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06-11-2006, 10:57 PM
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.257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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
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06-12-2006, 09:06 AM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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.
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06-12-2006, 09:16 AM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
Last I heard the .25 wssm is going to go bye-bye.
I'd get the Weatherby.
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06-12-2006, 11:06 AM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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.
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06-12-2006, 12:01 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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?
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06-12-2006, 12:46 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
he was looking at a 7mm/08 in a remington 700 mountian lss it was a pretty rifle
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06-12-2006, 01:09 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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...
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06-12-2006, 06:10 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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.
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06-14-2006, 12:42 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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.
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06-22-2006, 11:27 PM
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Re: .257 weatherby a .25/06 or a .25wssm
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!
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