.257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm

[winchester70]

my brother is getting a new rifle and cant chose between .257 weatherby a .25/06 or .25wssm he will be hunting whitetail and wild boar which caliber would you recomend and if anyone has shot a .257 weatherby could you tell me if the recoil is bad

[Suka]

While I have no personal experience with any of the mentioned calibers, my cousin has hunted almost exclusively with a 25/06 since he was about 14, he's now 47. He's done lot's of hunting, shot lot's of mule, whitetail, and elk with it. I know he's been very happy with it, one reason being he likes the small recoil.

[Yooper]

Last I heard the .25 wssm is going to go bye-bye.


I'd get the Weatherby.

[ron]

257 Weatherby may outperform the 2506 but the 2506 is still a dandy. If you reload, 257 Weatherby is great. If you don't - you'll need a large balance in your checking account to pay for loaded cartridges (even unloaded brass for that matter). I'm like Yooper on the 25 wssm, it may go away. Ballistically, it doesn't really present a lot of advantages over the 2506.

[Yooper]

Yeah, that is the downside to the Weatherby. Rounds will cost more.

The 25/06 is a good round too.

What about a 7mm/08?

[winchester70]

he was looking at a 7mm/08 in a remington 700 mountian lss it was a pretty rifle

[Yooper]

I know the editors of Deer and Deer Hunting magazine named the 7mm/08 as the best all-around deer round. I've tossed around the idea of getting one. I love the 7mm bullet...

[Fred949]

I will second the note on the Remington Mountain rifle in 7mm-08. I have taken nearly a dozen deer with mine. Accurate beyond what I thought a light-barreled rifle would be. A pleasure to shoot, and even more of a pleasure to carry in the field, woods, or mountains all day.
Fred

[farmer]

A 257 Weatherby is a very nice gun the recoil is a little stiffer than the 25-06 but its not that bad. Personally I love Wearherby rifles and really don't shoot anything else.

[rovernut]

I have a new Weatherby Vanguard .257 Wea, and a Tikka 25/06. Both are sub-MOA rifles, and both kill any animal up to and including elk well for me. The .257 Weatherby ammo and brass are expensive as all get out, but trounce the 25/06 by 3 or 400 FPS, if that's important to you. The Weatherby kicks a little more, bout like the 7mm/08 with 140 gr bullets. get either one, you'll be happy!

[Coyote Freak]

If he were antelope hutning the .257 weatherby is the ultimate gun for them, but if he will be huting and shooting that much probably the .25/06 because of the cost of the bullets. I have a .25 wssm and the bullets are $27.98 a box of twenty. I only use it for coyotes and will use it for antelope so I don't shoot it that much.

[jrod76]

Coyote Freak-

Just a bit of advice. Take a look at the original date on these threads. This one is from June of last year. I think their question has been answered. I know you want to dig in here and find lots of info, but what this ends up doing is cycling the thread back to the top, and we all end up beating a dead horse. Take a look at the old stuff, there is lots of good info on here, but try to take into account when these questions were asked. Enjoy the forum.

jrod

[tjen]

While I have no personal experience with any of the mentioned calibers, my cousin has hunted almost exclusively with a 25/06 since he was about 14, he's now 47. He's done lot's of hunting, shot lot's of mule, whitetail, and elk with it. I know he's been very happy with it, one reason being he likes the small recoil.

DIDO

The 25-06 is a superb cartridge for white tail and mule deer can't see where you would need more velocity than it offers.

[beretzs]

Coyote Freak-

Just a bit of advice. Take a look at the original date on these threads. This one is from June of last year. I think their question has been answered. I know you want to dig in here and find lots of info, but what this ends up doing is cycling the thread back to the top, and we all end up beating a dead horse. Take a look at the old stuff, there is lots of good info on here, but try to take into account when these questions were asked. Enjoy the forum.

jrod

That is part of the good reason to read the old posts. It is good to see what someone ended up with and how they like it. Lots of times, guys ask opinions and then go out and buy something and never report back what they bought and how they like it. Scotty