BrentD
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.38-55 or .30-30 for those more inclined towards modern cartridges.
Help, I need a new pronghorn rifle!
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BrentD
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Hell we can work with that. $2k will buy some sexy for sure.
Go to Eurooptic and buy a Tikka t3x Lite in stainless or blued in the cartridge of your choice. Take it out of the box, mount a scope, add ammo, and go kill stuff. Pretty simple, really.
Sportsmatch, UM, or Leupold Backcountry for rings/bases. Trow on a SWFA scope and you’ll have a bombproof system.
Sportsmatch, UM, or Leupold Backcountry for rings/bases. Trow on a SWFA scope and you’ll have a bombproof system.
RuRu12
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I love the .257 Wby Mag as a Pronghorn cartridge. I have two rifles chambered in it. One is a Remington 700 SPS Stainless in a Bell & Carlson stock. The other is a Weatherby Vanguard Kings Camo version. The Vanguard has a 26" spiral fluted barrel that is threaded and came with their radial brake. This rifle absolutely loves the Wby factory ammo loaded with the 92gr Hammer bullet. It routinely groups around half an inch with that load. I have tried a couple of other factory loads from Wby and all of them are consistently sub MOA. The Remington is equally accurate, but it is much pickier about the load. I shoot my own handload with a 117 gr Berger VLD sitting on a very near max charge of Retumbo. This rifle is not threaded. I recently purchased a Nosler suppressor so have been considering having the Remington threaded.
I really think .257 Wby Mag is a perfect cartridge for Pronghorn. If you still have your Vanguard I believe I would put some time into finding a load it shoots well. If you can't get satisfactory accuracy I wouldn't hesitate to send it to Weatherby Customer Service.
Best of luck in your search for the perfect Pronghorn rifle.
I really think .257 Wby Mag is a perfect cartridge for Pronghorn. If you still have your Vanguard I believe I would put some time into finding a load it shoots well. If you can't get satisfactory accuracy I wouldn't hesitate to send it to Weatherby Customer Service.
Best of luck in your search for the perfect Pronghorn rifle.
The Vanguard meets the sub moa accuracy guarantee. I have shot a few groups that slid in under an inch. I’m sure if I took the time I could find a great load for it. It’s a cartridge that I’ll likely revisit at some point l don’t know how it would do in a 22” barrel though and I really hate to cut it off.
Caseknife
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Probably lose 25-40 fps per inch removed, got lots to work with in the 257 Bee.
1100RemingtonMan
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Just look for a Winchester Model 70 standard weight or Remington 700 BDL from around 1980 give or take 5 years. Pick what ever caliber you want Antelope .243 Win to 25-06 are perfect.
Well, I took the Ruger out to the range today and put 10 rounds through it. I started at 25 yards, the first shot clipped the bottom of the target left of center. I adjusted the scope and fired a 3 round group. The first group looked okay so I moved over to the 100 yard bench. The first three rounds landed a few inches high and just left of center. I made a scope adjustment and fired 3 more rounds, the second 3 were also pretty close together. The ammo was some that I had loaded for another rifle, but still shot right at MOA. The feeding and extraction were flawless after a little deburring and a light coat of grease on the bolt lugs. While I still don’t think I should have to work on a new gun, this one seems like it’s going to be a keeper. I’ll get some targets posted in the next day or two.
