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25 Weatherby RPM – Weatherby, Inc.

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Anyone seen/heard about the "new" Weatherby 25 RPM cartridge? I nearly pi$$ed myself laughing at the idea when I saw their factory loaded 25 RPM with 117 grain SST bullets lists muzzle velocity of 3150, while my go-to factort load for 25-06, the Hornady Superformance with 117gr SST is listed at 3110. I think the 257 Wby is probably faster.

I love fast 25s, as I know @Bob Nelson 35Whelen does among others here, but this is completely a swing and miss. At most I like the idea of heavy-for-caliber projectiles, but I dont know of any significant options available that would even make that feasible.
 
Tbitty said:

25 Weatherby RPM – Weatherby, Inc.

weatherby.com weatherby.com

Anyone seen/heard about the "new" Weatherby 25 RPM cartridge? I nearly pi$$ed myself laughing at the idea when I saw their factory loaded 25 RPM with 117 grain SST bullets lists muzzle velocity of 3150, while my go-to factort load for 25-06, the Hornady Superformance with 117gr SST is listed at 3110. I think the 257 Wby is probably faster.

I love fast 25s, as I know @Bob Nelson 35Whelen does among others here, but this is completely a swing and miss. At most I like the idea of heavy-for-caliber projectiles, but I dont know of any significant options available that would even make that feasible.
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@Tbitty
The Weatherby RPM moniker sounds flash but it's just a reinvented wheel that does NOTHING. As you said a fast wist 25 barrel will do the same with a 25-06, not much less with the Roberts and nowhere what the 257 Weatherby would do.
But gee it sounds good and with enough bullshit advertising it may sell. It sold the useless 243 so you never know
Bob
 
The main advantage that I saw was a faster twist to stabilize a longer and heaver bullet
 
Just get a fast twist .25/06 and you have pretty much it”# equal. A fast twist .257 Wby and you beat it by a landslide. I’m kind of a .25 caliber nut (.257 Robert’s, .25/06 in rifle and handgun, .257 Wby mag), but I’m not buying this or a .25 Creedmoor.
 
MS 9x56 said:
I think I will just keep using my Ruger 77 RSI in 250-3000. I don’t think the critters I shoot would notice the difference. I thought they were talking about a slower speed vinyl record.
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I think both the 250-3000 and the Roberts are the most underrated cartridges out there.

Much better than the 6mm's and only give up a little in range to the 25-06 and 257 WBY.

The WBY 25RPM is another cartridge that answers a question most of us never asked. :unsure:
 
meigsbucks said:
Just get a fast twist .25/06 and you have pretty much it”# equal. A fast twist .257 Wby and you beat it by a landslide. I’m kind of a .25 caliber nut (.257 Robert’s, .25/06 in rifle and handgun, .257 Wby mag), but I’m not buying this or a .25 Creedmoor.
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Sounds like you are holding out for the much anticipated 25 PRC! :E Happy:
 
Time will tell if it catches on along with the rest of Weatherby's RPM cartridges. They might end up like most of the Winchester short mags. But then there is the Weatherby purest that will take it and run, much like a number of other Weatherby rounds that really didn't catch on but are still alive.

A couple of years ago I found a very unique 240 Weatherby in a Ruger #1. I drooled over that rifle until I didn't have any drool left in my mouth. I would of brought it home except I would of had to morguage my home for what they were asking.

It was so bad that I had to go home and fondle my #1 in 270 Weatherby mag.
 
257ROB AI (Roberts Ackley Improved) will do over 3000 fps with a 120 grain pills. I don't believe the game will care much what the chambering is...as long as it's not a .243 cal ;)

Too many good fast .25's out there. 257WBY, 257ROB and 25-06 would top my list long before anything created in the past 50 years.
 
I should buy one and put it in the safe next to my browning a-bolt in .25wssm. Probably get used about the same.
 
I am a much a Weatherby fan as my bank account allows me to be but I have no interest at all in this thing. I don't care for the other RPM cartridges either, I think they're going backwards from what made Weatherby what it is in the first place. I love my 340 and 460 and a 257 is on my short list but an RPM cartridge won't be.
 
K-man said:
I should buy one and put it in the safe next to my browning a-bolt in .25wssm. Probably get used about the same.
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Have a buddy that has the 25 wssm. He still loves it. I ever time we talk about it he thinks me for telling him to buy ammo by the case.
He liked the 90-95 gr. Load they had that they dropped. It was close to the 6mm 80gr load on speed.
 
For a quarter bore, I will stick with my 257 Weatherby Magnum. If you are going to release something new, it should be better than what is already available, especially when you made the already better one right???
 
Spartan5 said:
For a quarter bore, I will stick with my 257 Weatherby Magnum. If you are going to release something new, it should be better than what is already available, especially when you made the already better one right???
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This is exactly what makes it so odd to me. Its not like the Hornady company releasing their version of a 25 (the 25 PRC, which they are doing). Weatherby already has their 257 Wby Mag, which is a better version of this caliber. Why would they release another 25 that is a downgrade from their existing and well established cartridge. Make a 26 or 28 RPM if you want a new Weatherby cartridge.

Just can't imagine this catches on even remotely.
 
Tbitty said:

25 Weatherby RPM – Weatherby, Inc.

weatherby.com weatherby.com

Anyone seen/heard about the "new" Weatherby 25 RPM cartridge? I nearly pi$$ed myself laughing at the idea when I saw their factory loaded 25 RPM with 117 grain SST bullets lists muzzle velocity of 3150, while my go-to factort load for 25-06, the Hornady Superformance with 117gr SST is listed at 3110. I think the 257 Wby is probably faster.

I love fast 25s, as I know @Bob Nelson 35Whelen does among others here, but this is completely a swing and miss. At most I like the idea of heavy-for-caliber projectiles, but I dont know of any significant options available that would even make that feasible.
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The 133 Elite hunter and hammer or Barnes LRX loads will carry this, I didn't even know they still made SST's
 
Axle2010 said:
I am a much a Weatherby fan as my bank account allows me to be but I have no interest at all in this thing. I don't care for the other RPM cartridges either, I think they're going backwards from what made Weatherby what it is in the first place. I love my 340 and 460 and a 257 is on my short list but an RPM cartridge won't be.
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What made Weatherby what it is hasn't been relevant in over 20 years. Nobody is buying extremely overbore magnums. We have rangefinders now, and ballistics/performance of low B.C. bullets get spanked downrange.

Pining for Old Weatherby cartridge design is like wanting an old 460 CID Engine when a 6 cylinder turbo beats it in every way.
 
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