My budget .257 WBTY build ...

[snox801]

LOL, I just got excited and fat-fingered it; I meant to type WTBY, but you are correct WBY is the more common and perhaps more appropriate.

Glad I'm not the only one that happens to but may I've had some doozies

 

[VinceMule]

Chas, real world in short freebore, 26" barrels.

 

[deadidarren]

Feenix just wondering how this rifle is coming along .

 

[FEENIX]

Feenix just wondering how this rifle is coming along.

I started loading the 133s/135s but I stopped. I am waiting for the 145s (I should be getting them in a week or so) and will load them instead.

 

[Calvin45]

A friend of mine has a .257 and 7mm wby. He's tried lots of things and comes back to IMR 7828 over and over again, the original magnum powder IMO. But I didn't know 145s were even a thing for 25 cal, you might need to go uuuuuultra slow. Rl33? US869?

 

[VinceMule]

100g at 3800-3850 in a zero to .030 freebore chamber, R#22 with fed 215's shoots tiny groups at 100 yds. I have never had a deer move upon impact...never...

 

[FEENIX]

A friend of mine has a .257 and 7mm wby. He's tried lots of things and comes back to IMR 7828 over and over again, the original magnum powder IMO. But I didn't know 145s were even a thing for 25 cal, you might need to go uuuuuultra slow. Rl33? US869?

Yes, Sir, it is now >>>https://blackholebullets.com/see-products

I have RL33, 24N41, H50BMG, and US869 to try.

BTW, I have @Bghunter338 to thank for energizing my interest > https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/blackhole-bullets-25cal.304053/

 

[Outlaw6.0]

Well hurry up! lol Glad to hear about the 145s, I didn't know that was a thing either.

I have to admit, I was very intrigued to see what you could do with the 117s. Then again, I've always been a light(er) Mono guy pushed very fast . That combo has always made things very dead, very quickly in my experience.



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[FEENIX]

Well hurry up! lol Glad to hear about the 145s, I didn't know that was a thing either.

I have to admit, I was very intrigued to see what you could do with the 117s. Then again, I've always been a light(er) Mono guy pushed very fast . That combo has always made things very dead, very quickly in my experience.



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I have 110-115s, too, but the bullet maker propels the 145s from 25-06 AI, 1:8" PacNor at 3018 FPS. It is no slouch if you run the numbers with G7 of .371.

 

[adam32+P]

Looks good for a guy that doesn't actually shoot or reload and is a fake cook...,

 

[cape cove]

Tried quite a few powders in my 257 with 120 gr bullets. Rl-33 got me the highest velocity ( 3385 ft/sec--24" barrel) with good accuracy.

 

[FEENIX]

Looks good for a guy that doesn't actually shoot or reload and is a fake cook...,

I think you forgot the hater part, among other things.

 

[Korhil78]

 

[FEENIX]

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