DLJ6
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I'm hunting with the rifle and that ammo this weekend but will pull one Monday eve and report back with a pic and weight of the charge.
257 Weatherby 92 Hammer Hunter Factory load pulled?
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fseaman
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I used to be able to visit Weatherby when they were in Paso Robles CA.
They moved, I moved.
I'm pretty sure the brass is Norma but things changed with the move and I have not bought any "new" Weatherby branded brass. I know I have old stuff that is marked Norma on the Weatherby box. Now if I could just find it.
If Doug says they are loading in house then I'd put money on that they are loading in house.
Yes!I used to be able to visit Weatherby when they were in Paso Robles CA.
They moved, I moved.
I'm pretty sure the brass is Norma but things changed with the move and I have not bought any "new" Weatherby branded brass. I know I have old stuff that is marked Norma on the Weatherby box. Now if I could just find it.
If Doug says they are loading in house then I'd put money on that they are loading in house.
https://www.americanhunter.org/content/weatherby-s-monumental-move/
My .257 WBY was built in 2021, and all my brass are Norma.
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The brass has been pretty crappy. Still been years since Peterson had some. But I did make the switch and used some 7 rem mag from ADG. It's worked well
fseaman
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I sold my house in Paso Robles in 2019 and moved to KCMO. I "fit" better here. I came from then, ag and ranching part of California. Some trucks in the high school parking lot still had racks with guns in them.
I hunted squirrels on school grounds. It was fun, it prevented damage and injury.
I have no issues with my brass.
I lived in Santa Barbara in the early 1980s. In 1989, I sold my house in Fairfield, left California, and never looked back. In 2003, I was stationed in Malmstrom AFB, MT, retired in 2007, and never left God's Big Sky Country.
6.5x300 WBY
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First of all. NO all their brass is NOT NORMA. They use up to 4 DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS OF BRASS. Sure Norma is one of them but there are 3 others.
I spoke to a few different people on the phone at weatherby and every one of them said they have 4 different brass manufacturers of brass they use.
Yes they load in house, not outsourced. Fact.
Ever since getting both of my new Weatherby's I've called on a number of things to find out the truth about my new cartridges.
6.5x300 WBY
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My Brass has been really good so far. Not one issue noted so far. So I have to say it's been good brass
fseaman
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Dude! You sound off the rails.
I'm a pretty serious Weatherby simp.
My Paso Robles house looked down on the Paso Robles "factory" for years. When I needed parts I just went to the factory.
Before their and my move, I knew some of these folks personally as in, wound up in the same restaurant for dinner, they came to my range. It's been over 5 years so none of that means squat.
They new I was building customs on Mark V actions. Stuff they wouldn't do so it was fine with them. They wouldn't sell Mark Vs as bare actions because they had been burned. I completely understand. It all worked out.
6.5x300 WBY
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What?
Everything else don't mean anything about where you live.
What i stated is exactly what i was told to me by them.
Talk about off the rails
MagnumManiac
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Good to know that Weatherby is finally loading their own ammo, my last inquiry to Norma gave me no answers. I wanted 375 Weatherby brass or loaded ammo back in 2018.
They wouldn't answer my question as to whom was making it.
Cheers.
They wouldn't answer my question as to whom was making it.
Cheers.
Gary in MD
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Weatherby always got their stuff from Norma, things change.
I'm using some older brass with loosened primer pockets, freshly annealed, 7828 and always the Fed 215. Here with 4 shots taken yesterday to check zero with the Barnes 101 LRX.
I'm using some older brass with loosened primer pockets, freshly annealed, 7828 and always the Fed 215. Here with 4 shots taken yesterday to check zero with the Barnes 101 LRX.
