Another vote for a .257 Wby Mag discussion

I still find it hard to believe Ryan was born in '88 with all the knowledge he has acquired... would love to see a talk from Ryan, Mark, and Jim discussing Monolithic vs. Bonded bullets and why Ryan prefers the Mono so much more. PS .35 Rem 10 Min Talk!

There is a bit of a cult following here in western Canada. If you own one you tend to love it. Squeeze the trigger, watch the deer fall, feel the very mild recoil. I love my Weatherby rifles and cartridges!

Gentleman, I just want to convey what an absolute auditory pleasure listening about such iconic calibers in history. I have never owned a Weatherby rifle, or a rifle chambered in a Weatherby caliber. I will be turning 50 years old this July and appreciate the ideation of passing a rifle of significance down to my sons one day. I believe one will be cambered in a .280 Ackley improved and the other in a Weatherby caliber. The thought of this warms my heart. Boys, your conversations and knowledge warms my heart. I'm a Registered nurse of 27 years and after a long 12 hour shift look forward to a Podcast of yours to unwind.

I want a episode about the 257 Weatherby Mag. I've wanted one for years but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Y'all guys are great, I love the 10 minute cartridge talks and the your full podcast episodes. Keep up the good work.

Please do a 10 minute talk on the 257 Weatherby. I love my 257 and I'm getting insane performance from it.

Ive had my .240 Wby MarkV paired with a Redfield Accutrac for over 30 years. The guys I hunt with call it the laser because of its flat trajectory and accuracy. I originally bought this gun for the reduced recoil due to some physical limitations. Absolutely love this gun.

Ryan will hopefully do a talk about the 260 Remington someday.

Holy moly, a review that isn't trying to sell me something, provides data and real experiences. I'm listening.

244 H&H Magnum released in 1955 is the fastest factory loaded 6mm. H&H is the only company to ever chamber it and Norma provided the ammo. 244 H&H Magnum is a necked down 375 H&H Magnum.

I have the 240 Weatherby Mag made out of an old WWII mauser. I love it. Extremely fast and very low recoil. It was my wife's elk rifle. It's taken down every elk shot with it. 30 06 case makes it easy to run in mauser action with new 240 barrel replacement.

I’d get it in a backcountry TI 2.0 that weights 4.9 lbs. Perfect pronghorn gun.

My requests have been answered thank you! And yes when you compare box ammo it doesn’t seem much faster then a 243 but when you reload you can get quite a bit more out of it you just can’t get a 243 to do. Even Barnes reloading book themselves have the 80 gr ttsx at 3700

I’ve always thought about the 240 thinking what’s the use because of the 257 Weatherby, but then Weatherby came out with the smaller 6 lug MkV bolt. Couldn’t believe how much lighter it was. Then I wanted one!🤔

First of all I am a total WBY guy however the podcast you conducted on the 3006 vs 308 was totally awesome and a learning experience for me, thanks. I like the big bores however last year I decided to add to my collection and purchased the 240 (absolutely no regrets). My reloads with 100 gr interlocks shot 1/2 Moa. This gun shoots lights out with no noticeable recoil. While I Hunt with 30 calibers I do not know if I am ready to hunt with a 6mm yet, however what an accurate pleasant gun to shoot, this was absolutely a great WBY experience. I will add this comment I always hear this is an obscure caliber with little or no public interest. I don't know how that is possible just surf around for this caliber the selection is almost unlimited in the MK5 or Vanguard offerings, I cannot believe WBY would make so many guns in this caliber if they did not sell. You like camo guns last I purchased the Multi Cam for under 500 bucks unbelievable price for a great shooting and great looking gun. I delighted I added this to my WBY collection, Regards

I have wanted an episode on the 240 from you guys. I have dreamed of owning a 240, but have held off due to the fact that a few years back I found a phenomenal deal on a brand new 257 Weatherby and I have not been able to justify buying the 240. Yes the 257 Roy has a little more recoil, but I can get 3500+ fps with a Barnes 100g TTSX. My 243 Win pushes a 90g Nosler AB at 3120 fps and those two guns work for me. HOWEVER, I still have not been able to completely shake the 240 bug. I am going to be calling wolves in Idaho this fall and a 240 Weatherby would be a wolf slayer. Someday I will probably get one.

257 Wby Mag???? Lots of us asking for it. Keep your viewers happy:))))

great discussion!!! would like too see one on the 257 and thoughts on performance with faster twist barrels and higher bc bullets. keep'em coming!!

I have a Mark V super ultra lightweight prototype in .240 wby. I live in California and this thing is perfect for the state. Wasn't my first choice in caliber, but I loved the gun and there was only one. The caliber has grown on me now, but it's very niche. I grew up using a 6mm Remington and a .257 Roberts. I have an affinity for smaller odd calibers. Its good if you like it.

I use to have a 240 wby mag in a Vanguard as a kid that we lost in a house fire. Only thing I didn't love about the gun was buying ammo!

I have an old 240 Weatherby Mark 5 made in West Germany, with a 9 lug action. Great gun very accurate, I haven't shot anything with it, but I might take it hunting this fall.

Another cool and informative video. Thanks guys! Maybe going along with the Weatherby theme, maybe do a 460 weatherby mag talk? 🤔

Well, back before effective rangefinders were easily obtainable, we were too busy trying to cancel gravity to worry too much about wind drift. I didn't carry a Ranging 1000 to shoot out to 1000 yards; even partnered with a 220 Swift, its falloff in precision pretty much limited the package to about 500 yards.

ironically, I was about to ask you guys to talk about the 6.5-300!!!! PLEASE! So intriguing.

Love my 257 weatherby. Haven’t found a single head of game that could shake it off yet!!

they should offer a new version/option with 105-115 high bc bullets, faster twist bullets... would be awesome. You could argue the 240 is a better antelope cartridge than the 257 wby!

These ten minute talks always end up being longer than 10 minutes and I like that.

My favourite rifle for a long time has been a 6mm-06. The big advantage over 25 caliber is the availability of bullets. A friend of mine who is a PH in Namibia and uses his with the 90 Scirocco and takes everything up to red hartebeest. Weatherby should offer a 6mm RPM.

I have .240 mag in mark v deluxe and i just love it... it,s a tack driver!

I just bought a 240 wby mag ruger no.1

A great discussion. I have not owned Weatherby rifle but would love to try one in the .257 Wby Mag.

I am in the process of a Dakota 97 build 240 WBY, 1-8 twist... now I'm really excited to get it finished up. I shot an 83 5/8 goat, and it was at least as big/heavy as a good whitetail buck. Thanks Guys

The 240 weatherby has always interested me so I finally bought a Mark V Hunter in the bronze. It shoots pretty good and I'm planning on using it this year for Pronghorn in Wyoming.

We need a 10 minute talk on bullets, but make it a battle of sorts. Have everyone decide on what bullet they think is the best and come to the table to debate on why it's the best in the ten-ish minute talk form

I know there are no Weatherby Cartridges in a Remington 1976 Catalog but if you look at one one of the flattest shooting Cartridges is the 6mm Rem. It has served me well on Antelope Mule Deer and Whitetail. A lot of Weatherby Cartridges are just hard to get and expensive brass.

This cartridge had to live in the shadow of it's bigger brother the 257 Weatherby. Larger projectiles at hyper velocities made the 257 the choice more often.

1988 I got socks older than him! This round is wicked fast and a barrel burner!

I have toying around with the 257 Weatherby, now you got me thinking on the 240. I feel like those need to be in mark v deluxe wood stock

Have used this gun for hunting pronghorn several times. The gun is worth every penny. Never looked back purchasing the gun.

Let's hear a talk on the 7x57 Mauser!!! It'll pair well with the 8x57 talk you've already done!!!

I own a 240 weatherby. Vanguard model. Shoots amazingly well. I got lucky, picked a load from the nosler manual. 85 grain nosler partition. Sends them into .75 group at 100 yards. I bought a used Vanguard in 257 weatherby, and a new 240 weatherby at the same time. Both in Vanguard S2 models. I have replaced the 257 weatherby with a new model, still have the 240. Only game I've taken is a few groundhogs with the 85 partitions.

OK if you are doing Weatherby's how about the 6.5-300, only because buddy of mine just bought one.

Ernst Scholz,the R93 Blaser was also offered in 240Wby.Why not advising Weatherby on beinging their 240Wby. out with the 1:7,5" barrel twist and do it again in their big Mark V action(9 Locking lugs) and not in the Mark V (6 locking lugs).I had three different once and multiple barrels through it.Shot tons of game(culling mainly!) and a lot of trophy animals with it with clients!Superp ladys round and with 100gr bullets it did splendid on all plainsgame.(Up to Kudu,Waterbuck,Wildebeest,Zebra and Oryx)I know lots of people pulling their eyebrows up now,no reason with 100gr and good shot placement,100% and amazed all clients and other PH's.Especially with 100gr to 115gr bullets and a 1:7" or 1:7,5" twist it is as deadly as they come!!

As a newbie being a gun enthusiast, this is fascinating describing how all the different ammo types work.

In the new 307 Weatherby rifle, they got the twist rate right for the 240.

I've been very happy with Weatherby rifles. The .240 Weatherby mag cartridge has never really been of interest to me until listening to this podcast.

The 240 wby you can re bbl any 270/30-06 to 240 wby. The bolt face is exactly the same. 240 wby is a 30-06 case with a belt necked to 243 and there fancy shoulder. With a 26 inch bbl you got an amazing western deer/pronghorn rifle

I bought a 240 weatherby mark v deluxe a couple months ago, manufactured in 70s. Just got a leupold for it a few weeks ago. Haven't gotten it mounted yet, but super excited to shoot it. Had no reason to buy it other than "just because". Filled a void in the safe. I have the 300 roy and 7mm roy in mark v deluxe too. Also bought a 7mm roy and 270 roy in custom pre 64 70's. I just love those old cartridges and classic rifles with wood stocks. Ill let the rest of you fight over the creedmores with the synthetic stocks...

A .257 Wby Mag discussion would be cool.

A bit more detail than I'd be interested in. But this is all still good to know.

God i love belted magnums...

I have a story..kinda long but worth the read. a few years ago I want to an estate sale. In the sea of lever actions up for grabs I noticed a LEFT handed weatherby mark V. I could tell it was an old one. It has a blued Leupold vx1 3-9x40 scope and had a some light rust/putting on it. I paid 800 dollars for it. As I am a left handed shooter and thought it was neat. Turns out that was the cheapest gun sold that day When I got home I noticed the barrel stamp was missing but was sold as a 300 wby mag. I wasn't sure so I did some research on the serial number. Turns out that serial batch was made in 1964 and only chambered in .240 mark 5 deluxe and made by jps in germany. That was the first time I ever heard of the cartridge. I sent it in to get cleaned up/checked. I was informed it had been re barreled in 300 wby mag. At the same time I sent the scope to Leupold and shared the story and looking to restore the scope to keep it period correct but they we not able to but sent me a brand new vx1 in return which I thought that was cool. Turns out the original owner was still living and not far from me. I was put in touch with him and he gave me the whole story! He shot the barrel out shooting at prairie dogs out west and decided he wanted rebarrelled in the 300 to chase elk. He tossed the original barrel but had 150 pieces of fired brass in the original boxes in 300 fired from that rifle and sent me home with it. The boxes are super old school looking . So now i pretty much have a brand new 1964 9 lug German made mark 5 that shoots 1" groups toped off with a Leupold vx5 hd and set up for long range. I love the thing.

I was looking hard at the .240 aswell and settled on the .243 for availability. I know have 3 rifles chambered in .243 .

I have 240 weatherby with an 8 twist barrel, I love it. Great round, just a little pricey to shoot.

Have one in a mark v accurate and like the cartridge alot.

Please do the 257 Weatherby Magnum. I shoot a 264 Win Mag for decades. Bought a 257 Weatherby Magnum and now own 3 (kids like them as well). I prefer the 115 Nosler Ballastic Tip and Partition loaded with RL 26 and 215M. Velocities near 3,450 FPS. I also like the 100 grain Swift Scirocco II.

Definitely appreciate these caliber discussions

Cooper Arms made 240 Weatherbys also. Mine is made in West Germany and shoots great.

Sauer and Blaser here in Germany had and have factory guns in Weatherby chambering. Sauer had the .240

I would be interested to know, of all of Roy Weatherby's cartridges. What is the most popular and commercially available today?

I'm always intrigued by these discussions and really don't even have a dog in those hunts!

Jarret has the 243 Catbird.... would love to see factory ammo/rifle for that...6mm-06 AI w/ high bc...

Thank you for more weatherby

Built a model 70 in 240 wby. Dropped my antelope at 390yds. 87gr

Please discuss the rise and fall oF all the WSSM!

This was great, looking forward to more of these.

I’d like to know how many rounds is a “tremendous” amount fired from Ryan’s 300. Just to compare to others we have fired

I have the 257Wby Mag and it's the best and most accurate rifle I ever owned. I always wanted a 240 but lack of ammo availability has stopped me.

25-06 works just fine. Compare 270 vs 270 weatherby mag. Is the diff worth it?

That was a very interesting subject.

3rd vote for a discussion on 260 rem!

This is another really good one but would it kill you to make a couple of optic suggestions for those of us that don’t have the catalog memorized yet?

A 270 win loaded with a 110 gr barnes ttsx or nosler accubond does the same thing as the 240 weatherby mag and can be pushed to an even higher velocity.

Talking about older Caliber guns shows a lot of knowledge about the history of arms.

Weatherby needs to speed up the twist rate not just for the 240 but, for many of it's cartridges.

When discussing light bullets on heavey look no farther than the 257 WeatherBy.However that being said if I was going to step down from my 257 WeatherBy.I think I would have have a Weatherby TC back country in the standard caliber 25-06.because of the heavier bullet waits at a much cheaper price.

It's always interesting learning about different cartridges

257 wby talk would be epic

Great podcast, thanks How about you cover the 7.5x55 (Swiss) / GP11 Thanks Mike

This was pleasently educational. Thank you.

🕵️‍♂️ My 270 Winchester, which has much more versatility (80 grain to 200 grain bullets), can push a 110 grain Nosler Accubond or Barns TTSX bullet to 3,500 ft/s! Sighted in at 350 yards, it only has a +/- 4.5" drop out to 400 yards and a 15" drop at 500 yards! It is basically "point and shoot"! So, their is absolutely "No Need" to own a 240 Weatherby for me! 🎯

I enjoy learning from these kinds of conversations.

A discussion on the 6.5-300 weatherby would be interesting. I remember Ryan being interested in it thinking that it would be based on the 257 weatherby case- what do you guys think about it now with it being on the 300 weatherby case and the ridiculous performance it has now?

I learned some things I didn't know from this video

Didn’t even know these Wetherby calibers were a thing. Pretty cool topic

The .240 is great. My wife shoots one in a Mk. V Camilla. Deer & Antelope slayer supreme!

My uncle owned a 240 Weatherby Mag and he loved/swore by it.

I’d like to hear y’all go over the 243 wssm.

Another vote for Roy’s favorite the 257

Gents, love the cartridge talks! Would love to hear one on big bore AR-15 cartridges, particularly .375 SOCOM! Keep it up!

Good info, I liked it

NIce Ammo and rifle. Can't keep up all the different cartridges available today.

Have you folks priced Weatherby ammo lately? It's definitely out of my budget.

Thank you so much for this information.

great discussion

Weatherby has been building great rifles for a long time, the 240 has a place in it's line up.

Never used one, but would consider

Absolutely love the 240 weatherby!!

I love everything Weatherby

Very good knowledge on this podcast.