I found an older 9 lug Fibermark with the McMillan stock and a 26" barrel and less than 5 boxes of ammo shot. I cannot wait to compare velocities between the 24 and 26 inch tubes. Is there a better deer killer on the planet than Weatherbys 240?

Of course there are! The 270 Win and 358 Win!!

If I went with a WBY cartridge, I'd go with the 257? If the 240 didn't have a belt, I may give it a look. At least with the WBY cartridges from 257-340 you can make them using common brass. The 240 lives in its own little world.

257 Bee :-)

The 257 is my favorie Bee.

Me 2....or maybe the 270 Bee...can carry more bullet weight with about the same recoil.

The OP was fine until he got to the "better deer killer" part.
For a 125 pound Whitetail it will probably work fine. But unless you are physicall handicapped, anyone can shoot a 300 Win Mag stoked with 150-165 gr premium bullets just as well. It will do far more "killing" and should you hunt in places where large furry nasty critters live, you'll feel far more secure.
After all a 240 WM is a different shaped 6.5/06. Both nice for Antelope sized game but hardly the first choice for a 275 pound Mulie where the objective is to break him down on the spot.
No fun to shoot one on the top of the mountain and have him die in the bottom of a nasty canyon.
"Cape and kick" is a lot easier than "quarter and carry" (UP).

Grab the 26" (still to short) ...... great Yote and Speed Goat rifle.

300 H&H

The best deer killer was kind of a joke, you can only make something so dead. But since were here. 275 pounds? Go ahead and shoot a 275 pound muley or a 400 hog from any angle with a 100 grain partition or an 85 TSX and I will bet a paycheck if you do your job that critter will not make 50 yards. We actually shoot quite a few deer up here that top 300 pounds on the hoof, and from the 300 Bee on down, the 240 and 257 bee just seem to get them to the ground faster. the 257 creates more rose wound. Actually I have seen more deer go further with a double lung hit from the 300 than any other cartridge I shoot. Thin hide, light bone, and not much distance from the outside to the middle. Deer just don't take that much gun.

There is such a thing as too much gun when it comes to Whitetails. With bigger calibers, ammo manufacturers assume larger game, and the bullets loaded are chosen accordingly. It you take a broadside heart/lung shot on a Whitetail with a bonded-type bullet out of a 300 Win, you just may pencil-hole him, and have a tracking job on your hands. If I encounter light game in Africa when armed for Cape Buffalo or something else large, I usually use a high-shoulder aiming point, to hit both shoulder bones and the spine going through.

You guys are way too serious. The .240 will kill plenty well, with good bullets, and he'll be happy as a clam.
Besides, everyone knows the very best whitetail caliber is the .308.

I've heard some say the 25-06 is king?

As I see it: .240 wea vs .257 Wea. Who wins?.

Well..the .257 Bee does 3400 fT/sec with a 117grain bullet, the 240Bee does 3400 ft/sec with a 100grain bullet.

The question here: How much more does 17grain in difference and .013" bullet?.
I know it is a "difference" on a forum and at the Sci-fi falculty, but again the way I see it, I would use the .240Bee on exactly the same game any .257Beebluff fan feels his rifles is capable of doing.

I too have a 9lug .240Wea + I have a .270Bee too. I sort of skipped the "middleman". No need for him anyway

The 25-06 is king IF you have the right one. My 1885 with a 30" bbl will push the new 80 gr TTSX @3997fps with either Hybrid 100V or Superperformance. Cases just drop from the chamber. Three will go in one hole @100 and end to end in a speed goat and not be recovered.
Being a High Wall it's plenty strong and no longer than a 25-06 bolt gun with a 24" bbl.

If you do your part the 240Bee will do well as a deer and pronghorn getter. I have even shot some hogs with mine and have no complaints.

That 1885 sounds like the Wyoming Centennial. Memories of a love lost. What a rifle!

Yup and even better when you have 2. (and live in WY)

Come on, the 257 BEE is way out of the league of the 240 BEE on powder capacity alone. That's not a good comparison. A better comparison for the 257 BEE would be the 264 Win Mag.

That would seem so smokin Joe, but until you have shot a few deer with the 240 and seen the consistancey of mortal devistation, it is hard to understand. It is on line with the 257bee as I stated above, it just doesn't bruise as much surrounding tissue. It is like PFM.

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Originally posted by Quintus:
That would seem so smokin Joe, but until you have shot a few deer with the 240 and seen the consistancey of mortal devistation, it is hard to understand. It is on line with the 257bee as I stated above, it just doesn't bruise as much surrounding tissue. It is like PFM.

I'm not disagreeing with the 240 BEE one iota. I'm shot enough deer with a 243 to know what a 6mm bullet can do and the 240 BEE has more steam then that. I was just saying the 257 BEE is a whole different cartridge.

My 243 works fine on mulies with the Sierra 85gr gameking.

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Originally posted by SmokinJ:
Come on, the 257 BEE is way out of the league of the 240 BEE on powder capacity alone. That's not a good comparison. A better comparison for the 257 BEE would be the 264 Win Mag.

In sense of casevolume yes, the .264win and the .257Wea have something in commen but since the .264 Win can carry a heavier bullet I would consider the .264 more adequate for bigger game.
The real comparison ought to be with the .270Wea vs .257Wea. Here would most observe that since a 180grain bullet is available for the .277cal it will outmatch the max weight of 120grain only available in the .257cal. With a 60 grain difference I would say that there is a practical difference. But in the question of the .240Wea vs .257wea it will be a matter of only 20grain if the .240 has a 100gr bullet versus the 120grain of the .257Wea. and both have the same velocity. The diffence is there, but is it enough to make a diffence..let say on a muledeer, pronghorn, whitetail or an elk?.
I know ol´Roy shot a buffalo with a .257Wea, but if a .240Wea with a 100grain hit exactly the very same spot from the same angle have done the same?.

You fellows keep upping the caliber. When will we end up with a 375 H&H as a comparison? Maybe a better comparison for the 240 BEE, rather then a 257 BEE, would have been a 257 Roberts or 260 Remington.

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Originally posted by SmokinJ:
You fellows keep upping the caliber. When will we end up with a 375 H&H as a comparison? Maybe a better comparison for the 240 BEE, rather then a 257 BEE, would have been a 257 Roberts or 260 Remington.

..this is what forums is all about

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Originally posted by jens poulsen:

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Originally posted by SmokinJ:
You fellows keep upping the caliber. When will we end up with a 375 H&H as a comparison? Maybe a better comparison for the 240 BEE, rather then a 257 BEE, would have been a 257 Roberts or 260 Remington.

..this is what forums is all about

Yeah I reckon so...makes them fun huh?

Actually the 260 with a 100 grain partition is a great comparison with nearly identicle results, however if you move to the 125 grain partition or 130 grain accubond, you start to see over-penetration and deer that may go 60 to 100 yards before they crumble. And it may be that I am dealing with a statistical annomily, and the 240 and the 257bee will have deer run some on me in the future. We'll see. At any rate, the new 240 is all cleaned up, and as soon as I get the new foot of snow off the road, I am going to see how it shoots.

Have fun with it, I have both a 26 inch barreled 240 wby and a 24 inch 240 wby, both speed demons, and tough on wild pigs.

I've shot a lot of big game, 25 + moose, several brown bears, on down to a lot of deer ect...

I've been shooting a Remington 700 chambered in .240 Wby. since the 70's, and it DOES do a good job of dropping deer. I only use 100NP's in it for big game and it does a GREAT job, as long as you put them in the boiler room.

One of my favorite shots is to wait until the deer is faceing me, and put the NP center chest. It drops them right there!

I took my 12yr old nephue with me out to my stand this last fall, to try for his FIRST deer. Long story short, this nice 8 point came out,



He put a 100NP in the shoulder at just over 100yds, and it dropped in it's tracks. I like to have new hunters take that shot, as it installs a LOT more confidence in them seeing it hit the ground right there, than watching them run off to be found later.

Do i think a 25/06 is better? If you mean more penetration, then yes, but the 6mm's with GOOD 100 grain bullets does get the job done, even on big deer.

DM

Original factory loads cronographed in Weatherby 26 " barrel:

100 gr Hornaday 3365 fps
87 gr 3500 fps
70 gr Hornaday 3850 fps.

Glenn

I have a 240 wby custom built on a rem 700 action and a 257 built on a Sako rifle. I like them both but the 257 is more versatile.
Both guns have taken deer, antelope and coyotes.

The 240 Weatherby is a great round! With the right bullet, I'd use it on elk in a heart beat!

uh oh

I've always wanted a 240 with the 26" tube. Last deer I killed was with a 375 H&H and a 250gr NorthFork. Deer didn't know the difference!

IMHO,
if you do your part, luck is not part of the equation.........

hog-
120 yds. +/-
240 weatherby accumark
85gr nosler partition
shot behind left ear
drt. dropped and didn't even paddle. I turned him on his side for picture.

Best,

GWB

Bacon and eggs at G'Dubbs house! I'll bring the eggs! What bullet are you pushin into that pigs head?

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Originally posted by Quintus:
Bacon and eggs at G'Dubbs house! I'll bring the eggs! What bullet are you pushin into that pigs head?

85 gr. Nosler Partition,

and you should have been here earlier.

Cilantro lime pulled pork served on a bed of cole slaw on an onion Roll and a bowl of my Texas Barking Spider Beans,washed down with a cold Negra Modelo.

Best

GWB

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I've been shooting a Remington 700 chambered in .240 Wby. since the 70's, and it DOES do a good job of dropping deer. I only use 100NP's in it for big game and it does a GREAT job, as long as you put them in the boiler room.

The bolt on that rifle seems to be on the wrong side.

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Originally posted by RonE:

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I've been shooting a Remington 700 chambered in .240 Wby. since the 70's, and it DOES do a good job of dropping deer. I only use 100NP's in it for big game and it does a GREAT job, as long as you put them in the boiler room.

The bolt on that rifle seems to be on the wrong side.

Only if your right handed!

DM

The 240 Wby is very close a ballistic twin to the 25-06.

I use my 240 wby for hunting wild hogs and it is no slouch.
The 240 easily handles mule deer on down, and with an x bullert, Id stick an elk with it.