What 25 caliber bullet for Antelope

[Ironworker]

257 WBY Mag what bullet for Antelope ? Midway has 110 Hornady Interbond and Barns 100gr Tripple X Blue tip ?

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Interbonds work, real well ! They needed to be, .010 to .015,.. "off", in my 7 mm Mag ( bit Fussy on seat depth ).
Very accurate and will,.., produce, the best "Mushroom" you will ever see !
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[STOMP442]

The 115gr Berger is the best hunting bullet made for standard twist 25s. 100gr Sierra game king or even the new 110 tipped game king would be my next choice.

 

[Edd]

257 WBY Mag what bullet for Antelope ? Midway has 110 Hornady Interbond and Barns 100gr Tripple X Blue tip ?

Those will work fine. I don't think you could find a 25 caliber bullet that wouldn't kill an Antelope.

If you have a 10 inch or faster twist, a 92 gr Hammer Hunter bullet will kill an Antelope.

 

[Ironworker]

Local gun shop that I don't frequent often enough, had some Speer 120gr SPBT $35 bucks a box ! So I'll be developing a load with those for this hunt.

 

[std7mag]

Heading over to Midway now.
For large PA white tail, the Interbond, 117gr SST, GameKing, Prohunter, Berger, Accubond, Partition, Ballistic Tip, Barnes, Hammer, Cutting Edge will all work.

My preference is the Ballistic Tip, or the 115gr Berger VLD.
Looking forward to trying the new Sierra 110gr Tipped GameKing.

 

[Tommie]

Sage goats aren’t big critters. As already stated, just about anything shot out of a .257 Wby will plant a pronghorn. Good ol’ fashioned cup-n-core bullets in the 100+ grain range will be in my gun. I’d be more concerned with time of flight than terminal ballistics. Gets pretty gusty in pronghorn territory.

 

[std7mag]

257 WBY.
Time of flight not too much of an issue.

 

[Tommie]

257 WBY.
Time of flight not too much of an issue.

Swirling 40+ MPH wind is common around here during pronghorn season. Every little bit of external ballistic advantage helps. Run the numbers at, oh say, 450 yards. Seriously it doesn’t take much to kill a scrawny pronghorn. Getting within shooting distance is the challenge. Those animals have 8-power vision (for real).

Not wanting to start a pissing match my man. Just trying to help the OP.

 

[std7mag]

Not doubting you one bit.
I've seen the Wyoming wind flag made from chain. Lol
While the 257 WBY is fast, we all have to do the wind call at the time of the shot.
Harder to do in some places.

 

[Matt_3479]

If twist is fast enough the 131 bj’s are hammers

 

[Gary in MD]

We all enjoy these conversations about what is the best bullet/load for.... (you name it).
Roy Weatherby killed elk/zebra sized game with 87 grain bullets out of his 257s.
Pick a load that shoots well in your rifle and hunt.
Gary

 

[yotehater]

Yeah, those big Speers will do the job, if you can get close enough. I prefer the Barnes myself but a big rock will kill one, if you can get close enough.

 

[Rednexx]

I guess it depends where you are hunting those antelope, as many places here in Wyoming the distances can be , well quite long and trust me the wind blows so I would use a slightly heavy bullet that holds well at distances. Last goat I shot was with a 264 Win Mag 125 gr. Nosler partition

 

[284winner]

I'm headed out on a goat hunt as well with a .257 caliber rifle. My first choice will be the 131 BJs. Shots can be long and if conditions allow a shot, I want a good ballistically superior bullet for the job if it's over half a dozen football fields out. I'm certain the ELDX, TGK or VLDs will get it done as well but the extra payload and higher BC should keep it flat well beyond the others. Expecting long shots and getting them can be opposite. Either way the 131 will do it.

 

[pintopete]

Might be worth a read…

.257 Weatherby Magnum

Author seems to have a lot of field experience.

 

[timeout]

Might be worth a read…

.257 Weatherby Magnum

Author seems to have a lot of field experience.

A good read indeed. Most of us on here wouldn't agree with his neck sizing recommendation, but we must note that he is primarily geared toward the hunting aspect of shooting and not BR. The "about us" page on the website was very interesting. The man followed his passion and it appears that he was quite successful. Thanks for sharing the link.

 

[284winner]

A good read indeed. Most of us on here wouldn't agree with his neck sizing recommendation, but we must note that he is primarily geared toward the hunting aspect of shooting and not BR. The "about us" page on the website was very interesting. The man followed his passion and it appears that he was quite successful. Thanks for sharing the link.

I didn't read the link but one thing I learned about neck tension in hunting cartridges is, tighter is usually better. More importantly, minimum of .010 jump for hunting ammo. I learned that the hard way one year when my son was using his accuracy ammo on a bear hunt where the bullet was in the lands of the rifling. My son couldn't remember chambering a round so checked the chamber and wound up pulling the bullet from the case dumping half the powder in the magazine/ action area and leaving the bullet in the barrel. After about 20 minutes of finding the perfect tree branch to push the bullet out and cleaning out the gun powder, we were back in business. Tighter neck tension would have prevented that scenario but so would have leaving the bullet at least .010" off the lands.

 

[284winner]

Might be worth a read…

.257 Weatherby Magnum

Author seems to have a lot of field experience.

Not sure if it's the same author but the same write up in the same format is available for all cartridges. I've read many but do not know if they are all by the same author. Guessing they are.