Weatherby build

[ducmarc]

So I have an extra standard 50s vintage m70 action laying on the the bench. It gives me the itch to build something.its standard length and I don't want to Mill it to magnum size. in recent years I've gone a little model 70 nuts. i think I have six.plus barrels stocks and such. Have one magnum that's rechambered 300. Weatherby and two other stock hh's. anyhow was thinking of a smaller weatherby torch. either 240,257,or 270. whats everybody's favorite?.the 240 and 270 are easy 257 not so much.

 

[JimP]

What are your plans afterwards?

While the 240 Weatherby is a very unique cartridge I think that finding brass may be very tough.

For me I would go with the 257 Weatherby. It is a fantastic .25 caliber

 

[375er]

Boy, could hardly go wrong with any of the 3 depending on what you want to do with it.

 

[ducmarc]

Like the rest shoot holes in things.i was thinking maybe a western antelope gun .I have 2 standard 270s and a 98 Mauser in 6mm but it shoots the best with 85grainers plus it weighs a ton.243 barrels a easy to get so are 270s I have a 257 Roberts barrel that someone made an improved then choped it way down .I think 20 or 22 inch so that may be out .if I God forbid had a barrel made it would be 318 Westley Richards. I always wanted one.

 

[375er]

Pronghorn huntimg screams .257 to me.

 

[BourbonTrail]

What about the 6.5 RPM? It uses an ‘06 bolt face, and it’s a Weatherby.

 

[Red Leg]

.257 - not even close.

 

[meigsbucks]

.257 Wby but the 6.5 RPM or 6.5-300 Wby would enter the discussion. The .240, although the hottest 6mm, would be down the list for me.

 

[ducmarc]

Well I got a line on a late Forty's 257 Roberts factory medium weight match barrel that was ruined to 2506.so would not be a leap to 257 weatherby

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

So I have an extra standard 50s vintage m70 action laying on the the bench. It gives me the itch to build something.its standard length and I don't want to Mill it to magnum size. in recent years I've gone a little model 70 nuts. i think I have six.plus barrels stocks and such. Have one magnum that's rechambered 300. Weatherby and two other stock hh's. anyhow was thinking of a smaller weatherby torch. either 240,257,or 270. whats everybody's favorite?.the 240 and 270 are easy 257 not so much.

@ducmarc
Easy the 257 Weatherby has been around a long time and if my memory is correct it was Roy's favourite. I have a fast 25 and it is unbelievable.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Like the rest shoot holes in things.i was thinking maybe a western antelope gun .I have 2 standard 270s and a 98 Mauser in 6mm but it shoots the best with 85grainers plus it weighs a ton.243 barrels a easy to get so are 270s I have a 257 Roberts barrel that someone made an improved then choped it way down .I think 20 or 22 inch so that may be out .if I God forbid had a barrel made it would be 318 Westley Richards. I always wanted one.

@ducmarc
For what you want to hunt a 257 with a 100gn Barnes TTSX sighted 2 inches high at 100 yards drops 8 inches at 400 yards.
Jod done.
Bob

 

[ducmarc]

Well got a line on a 40s factory middleweight Target Winchester barrel that was 257 but now ruined at 25-06 so this may play out perfect

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Well got a line on a 40s factory middleweight Target Winchester barrel that was 257 but now ruined at 25-06 so this may play out perfect

@ducmarc
How is the barrel ruined at 25/06
Bob

 

[375er]

@ducmarc
How is the barrel ruined at 25/06
Bob

OH BOY....

 

[F. Vaccaro]

If I were going to build a rifle on an old Mod 70 action it'd be a
.30-06 or 9.3X62!
But that's me & the mod. 70!

 

[ducmarc]

Well,if it was still in 257 Roberts a prewar medium weight model 70 would be a hard one to find to that end it's ruined.theres nothing wrong with a 25-06 some years back I had an m1 grand chambered in it and was quite fun to shoot.and to screw it in an action check the headspace and go would be simple enough which I still do.but lately had a facnation with weatherby calibers.since I already have a 300w thought a simple way of having a sub 300 weatherby.don't need another 30.06 already have 5 or 6 . May do a 9.3 someday down the road

 

[PARA45]

257 Weatherby all day long, followed by the 270 Weatherby. The 257 Weatherby with either 80 or 100 TTSX is deadly on whitetail deer, kills them like if a lightning bolt from Zeus hit them.

 

[John McLaughlin]

I'd think about a 270 Roy with a 1 in 8 inch twist for the longer monometal bullets coming online. JM