I'm on the fence , 240 or 257 Weatherby ??? If you could do it all over , which would you buy and why ??? I live in Va . , we have big black bears and some critters people scoff at , but I've seen them twice personally , and they are no joking matter. 240 I'm told isn't much more than a 243 and the 257 , people say is just a 25-06 . Advice ??

@@thebigfellar7178 The 257 can be loaded a little heavier with up to a 130gr bullet, while the 240 has Max of 100 GR bullet. I love my 240 for deer, pronghorn and lighter plains game in Africa such as Impala, warthog and springbok. The 257 is a great deer rifle too but for larger game as black bear and even elk, I use my 270 weatherby rifle, only because I am getting older and injuries from my younger days are catching up to me. The 270 weatherby has very little recoil and is a great all around load, much than the 270 Winchester. I do prefer my 340 and 300 weatherby rifles for larger game but the 270 weatherby is fantastic. Also I am a fan of the 7mm rifles. To answer your question, I would still prefer my faithful 240 weatherby. If I could have only 1 weatherby rifle, my choice would be the 270 weatherby and I shoot 150 gr Barnes TSX bullets from mine that I load myself. If you are set on either the 240 or 257, I would choose the 257 only because it can shoot a heavier bullet.

@@frankponikvar9262 But which would you own , if only one???

@@thebigfellar7178 I would choose the 257 weatherby if I could only have one. Reason being, it's a great caliber for small to medium game. It's very accurate and flat shooting. My friend owns a 257 weatherby and I load all of his ammo for him. A great all around load is the 115 GR Barnes TSX bullet. Remember, bullet placement and bullet construction are the key to one shot, quick kills. You can never go wrong with the 257 Weatherby Magnum. If I could do it again, I would choose the 257 over the 240 because of the ability to shoot a heavier bullet. It was Roy Weatherby's favorite caliber also.

@@thebigfellar7178 keep me posted on what you decide. Be sure to get a Mark V rifle with the Mark V action. You'll be very happy you did.

Good comment.

@@BigHarryBalzac I always took my Kids hunting. Now they take me. My boy is a accomplished hound hunter, runs bear And cats . I can thank hunting for keeping them out of trouble. 5mins from the house and he was deer or elk hunting. It's so much fun to watch his skill with the dogs. Who knows what would have happened had I not taken him hunting I shudder to think!

@@Drivapete I reckon most school shooters were experienced hunters as well. Disgusting sport.

@@The0Matador0 most school shooters are mentally disturbed, California has cougars watching kids in the playgrounds, attacking joggers etc. Then the Fish & Game dept has to call in houndsmen to track down and kill the animal. A dead joggers children are orphaned and disgusted people like you donate to the dead Cougars orphaned Cubs. Could have been avoided with sound game management by factual study's rather than Bay Area liberal voters, or bleeding heart bunny huggers!

@@Drivapete *studies

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No it was not

No it wasn't. Hush

Innocent poor human, if you were born one of these cats your mother would have killed and eat you!

Innocent. Yes, but they ate the animal. Its human instinct for men and women to hunt and conquer earth.

First learn how to spell. Innocent. Pigs are innocent too do you eat them? How about innocent cows? Mountain lions kill innocent deer and elk calves.

Ever go hound hunting???

It's alot more work, time and energy than about anything else. elk or deer are easy compared to what Ben Rogers has put into this cat hunting it's hard work they don't come easy and it's about the most natural respectable way to hunt these creatures nothing unsporting about hound hunting at all you would have to go on a hunt to appreciate what goes on here

@@Drivapete not sporting. Having dogs hold it at bay. Pretty sick actually

@@dougk5 A bear or lion can dispatch the dogs whenever they want, we've had a few dogs get "caught", and you can be assured the vet bill isn't cheap. We they try not to harvest females and females with Cubs are illegal and morally and ethically just wrong. We don't judge your life, please don't judge ours!

@@Drivapete when you see me shooting captive game animals and claiming it's fair chase feel free to judge