I Picked Up My DREAM RIFLE Today.... 

I know this don’t have anything to do with this video but I needed to get it out there, I’ve been hunting with my dad ever since I learned to walk. That was almost 50 years ago. Not long ago my dad brought me over his deer stand and told me he was done can’t do it anymore. The realization of what happened was like a kick in the gut. Every minute you get out in the woods with your father treat it like it will be your last because that day will come.

You remind me when I got my weatherby back in 1980 I was super excited too.

When I got mine in 2018, all the ammo available only had 100g TTSX, which is what I got. 5 boxes…it was NOT cheap!

You’re gonna love that 257! The ammo is expensive as hell but it’s a smoking cartridge.

Love the 25cal. Dad's deer rifle was a 25.06 and it was a laser in his hands. Enjoy that 257 looks amazing

Congrats - awesome round! I have a 257 and 300 weatherby....don't really need anything else....but don't tell the wife, or the safes would get emptied.

Soo glad to see this. Not enough about the .257 weatherby. Amazed you even found ammo in a store.

Love my 257 Weatherby! Most accurate rifle I own. I load my own... 101 gr Barnes LRX at 3800 FPS! Excited to see your upcoming videos on it!

Always wanted a 257 Weatherby! Going to buy a deluxe custom when I am able. Can’t wait for a review!

That’s is a sweet looking rifle, can’t wait to see the sighting in video 👍🏼

I recently bought a Weatherby Vanguard and had the options of 257 WB and 243…I went with 243 because I wasn’t familiar…after much research I wish I would have got the 257 instead

You get the same look in your eyes as me when I get a new boom stick! 😂 So… did you put it next to the bed that night you bought it home? Awesome new toy .. congratulations! 👍🏻

I’ve always wanted a 264 win mag or a 270 weatherly mag.

Dang, Roy's favorite. Not a fan of magnum cartridges and already have a 25-06, but I think I would give that 257 WbyMag a shot!!! 😉😉😉

There's nothing quite like the moment you finally get your hands on your dream rifle after years of anticipation. Can't wait to see the rifle that has captured your imagination!

It is a shame they didn't do a 1:7.5 twist barrel for the heavy 257 cal bullets Berger, Hammer, and Hornady have now.

Now that's a caliber that is worth reloading! Factory rounds are $$$. Awesome rifle and cartridge!

That's awesome whootee! Happy for ya. Should be a tack driver.

Cool Adam can't hardly wait to see the groups that thing shoots

I love my 257. She has a 30" McGowen slinging 131gr Blackjack Aces. Brass was hard to get there for a bit but I started making them from 7mm rem. You did good on that one. Great vid Whoots.

Had a 25.06 in a Ruger heavy barrel varmint rifle - accurate and would reach out, but didn’t like it performance up against my 270 Winchester. Guys I love guns of all calibers and own many, but always end up setting in the deer stand with my 270 Winchester.. I’m weird I guess😜- it sets the standard on my farm!

Great looking gun! My grandson has a weatherby in that caliber. It is a great shooter!

Happy you finally got it can't wait for the shooting videos will be fun. I remember the day I got my 300 Weatherby I was so happy. Saw it on Mutual Of Omaha when I was just a little fella and they shot a Rhinoceros (my memory is three with one shot) that could be true or not, but from that day I wanted one and it was everything I thought it would be and more, the day I got a Bear made it worth the money and the wait I have enjoyed it for years now. I hope you make some good memories with your 257 Weatherby and it is as good as you thought it would be + some 👍🏻 Nothing else is like a Weatherby to me and the more I shoot mine the better it gets 👍🏻

I enjoy your passion for the Weather.

Glad I’m not the only one who buys ammo for guns that I don’t own yet! A .257 wby is next on my list

Love my 257 Weatherby Mag and Toliver’s is one of my favorite gun shops. One of my biggest gun regrets is walking away from a early model Weatherby Mark 257 weatherby mag , with a Weatherby marked scope at The Outpost. I went back 2 hours later and it was gone. I learned to never walk away from a dream rifle deal if you don’t have to.

😍😍😍 Awesome ! Looking forward to seeing it out on the range !

Beautiful when a plan comes together.

It’s so much fun to watch WhoTeeWho have fun with a rifle! This man truly appreciates the a Rifle from.22 and up the fun never ends ! Now, will WhoTeeWho execute some milk 🥛 jugs!

The .257 Wby Mag is arguably the finest hunting cartridge for deer sized game. Dare to sight it 3 inches high at 100 yards and you'll have a laser beam.

None of the Weatherby factory ammo shot better than 3 MOA out of 6.5x300, Hendershots custom ammo in Maryland fixed me up, his 143 Hornady ELD load shoots sub MOA....check them out if the factory ammo is not very accurate.

I vaguely remember somebody taking an early one to Africa and loving it. Wally Taber comes to mind, late 40s or early 50s. The cartridge doesn’t matter. Getting a dream gun is a hoot. Yes, he was a real guy with hunting shows etc.

Very Nice ! Look foward to the videos of it ! Congratulations on the find.

They have a Weatherby accumark at a pawnshop near me for sale at half price right now but the only drawback is it’s left handed but boy is it a killer deal and it’s been sitting there for a couple years so I am still looking at it, sure hope I stop looking at it or else I may end up coming home with it!

Great choice Wootee, I've never shot one either but I've been reading great things about them for 50 years!

I personally would rather have 7mm Remington magnum but I know people who love the 257

I'm a massive Quarter Bore fan. My uncle almost always carries his 257 Weatherby and I already have a 700 Long Range 25-06 along with a 70 Super Shadow 25 WSSM. Planning to build a "light weight" long range oriented 257 for a Wyoming Pronghorn hunt in 2025 and have been between 25-06 AI, 257 Weatherby, and 25 Pronghorn (25 WSM). I wish they would have made the 307 with a slightly faster twist to shoot the 130+ pills that are finally on the market because it would make life a lot easier.

Congratulations!!!! 🎉🎊🥳👍🥳can't wait to see your groups.

if the caliber ends in weatherby, i know its hard to find and way expensive! haha

Congrats on an awesome new bing-bang. That is a real treasure. Have to say that the way you sold it WTW I hoped it was from the John Rigby stable. 😉

those 257 are severly costley arent they

I had one for awhile. Great antelope cartridge. I found it temperamental but a great cartridge once I got the load developed . Nice looking rifle.

My dad shoots a 240wby mag. 25-06 is probably my favorite caliber for white tail size critters, and 257bee is its big brother. Really look forward to your videos on it!

I’ve never been a .25cal fan myself but whatever you like is what matters. I personally would have went with the newer 6.5-300 Weatherby but I don’t like the idea of one company controlling all the ammo flow and brass flow. Best of luck!!

Would love to have a Weatherby in my hunting tools one date in my life. Cheers!

I love my 257 Weatherby Mag, easy on the shoulder and fun to shoot. I have a Vanguard and put a Zeiss Conquest V4 3-12 X 56 on it. Took a nice 8 point whitetail with it last year in East Texas using the Nosler 115gr Accubond ammo. Would love to get a chance to hunt somewhere that would allow me to try some longer shots, but I'm not able physically to get around so well anymore. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

Nice rifle and caliber glad you found one looks that nice 😮

I used to have a 257 wby. Now i hunt with a 7mm rem mag. Anyway, I took several whitetail with the 257 and it knocked them down like the 7mm. I really couldn't tell much difference. The 257 wby is an excellent cartridge and one of my favorites......

If you reload, the 120 g Partition is equally effective on deer AND elk. Bang flop. You don’t need to go max load, either. Even a mild load works very well, and the 2 mule deer I’ve seen taken had a very normal entrance and exit wound. No jelly.

I love it! I myself have a .257 weatherby in a 24 inch stainless vanguard. I’ve wanted one since I was a kid haha. I like it very much: lighter recoil than my .270, flatter shooting than my .243, energy on par with a .30-06…what’s not to love? I do handload, I’d never pay what they ask for factory ammo in any weatherby cartridge. Some loads I’ve worked up so far are the hammer hunter 75 grain at a chronographed 4170 feet per second with rl17, the 100 Nosler ballisti Tip at 3700 fps and the 100 Barnes tsx at 3500 fps, both with 7828. I treat all my rifle bores and bullets with hexagonal boron nitride. Still have some 90 grain absolute hammers and 115 grain Berger vlds to play with. Congrats on picking a winner.

Been pushing you to get one for awhile. You are going to love what it does on deer. It is a lazer beam and hits very hard. I like the 80gr TTSX. Used to use 120gr Partitions but Wby stopped using them.

I have a .300 WBY Mag in a Ruger #1 I got years ago. I love it but it's not one to take plinking.

It should take out Wiley real easy. Way out there.

I’ve been shooting . . .257 for years , you watch them deer Drop when you drop the hammer 😉 best round ever from zero bro 400 🦌💥

Happy for ya man!!! Not much feels better than getting a new Bing Bang!! I say that all the time now! 😅 Arken makes some really nice 34mm rings!

I've never connected with rifled like he does. I'm a huge revolver and pistol nut. I get excited about revolvers like he does rifles.

The .257 mag is a classic American cartridge. If your a reloader, cases are easy to make from 7mm REM. Mag cases. I have loaded it down to 25/06 velocities and now shooting a 92 grain Hammer bullets at 3700 fps. Just be mindful of barrel life if you shoot a lot of 3600-3700 fps rounds. Who-to Who is a good rifleman and will find a place in his safe always for the .257 Weatherby mag.

I have only gotten to shoot 1 Weatherby and it was my brother's 7mm....loved it! Can't wait to see the upcoming videos. Just started posting on RU-vid some of my videos of a property project.

All that want him start relaoding hit like.

That’s a SLICK stick man. I’m sure it’s a shooter too man, so so so happy to see them making something on the 700 platform! Kinda wish they cut one in the 6.5PRC since I’ve already setup for that… maybe in time, but otherwise I gotta get one in that hot little 7PRC! Congrats!

Looks like an awesome cartridge, enjoy the new riffle. At my age, I just chase the squirrels around the tree. My Henry 410 single shot, or my Henry Frontier 22 works fine for me. Perhaps I am entering my second childhood, but I seem to be happy just being in the woods & looking forward to enjoying some home cooked stew.

This is a wicked bing bang , a barrel burner but nonetheless a AWESOME round. Hits hard , shoots flat and wont rearrange your brain cells with recoil

I love the velocity comparisons just as much as the next guy, but a chronograph tells the real tale. I would like to see when you are doing the ammo comparisons to shoot the selected boo-lots over a chronograph to get the real world velocity.

Why am I thinking.338 lapua? That is a big old mag!

Love it - had a hunch it would be a Weatherby! There's nothing better than getting your dream rifle home ... mine's the Weatherby Mark V in 30-378 Weatherby Magnum, the 30 cal M.O.A.B. ... enjoy, bro!

Its a barrel burner 😮😮😮

That round has some boogie on it. Beautiful rifle.

225,Winchester,be,cool

My Dad carried a .257 Roberts for years it was his favorite deer rifle. I know it's not in the same category as the .257 WM, but you just don't hear much about the .257's, at least where I live. I have it now and I just don't shoot it anymore. My .243 does just fine with the smaller Blacktail deer we have here.

Fantastic rifle can't wait to see you making your own loads for this great rifle

I would only use those Hornady’s for varmits or target. That 257 has so much velocity those bullets will probably explode on contact

I used to get Sub-MOA all day everyday with my old Weatherby Vanguard in 300 WBY MAG. Just One ragged hole on the paper.

I have a project i plan to take care of first, but following that I am really wanting a 30-06 one of these. I have been waiting on a factory aics dbm bolt gun 30-06 for a good while now. very reasonable price for the features.

I am going to guess it is the .257 Weatherby magnum

Consider “American Rifle Company” scope rings. Ive only heard great things. Id like your opinion. I don’t represent them and haven’t used any but they look excellent. Thank you for the review. I love the 25-06 and 100gr Barnes TTSX. Appreciate you Adam.

Adam, your Like a kid in a Candy Store. You can never have enough 2A Toys, Or Boooolots. I wonder how many Times you get the " WIFE LOOK", Every time a New Toy arrives. I get that look, LMAO, Icall it " Visual Tune ups" Enjoy that new Slinger.

SMGA in Knoxville almost always has 257 Weatherby factory loads in stock. They stock a lot of Weatherby loads

On buying a dream gun i had two as I grew up. Not so much the rifle as the cartridge. One was a 250 Savage, the other was the 280 Remington. The 280 i found at Gander Mountian and found a Reminton 725 in 280 Rem had a 3x9 Luepold gold ring scope in Weaver bases and rings with a fancy padded leather sling with a deer head carved into it. Paid $425. The 250 I could not find or afford to buy new. I found a Savage Model 11 chambered in 243. When I got it home I ordered a 250 Savage Adams & Bennet barrel and tool kit to screw into this Savage. Never shot it as a 243, just bought it to swap bsrrels. Paid $200 for the rifle and $135 for the barrel and tool kit. Had many other guns over the years, some I miss others not so much.

The 30-06 is the greatest cartridge ever made.

Wow. That’s really cool. Hope you have fun with your shooting it.

I got a Winchester 1894. Made 1907.30.30. 26" octagon barrel.30.30 been around a long time.😊😊😊

I have a 257 wby and have killed antelope and elk with it. It hit very hard for its caliber and is very fast and has a flat trajectory. I think you’re going to love it. I also gave a 240 wby and it’s a screamer as well. Great deer and antelope cartridge

i am a big fan of the .257 caliber, i have a 25-45 sharps, 25.06 and a 257 Poa improve. and just order the 257 weatherby. you need to do a clay block challenge between the 25.06 and the 257 weatherby.

Clay and Mellon be flyon!

That is a Cadillac bing bang for sure. I love speedy boolots. In my night vision hog hunting rig, I run Liberty Animal Instinct 100 gr 30-06 ammo. They advertise 3500 fps. I don't have a way to measure that, but they sure make a mess on those hogs. Take care!

Congratulations. I have some 100 grain NBT loaded with a max charge of RL22. My old neighbor called it the laser beam. I killed 2 deer with the old 100 grain Spitzers. Only thing that took any steps was a hog I hit at the very top of his head.urrr.

257 Weatherby Magnum Forester micrometer die on clearance at Midway USA for 89.14 dang good deal!!!! Glad you got your dream rifle.

Very beautiful rifle brother cant wait to see the balistics on that bad boy comparing 270 an other calibres . I have a 270 an loved it for a while now .257 looks like a fenominal round an rifle it's in. I might buy a 416 Rigby or a ar platform for my next rifle incase big animal encounters in the forest . Or hunting big game . Heard an seen the 8.7 is a boogy machine at a 1. Twist rate so I'm excited to see the 257 in action on getting the good food to the table an balistics an performance an compared to other cartridges. Was a exciting amazing video brother keep up the awesome work . An definantly a calibre worth reloading . 🤘❤🙏🇺🇸

Is it made out of PizzA?

I avoid ‘proprietary’ cartridges (e.g. Weatherby or Nosler) like the plague because I don’t reload. I have passed up some amazingly cheap rifles, usually Weatherbys, because of this.

I just did a similar thing I was excited about 10mm for quite sometime. I finally got one. Now I just need to get my 338 Lapua and my dream calibers will be basically covered 🤗

Dude when I think of Weatherby,, I think of like the Mark V with the Walnut stock… But,, still nice gun and when you go to the range and your next to the dude with his Del-ton AR and 25 dollar red dot from Amazon and some pos “tactical” flash light on the front you can say “yeah it’s a Weatherby want to take a pic with it”

Ha ha ha, this guy has a frickin armory at his house lol. He can't tell his wife NOTHING about those amazon packages coming every day, because he has a long slender rifle package coming every week.

You will love shooting the WBY the 100 grain shoot a little hot and in my opinion if I wanted to shoot a 100 gr bullet I will shoot the 240 mag however if you reload I am getting great results with reloader22 with 115 117 and 120 grain bullets, Note if you ever see a 240 wby at your favorite store just grab it you will absolutely love shooting 100 grain bullets out of it. They are deadly accurate and whole lot of fun to shoot. That is an awesome rifle, wow I am a total WBY fan, what a great choice, I would be excited to have that bing bang.

If the Model 307 builders action gets more attention from barrel makers, specifically in a Proof prefit, I’m building a 6.8 Western off it.

Brother, I got away from .30 cal almost 30 years ago when I went to the necked down 25/06. I deer hunt northern Missouri for big bodied whitetail and that round has no problem taking care of business.

I love my 25 cal my 25-06 is my baby but my 257 is as well it's a laser beam I hand load everything. 117 gr hornady sst and interlock .it can be hard to find brass so I've converted alot of 7mm rem mag brass it will be .005 short until you shoot it then its right on the oil case length

Ok, you've had the ammo for a long time...maybe they did do a new twist rate and the factory stuff maybe too light. I am anxious to see how it stacks up against my .25 PRC? 9:48

Have two friends that have 257 Weatherby mag they love them super accurate and devastating on deer

Looking forward to your video's. It's kind of late or early when I'm typing this so hope it makes sense. It kind of resembles magnum cartridges maybe toss on of those in your comparison video's. Keep up the good work