I'm a to each is own, people say/do things to justify their liking of something else IMO. You don't have to justify why something isn't appealing to you. That's fine - I'm probably called a collector than fan, own many makes/models from 224 through 340. I have german, jap and USA model - wood and fiber stocked. To say I love Weatherby is an understatement. I have 6 kids - 4 of which are boys who I look to pass things down to.
257 Weatherby is my all time favorite and one of my favorite rifles to use is a ruger 1 - lol nostalgia I guess
Being a LH shooters I've acquired a few of those and I mix it up now, but if it's not a 257 it will most likely be a 240, in Texas white-tailed deer, antelope and small/medium sized exotic game don't need much more than that and I like taking pictures with pretty rifles!