTSx to almost 4000.....yaaa

Been going down this rabbit hole all day for potential switch lug Barrel. How does that 80 gr bullet fair on game?

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[duckhunter175]

I shoot Accubonds in mine, but I’ve been wanting to try out the Berger 115s.

Those of you that shoot the Bergers in the 257, how do you like them for deer and pigs?

Killed a good sized boar just a bit over 100 yards-- just behind the ear and the 115 VLD did exactly as designed.

3" of penetration and then explosive expansion-- no exit, but the expanding bullet hit and DEMOLISHED the spinal cord. To the point that I was able to cut the head straight off with a pocket knife, no twisting or breaking vertebrae at all.

He dropped and never moved.

[duckhunter175]

Man I had major jacket issues at those speeds, had bullets blowing up on a pronghorn and whitetail. Cratering hide and muscle with no penetration into vitals.

Dropped down to 3380 and no issues, I may of had a bad batch.

Nonetheless my favorite bullet in the Roy

Could've been the batch... I ran the 115s at 3400 through my 7.5 twist-- which results in a significant RPM and had no blow ups and they bang flopped a big pig.

[duckhunter175]

257 is dang impressive but quick loads shows 131s pushing almost 80,000 psi at 3400.

Guys are running them up over 3200 from 25saums and PRCs.

Does QL have all the 131 measurements? Im assuming there is something missing from boattail and bearing surface measurements? Those are the key to their pressure reduction, similar to the hammers.

[Texans42]

Been going down this rabbit hole all day for potential switch lug Barrel. How does that 80 gr bullet fair on game?

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Ttsx works much better then the TSX, but both are great on game <400. If you are going to stretch it past that, go VLD route. I killed a lot of critters with 80gr tts , the Hold hair to 370 was nice but they really fell off energy wise after that. The 100 TSX while killed fine never truly gave the hand of God thump like vld’s,

With the Barnes hotter you get them more they foul,


I killed a mule deer this year w/vld and had 70% weight retention w/impact velocity around 3000ft/s. And that’s after a good 8 plus inches of spine cord.

[Texans42]

Could've been the batch... I ran the 115s at 3400 through my 7.5 twist-- which results in a significant RPM and had no blow ups and they bang flopped a big pig.

Very well could of been. At this point these shot so well past 300 I hate to mess with it

[WTucker]

Hate to bust the bubble, but 60 grains of Varget behind a 110 vmax in the fuddy ought six will do 3500... I’ve done it myself

Funny that you mention that. When I got my 257 Roy I was telling my father in law about it. I told him about the speed on the 110 Accubonds and he said “that’s nothing special, my book says I can get a 110 going that fast with my 30-06.” Lol

[TacticalCowboy]

I can run an 80gr TTSx to almost 4000.....yaaa

See 110 grains

[Mike D]

Hate to bust the bubble, but 60 grains of Varget behind a 110 vmax in the fuddy ought six will do 3500... I’ve done it myself

With what a 40” barrel? [emoji12]


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[Texans42]

See 110 grains

No I shall it whole point was not apples to apples, unless you are just bragging speed..... and if you case is speed, let’s talk 4k

A 30 cal 110 and a 25 cal 110 are way different animals, only thing they have in common is weight.. that’s it.

[TacticalCowboy]

With what a 40” barrel? [emoji12]


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