Swift scirocco ii vs Copper

[Marshian]

I recently bought a 257 Weatherby as a dedicated antelope gun and will be going to the range in the near future to break it in and find a good bullet. I want to maximize the flat trajectory and am leaning towards either the 100 gr swift scirocco ii or the 92 gr hammer that weatherby ammo sells. I don’t reload fwiw. The lighter hammer has the higher initial velocity but the swift quickly catches and then beats it so im leaning towards that. It’s slightly cheaper too I think. Does anyone have experience with these and opinions on them. Accuracy is of course paramount as well so if one is much more forgiving, that may tilt the scales. Thx

 

[Jnasa]

I've never used the swift scirocco but loaded some Hammers for the first time this summer. I've been surprised by how accurate they are. I can also get better velocity out of them than other monos.

If you don't reload I would say buy a box of each and see which your rifle likes more. I think either would perform well on game.

 

[brockel]

I’d go with the hammer 95grain HHT. The swift scirocco can be picky on load development and are a sticky bullet so you may not get the velocity out of it that you think

Personally I’d be loading nosler 100 grain ballistic tips in your 257 weatherby. We killed a ton of critters with a 100 grain ballistic tip at 3650fps

 

[huntin24/7]

Coopers are awesome out of a 257 weatherby at high speeds. 110 accubonds were pretty decent too.

 

[kiwi hunter]

ive been very impressed with federal ascent,that was in 30 cal, dont know if they make them in the 25
just checked their site, no 25 caliber