257 weatherby in a Tikka

[Mblackmon4]

So I’ve been toying around with this idea for a few days and I haven’t seen much on this specific rebarrel idea.

I have a tikka t3x SS Lite in 7mm mag, the rifle has less than a box of ammo through it and it shoots great. I’m just not in love with it and I have a Weatherby MKV in 300wby as a long range thumper. So I was trying to decide what to do with this rifle, a guy on thepx has been trying to sell one, and the lgs said “good luck”. So selling it doesn’t seem to be good course of action.

so here comes my idea, pull the barrel, and put on an x caliber profit for 257wby. The idea came from the fact that I have 900 .25 100gr corelokt bullets and an additional 400-500 in various weights. I got them in a group buy as All or none and I like the idea of a quarter bore but haven’t really ever had one.

So I’m open to suggestions or ideas as to what to do, I’m also not above just going and buying a weatherby vanguard and putting this one back for trade bait at the next gun show. Just needing some guidance before I jump in whole hog.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

If you have 1300-1400 bullets you’re probably going to need two 257WBY barrels to eat them up. Those things burn through barrel.

Why do you want one just to burn up a stockpile of mediocre bullets? I’d stick those things on gunbroker in 100-200ct lots and let some fudds buy them up and then buy something else. Setting up a rifle (especially in a barrel burner like that) is a very expensive way to just burn up components.

I’m also not sure how those things would do at 257WBY velocities. It takes the right bullet to work right in them or you’ll get splashes on impact where the bullets basically blows apart on the moment of impact and just blows a big crater in the animal. You really want something with a very well bonded core or ideally a solid copper bullet like a Barnes.

 

[Mblackmon4]

I’ve always heard about the 257wby being one of the best calibers out there and I’m a weatherby fan (6.5x300 and a 300) I was thinking since I had all these bullets why not give it a try. I didn’t think about them splashing on impact

 

[dustingaunder]

Do it. But sell the fudd bullets and load the 131 blackjacks at 3300 and get to 1000 in 5.5 mils.

 

[Esoteric Junkie]

Do it. But sell the fudd bullets and load the 131 blackjacks at 3300 and get to 1000 in 5.5 mils.

Precision first, speed second......
EJ

 

[Mblackmon4]

Well the .25 bore enticed me too much. I bought a weatherby vanguard accuguard for 680$ in 257wby on gunbroker (thank you alcohol). I figured it was cheaper than rebarreling and I can test out accuracy on the range and bullet ballistics on hogs. Since hogs are so tough and I shoot on average 10 hogs a month there’s plenty ability to test before I take it hunting on game animals I care about.