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<blockquote data-quote="trappers son" data-source="post: 1799101" data-attributes="member: 48330"><p>I have a 257 weatherby that has been in the family since I was a boy.... All we have ever used in it were regular cup bullets on deer. They have never even taken a step with the amount of hydrostatic shock they produce... </p><p> In my opinion solids are for elk shooting heavy bone.... It's mostly about placement with the type of bullet you are using....</p><p> On deer I use 115 ballistic tips and they will dump their energy by fragmenting and shock the deer well... They will still leave a big hole on a off side shoulder shot for the exit at 100. They just get better at range though... They might not make it through 2 shoulders past 200 but it will drop them easy up to 400....</p><p> 257 weatherby is made for a skilled off hand shooter and benefit mostly close range shooting(less than 500 yards) and stalking. My dad trapped coyotes for a living when I was a boy, and he would track desert deer in the early mornings by finding dry tracks in the sand after the dew fell. He would hike me for hours following tracks... We usually spooked them after they bedded down and my father was great at Downing a moving target off hand. Sadly very few even know how to track a deer who hunt these days or have much experience shooting off hand. </p><p> For longer shots than 400 and glass hunting, I would recommend a 7mm mag of some sort for deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trappers son, post: 1799101, member: 48330"] I have a 257 weatherby that has been in the family since I was a boy.... All we have ever used in it were regular cup bullets on deer. They have never even taken a step with the amount of hydrostatic shock they produce... In my opinion solids are for elk shooting heavy bone.... It's mostly about placement with the type of bullet you are using.... On deer I use 115 ballistic tips and they will dump their energy by fragmenting and shock the deer well... They will still leave a big hole on a off side shoulder shot for the exit at 100. They just get better at range though... They might not make it through 2 shoulders past 200 but it will drop them easy up to 400.... 257 weatherby is made for a skilled off hand shooter and benefit mostly close range shooting(less than 500 yards) and stalking. My dad trapped coyotes for a living when I was a boy, and he would track desert deer in the early mornings by finding dry tracks in the sand after the dew fell. He would hike me for hours following tracks... We usually spooked them after they bedded down and my father was great at Downing a moving target off hand. Sadly very few even know how to track a deer who hunt these days or have much experience shooting off hand. For longer shots than 400 and glass hunting, I would recommend a 7mm mag of some sort for deer. [/QUOTE]
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